usebruno/bruno · warning · Error

path: ${oldPath} is not a valid request file

Error message

path: ${oldPath} is not a valid request file

What it means

Thrown by 'renderer:rename-item-filename' when oldPath is not a directory (folder branch skipped) and hasRequestExtension(oldPath, format) is false. The handler only renames on-disk filenames for recognized request files in the non-directory branch.

Source

Thrown at packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js:1156

         * Only then we need to use the temp dir approach to rename the folder
         *
         * Windows OS would sometimes throw error when renaming a folder with sub directories
         * This is an alternative approach to avoid that error
         */
        if (isWindowsOSAndNotWSLPathAndItemHasSubDirectories) {
          await fsExtra.copy(oldPath, tempDir);
          await fsExtra.remove(oldPath);
          await fsExtra.move(tempDir, newPath, { overwrite: true });
          await fsExtra.remove(tempDir);
        } else {
          await fs.renameSync(oldPath, newPath);
        }

        return newPath;
      }

      if (!hasRequestExtension(oldPath, format)) {
        throw new Error(`path: ${oldPath} is not a valid request file`);
      }

      if (!validateName(newFilename)) {
        throw new Error(`path: ${newFilename} is not a valid filename`);
      }

      // update name in file and save new copy, then delete old copy
      const data = await fs.promises.readFile(oldPath, 'utf8'); // Use async read
      const jsonData = parseRequest(data, { format });
      jsonData.name = newName;
      moveRequestUid(oldPath, newPath);

      const content = stringifyRequest(jsonData, { format });
      await fs.promises.unlink(oldPath);
      await writeFile(newPath, content);

      return newPath;
    } catch (error) {

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Solutions

1. Confirm oldPath ends with the collection's format extension before invoking.
2. Route non-request files through a generic rename path.
3. If the item is actually a folder, ensure isDirectory(oldPath) is true so the folder branch runs.

Example fix

// before
await window.Ipc.invoke('renderer:rename-item-filename', { oldPath: '/c/notes.md', newPath, newName, newFilename, collectionPathname });

// after
const format = await window.Ipc.invoke('renderer:get-collection-format', collectionPathname);
if (oldPath.endsWith(`.${format}`)) {
  await window.Ipc.invoke('renderer:rename-item-filename', { oldPath, newPath, newName, newFilename, collectionPathname });
}

const format = await window.Ipc.invoke('renderer:get-collection-format', collectionPathname);
const expected = format === 'yml' ? '.yml' : '.bru';
if (!oldPath.toLowerCase().endsWith(expected)) {
  throw new Error(`source must be a ${expected} request file`);
}

function hasRequestExtension(filename: string, format: 'bru' | 'yml'): boolean {
  const ext = format === 'yml' ? 'yml' : 'bru';
  return filename.toLowerCase().endsWith(`.${ext}`);
}

When it happens

Trigger: Renaming the filename of an auxiliary file (.json, .md, .txt) or a file whose extension does not match the collection format detected by getCollectionFormat.

Common situations: Mixed-format collections, partial yml<->bru migration, or user selected a non-request file in the tree.

Related errors

• path: ${itemPath} is not a valid request file
• path: ${newPath} already exists
• ${request.filename} is not a valid filename
• A file with the name "${finalFilename}" already exists in th
• environment: ${newEnvFilePath} already exists

AI-assisted analysis of usebruno/bruno@9bdd81c7bd (2026-08-13). Data as JSON: /api/errors/357a139cbc7302b0. Report an issue: GitHub.