usebruno/bruno · error · Error

Not able to locate item

Error message

Not able to locate item

What it means

Error "Not able to locate item" thrown in usebruno/bruno.

Source

Thrown at packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/actions.js:225

  });
};

export const saveFile = (content, itemUid, collectionUid, silent = false) => async (dispatch, getState) => {
  const state = getState();
  const collection = findCollectionByUid(state.collections.collections, collectionUid);
  const tempDirectory = state.collections.tempDirectories?.[collectionUid];

  if (!collection) {
    throw new Error('Collection not found');
  }

  const collectionCopy = cloneDeep(collection);
  const item = findItemInCollection(collectionCopy, itemUid);

  // Item is not used to save the bru file
  // This is to validate if the bru content is associated with a valid item
  if (!item) {
    throw new Error('Not able to locate item');
  }

  const isTransient = tempDirectory && item.pathname.startsWith(tempDirectory);
  if (isTransient) {
    if (!silent) {
      dispatch(addSaveTransientRequestModal({ item, collection }));
    }
    throw new Error('Cannot save transient request');
  }

  const { ipcRenderer } = window;
  try {
    if (['http-request', 'graphql-request'].includes(item?.type)) {
      let json = await ipcRenderer.invoke('renderer:convert-to-json', item, content, collection.format);
      delete json.isTransient;
      await itemSchema.validate(json);
    }
  } catch (err) {

View on GitHub (pinned to 9bdd81c7bd)

Solutions

1. Reload the collection so the item list matches disk state.
2. Check the item was not renamed or deleted outside Bruno.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/actions.js:225 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/c02df72c274068a0. Report an issue: GitHub.