Kong/insomnia · error · Error

unknown auth type: ${auth.type}

Error message

unknown auth type: ${auth.type}

What it means

Error "unknown auth type: ${auth.type}" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia-scripting-environment/src/objects/auth.ts:814

          { key: 'sub', value: auth.subject || '' },
          { key: 'aud', value: auth.audience || '' },
          { key: 'claims', value: auth.additionalClaims || '' },
          { key: 'kid', value: auth.keyId || '' },
          { key: 'privateKey', value: auth.privateKey || '' },
        ],
      };
    }
    case 'netrc': {
      // TODO: not supported yet
      throw new Error('netrc auth is not supported in scripting yet');
    }
    case 'singleToken': {
      // TODO: not supported yet
      throw new Error('singleToken auth is not supported in scripting yet');
    }
    default: {
      // @ts-expect-error - user can input any string
      throw new Error(`unknown auth type: ${auth.type}`);
    }
  }
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia-scripting-environment/src/objects/auth.ts:814 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/ac539dd93cbaee85. Report an issue: GitHub.