usebruno/bruno · warning · Error

path: ${filePath} already exists

Error message

path: ${filePath} already exists

What it means

renderer:export-collection-postman refuses to overwrite an existing file when the overwrite flag is false (the default). If fs.existsSync(filePath) is true after the traversal check passes, the export is aborted to prevent silent clobber.

Source

Thrown at packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js:2641

      throw error;
    }
  });

  ipcMain.handle('renderer:export-collection-postman', async (event, dirPath, fileName, content, overwrite = false) => {
    try {
      if (!dirPath || !fs.existsSync(dirPath)) {
        throw new Error('Export location does not exist');
      }

      // ensure the resolved path is inside the export directory
      const resolvedDir = path.resolve(dirPath);
      const filePath = path.resolve(resolvedDir, fileName);
      if (!filePath.startsWith(resolvedDir + path.sep) && filePath !== resolvedDir) {
        throw new Error('Invalid file name');
      }

      if (!overwrite && fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
        throw new Error(`path: ${filePath} already exists`);
      }

      await writeFile(filePath, content);

      return { success: true, filePath };
    } catch (error) {
      return Promise.reject(error);
    }
  });

  ipcMain.handle('renderer:is-bruno-collection-zip', async (event, zipFilePath) => {
    try {
      const zip = new AdmZip(zipFilePath);
      const entries = zip.getEntries().map((e) => e.entryName);

      return entries.some(
        (name) =>
          name === 'bruno.json'

View on GitHub (pinned to 9bdd81c7bd)

Solutions

1. Pass overwrite=true if overwriting is intended.
2. Choose a unique fileName (append a timestamp or counter).
3. Delete the existing file before re-exporting.

const fs = require('fs');
if (!overwrite && fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
  // append a counter or prompt the user
  throw new Error(`path: ${filePath} already exists`);
}

try {
  await ipcRenderer.invoke('renderer:export-collection-postman', dirPath, fileName, content, overwrite);
} catch (err) {
  if (/already exists/.test(err.message)) {
    // prompt overwrite; retry with overwrite=true or a unique name
  } else {
    throw err;
  }
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling renderer:export-collection-postman with overwrite=false (or omitted) when filePath already exists on disk.

Common situations: Repeated exports to the same location; previous export left behind; user picked a name that already exists.

Related errors

• Export location does not exist
• path: ${newPath} already exists
• folder: ${collectionPath} already exists
• Collection path does not exist: ${collectionPathname}
• Collection path does not exist

AI-assisted analysis of usebruno/bruno@9bdd81c7bd (2026-08-13). Data as JSON: /api/errors/cb62ac3107400fe1. Report an issue: GitHub.