Kong/insomnia · error · Error

No projects found in the selected directory

Error message

No projects found in the selected directory

What it means

Error "No projects found in the selected directory" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/modals/import-modal/import-projects-modal.tsx:552

      }

      // Only necessary if skipExisting is true
      const existingProjects = skipExisting ? await services.project.listByOrganizationIds(organizationId) : [];

      // Load projects from the root folder
      const projectItems: ProjectImportItem[] = (await rootFolder.getProjectFolders()).map((projectFolder, i) => ({
        key: `${organizationId}-${i}-${projectFolder.name}`,
        name: projectFolder.name,
        status:
          skipExisting && existingProjects.find(p => p.name === projectFolder.name)
            ? ImportStatus.SKIPPED
            : ImportStatus.PENDING,
        scanResults: [],
        folder: projectFolder,
      }));

      if (projectItems.length === 0) {
        throw new Error('No projects found in the selected directory');
      }

      // Sort project items by name
      projectItems.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
      setProjectItems(projectItems);

      // Start import process for the projects
      setProcessingUiStatus('importing');

      const startImportForProject = async (project: ProjectImportItem) => {
        const projectIndex = projectItems.indexOf(project);

        const updateProjectItem = (updates: Partial<ProjectImportItem>) => {
          setProjectItems(prevItems => {
            const newItems = [...prevItems];
            newItems[projectIndex] = { ...newItems[projectIndex], ...updates };
            return newItems;
          });

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/modals/import-modal/import-projects-modal.tsx:552 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Kong/insomnia@d9bb2b0142 (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/69b3c67181f45d6d. Report an issue: GitHub.