usebruno/bruno · error · Error

environment: ${environmentName} is not a valid environment n

Error message

environment: ${environmentName} is not a valid environment name

What it means

Error "environment: ${environmentName} is not a valid environment name" thrown in usebruno/bruno.

Source

Thrown at packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js:185

  return null;
};

const validatePathIsInsideCollection = (filePath) => {
  const collectionPath = findCollectionPathByItemPath(filePath);

  if (!collectionPath) {
    throw new Error(`Path: ${filePath} should be inside a collection`);
  }
};

const resolveEnvironmentFilePath = (collectionPathname, environmentName, format) => {
  validatePathIsInsideCollection(collectionPathname);

  const envDirPath = path.join(collectionPathname, 'environments');
  const envFilePath = path.join(envDirPath, `${environmentName}.${format}`);

  if (path.dirname(path.resolve(envFilePath)) !== path.resolve(envDirPath)) {
    throw new Error(`environment: ${environmentName} is not a valid environment name`);
  }

  return envFilePath;
};

const registerRendererEventHandlers = (mainWindow, watcher) => {
  // create collection
  ipcMain.handle(
    'renderer:create-collection',
    async (event, collectionName, collectionFolderName, collectionLocation, options = {}) => {
      try {
        const format = options.format || DEFAULT_COLLECTION_FORMAT;
        collectionFolderName = sanitizeName(collectionFolderName);
        const dirPath = path.join(collectionLocation, collectionFolderName);
        if (fs.existsSync(dirPath)) {
          const files = fs.readdirSync(dirPath);

          if (files.length > 0) {

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Solutions

1. Use an environment name with valid characters (no path separators, not reserved).

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js:185 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/a37281a88edd3e40. Report an issue: GitHub.