usebruno/bruno · error · Error

Collection not found inside Insomnia export

Error message

Collection not found inside Insomnia export

What it means

Error "Collection not found inside Insomnia export" thrown in usebruno/bruno.

Source

Thrown at packages/bruno-converters/src/insomnia/insomnia-to-bruno.js:259

    throw new Error('An error occurred while parsing the Insomnia v5 collection: ' + err.message);
  }
};

const parseInsomniaCollection = (data) => {
  const brunoCollection = {
    name: '',
    uid: uuid(),
    version: '1',
    items: [],
    environments: []
  };

  try {
    const insomniaResources = get(data, 'resources', []);
    const insomniaCollection = insomniaResources.find((resource) => resource._type === 'workspace');

    if (!insomniaCollection) {
      throw new Error('Collection not found inside Insomnia export');
    }

    brunoCollection.name = insomniaCollection.name;

    const requestsAndFolders
      = insomniaResources.filter((resource) => resource._type === 'request' || resource._type === 'request_group')
        || [];

    function createFolderStructure(resources, parentId = null) {
      const requestGroups
        = resources.filter((resource) => resource._type === 'request_group' && resource.parentId === parentId) || [];
      const requests = resources.filter((resource) => resource._type === 'request' && resource.parentId === parentId);

      const folders = requestGroups.map((folder, index, allFolder) => {
        const name = addSuffixToDuplicateName(folder, index, allFolder);
        const requests = resources.filter(
          (resource) => resource._type === 'request' && resource.parentId === folder._id
        );

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Solutions

1. Export a workspace/collection (not only a request or environment) from Insomnia.
2. Verify the export file contains a collection resource.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/bruno-converters/src/insomnia/insomnia-to-bruno.js:259 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of usebruno/bruno@9bdd81c7bd (2026-08-13). Data as JSON: /api/errors/457ff5eb31ce7ded. Report an issue: GitHub.