Kong/insomnia · error · InsoError

Specification content not found using API spec id: "${identi

Error message

Specification content not found using API spec id: "${identifier}" in "${pathToSearch}"

What it means

Error "Specification content not found using API spec id: "${identifier}" in "${pathToSearch}"" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia-inso/src/cli.ts:156

    console.log = oldConsoleLog;
  }
};

const getWorkingDir = (options: { workingDir?: string }): string => {
  if (options.workingDir) {
    return nodePath.resolve(options.workingDir);
  }

  logger.warn('No working directory provided, using local app data directory.');
  return localAppDir;
};

const resolveSpecInDatabase = async (identifier: string, options: GlobalOptions) => {
  const pathToSearch = getWorkingDir(options);

  const db = await loadDb({ pathToSearch, filterTypes: ['ApiSpec'] });
  if (!db.ApiSpec.length) {
    throw new InsoError(`Specification content not found using API spec id: "${identifier}" in "${pathToSearch}"`);
  }
  const specFromDb = identifier ? loadApiSpec(db, identifier) : await promptApiSpec(db, options.ci);
  if (!specFromDb?.contents) {
    throw new InsoError(`Specification content not found using API spec id: "${identifier}" in "${pathToSearch}"`);
  }
  return specFromDb.contents;
};
const getWorkspaceOrFallback = async (db: Database, identifier: string, ci: boolean) => {
  if (identifier) {
    return loadWorkspace(db, identifier);
  }
  if (ci && db.Workspace.length > 0) {
    return db.Workspace[0];
  }
  return await promptWorkspace(db, !!ci);
};
const getRequestsToRunFromListOrWorkspace = (db: Database, workspaceId: string, item: string[]): Request[] => {
  const getRequestGroupIdsRecursively = (from: string[]): string[] => {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia-inso/src/cli.ts:156 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/cf80e7e8a6ad35ca. Report an issue: GitHub.