Kong/insomnia · error · Error

[plugin-window] Action not found: ${pluginName}/${label}

Error message

[plugin-window] Action not found: ${pluginName}/${label}

What it means

Error "[plugin-window] Action not found: ${pluginName}/${label}" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/plugins/invoke-method.ts:140

          allActions = await getRequestGroupActions();
          break;
        }
        case 'workspace': {
          allActions = await getWorkspaceActions();
          break;
        }
        case 'document': {
          allActions = await getDocumentActions();
          break;
        }
        default: {
          throw new Error(`[plugin-window] Unknown action type: ${type}`);
        }
      }

      const entry = allActions.find(a => a.plugin.name === pluginName && a.label === label);
      if (!entry) {
        throw new Error(`[plugin-window] Action not found: ${pluginName}/${label}`);
      }

      // A1/T1: a sandboxed user plugin's action (a throw-stub here after discovery) runs in the
      // main-process sandbox over the templating-worker-database protocol; bundle plugins, an
      // elevated plugin, and the flag-off path run in-process (see resolvePluginExecutionMode).
      const settings = await fetchFromTemplateWorkerDatabase('settings.get', {});
      if (shouldSandboxPlugin(settings, entry.plugin)) {
        await fetchFromTemplateWorkerDatabase('plugin.runUserAction', {
          plugin: { directory: entry.plugin.directory, name: entry.plugin.name, permissions: entry.plugin.permissions },
          actionKind: type,
          actionLabel: label,
          actionDomainData: domainData,
        });
        return null;
      }

      const context = {
        ...pluginApp.init(),

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/plugins/invoke-method.ts:140 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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