Kong/insomnia · error · Error

Request was cancelled

Error message

Request was cancelled

What it means

Error "Request was cancelled" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/network/cancellation.renderer.ts:29

  console.log(`[network] Failed to cancel req=${requestId} because cancel function not found`);
}

export const cancellableExecution = async (options: { id: string; fn: Promise<any> }) => {
  const controller = new AbortController();
  const cancelRequest = () => {
    // TODO: implement cancelPreRequestScript on hiddenBrowserWindow side?
    controller.abort();
  };
  cancelRequestFunctionMap.set(options.id, cancelRequest);

  try {
    return await cancellablePromise({
      signal: controller.signal,
      fn: options.fn,
    });
  } catch (err) {
    if (err.name === 'AbortError') {
      throw new Error('Request was cancelled');
    }
    console.log('[network] Error', err);
    throw err;
  } finally {
    cancelRequestFunctionMap.delete(options.id);
  }
};

export const cancellableCurlRequest = async (requestOptions: CurlRequestOptions) => {
  const requestId = requestOptions.requestId;
  const controller = new AbortController();
  const cancelRequest = () => {
    window.main.cancelCurlRequest(requestId);
    controller.abort();
  };
  cancelRequestFunctionMap.set(requestId, cancelRequest);
  try {
    const result = await cancellablePromise({ signal: controller.signal, fn: window.main.curlRequest(requestOptions) });

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/network/cancellation.renderer.ts:29 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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