Kong/insomnia · error · Error

no valid RequestAuth options is found

Error message

no valid RequestAuth options is found

What it means

Error "no valid RequestAuth options is found" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia-scripting-environment/src/objects/auth.ts:332

      return obj;
    }

    if (this.type === 'noauth' || this.type === 'netrc') {
      return obj;
    }
    obj[this.type] = authOption.map(optValue => optValue.toJSON(), {});
    return obj;
  }

  update(options: VariableList<Variable> | Variable[] | AuthOptions, type?: AuthOptionTypes) {
    const currentType = type ? type : this.type;
    const authOpts = rawOptionsToVariables(options, currentType);

    if (authOpts.length > 0 && authOpts[0]) {
      this.type = currentType;
      this.authOptions.set(currentType, authOpts[0]);
    } else {
      throw new Error('no valid RequestAuth options is found');
    }
  }

  use(type: AuthOptionTypes, options: VariableList<Variable> | Variable[] | AuthOptions) {
    if (!RequestAuth.isValidType(type)) {
      throw new Error(
        `invalid type (${type}), it must be noauth | basic | bearer | jwt | digest | oauth1 | oauth2 | hawk | awsv4 | ntlm | apikey | edgegrid | asap.`,
      );
    }

    const authOpts = rawOptionsToVariables(options, type);
    if (authOpts.length > 0 && authOpts[0]) {
      this.type = type;
      this.authOptions.set(type, authOpts[0]);
    } else {
      throw new Error('no valid RequestAuth options is found');
    }
  }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia-scripting-environment/src/objects/auth.ts:332 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/570518a0f9930e69. Report an issue: GitHub.