Kong/insomnia · error · Error

selected export format "${selectedFormat}" is invalid

Error message

selected export format "${selectedFormat}" is invalid

What it means

Error "selected export format "${selectedFormat}" is invalid" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/settings/import-export.tsx:211

            const insomniaProjectExportFolder = window.path.join(
              dirPath,
              `insomnia-export.${projectName}.${Date.now()}`,
            );

            for (const workspace of workspacesForActiveProject) {
              const workspaceName = workspace.name.replace(/ /g, '-');
              const fileName = window.path.join(insomniaProjectExportFolder, `${workspaceName}-${workspace._id}.yaml`);
              const stringifiedExport = await getInsomniaV5DataExport({
                workspaceId: workspace._id,
                includePrivateEnvironments: shouldExportPrivateEnvironments,
              });
              await writeExportedFileToFileSystem(fileName, stringifiedExport);
            }
            break;
          }

          default: {
            throw new Error(`selected export format "${selectedFormat}" is invalid`);
          }
        }
        window.main.trackAnalyticsEvent({ event: AnalyticsEvent.exportCompleted });
      } catch (err) {
        showError({
          title: 'Export Failed',
          error: err,
          message: 'Export failed due to an unexpected error',
        });
        return;
      }
    },
  });
};

export const exportMockServerToFile = async (workspace: Workspace) => {
  const fileName = await showSaveExportedFileDialog({
    exportedFileNamePrefix: workspace.name,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/settings/import-export.tsx:211 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/708334dce8f44875. Report an issue: GitHub.