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Project creation failed

Error message

Project creation failed

What it means

Error "Project creation failed" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/modals/import-modal/import-projects-modal.tsx:588

          });
        };

        // Only skip the project when it's not in pending status, otherwise we need to add a new status or more to tell the user that the project is created but not imported or xxx.
        if (latestProcessingCancelled.current || unmountRef.current) {
          updateProjectItem({ status: ImportStatus.SKIPPED });
          return;
        }

        try {
          updateProjectItem({ status: ImportStatus.CREATING });

          const createdProjectId = await createProject(organizationId, {
            storageType: 'remote',
            name: project.name,
          });

          if (!createdProjectId) {
            throw new Error('Project creation failed');
          }
          console.debug('[Bulk Project Import] Created project ID:', createdProjectId);

          updateProjectItem({ status: ImportStatus.IMPORTING, id: createdProjectId });

          const filePaths = await project.folder.getFilePaths();
          // Use archive.json to identify Postman environment files, only consider the first one currently.
          const archiveFileIndex = filePaths.findIndex(
            filePath => filePath.endsWith('/archive.json') || filePath.endsWith('\\archive.json'),
          );

          let postmanArchiveFile: string | null = null;
          if (archiveFileIndex !== -1) {
            postmanArchiveFile = filePaths[archiveFileIndex];
            filePaths.splice(archiveFileIndex, 1);
          }

          if (!filePaths.length) {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/modals/import-modal/import-projects-modal.tsx:588 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/3b808a2d44d54043. Report an issue: GitHub.