The remote branch "${remoteBranchName}" does not exist

Error message

The remote branch "${remoteBranchName}" does not exist

What it means

Error "The remote branch "${remoteBranchName}" does not exist" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia-vcs/src/vcs.ts:797

      const snapshot = await this._assertSnapshot(id);
      snapshots.push(snapshot);

      for (const entry of snapshot.state) {
        allBlobIds.add(entry.blob);
      }
    }

    // Figure out which blobs the backend is missing
    const missingIds = await this._queryBlobsMissing(Array.from(allBlobIds));
    await this._queryPushBlobs(missingIds);
    await this._queryPushSnapshots(snapshots);
  }

  async customFetch(localBranchName: string, remoteBranchName: string) {
    const remoteBranch: Branch | null = await this._queryBranch(remoteBranchName);

    if (!remoteBranch) {
      throw new Error(`The remote branch "${remoteBranchName}" does not exist`);
    }

    // Fetch snapshots and blobs from remote branch
    const snapshotsToFetch: string[] = [];

    for (const snapshotId of remoteBranch.snapshots) {
      const localSnapshot = await this._getSnapshot(snapshotId);

      if (!localSnapshot) {
        snapshotsToFetch.push(snapshotId);
      }
    }

    // Find blobs to fetch
    const blobsToFetch = new Set<string>();
    const snapshots = await this._querySnapshots(snapshotsToFetch);

    for (const snapshot of snapshots) {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia-vcs/src/vcs.ts:797 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/15a667750d58cb3d. Report an issue: GitHub.