All plugin installation fail

[mikaoelitiana]

Expected Behavior

User should be able to install plugins even if they already have a NPM_TOKEN set

Actual Behavior

I cannot install any plugin, an error message is displayed, stating Failed to replace env in config: ${NPM_TOKEN}

Reproduction Steps

1. Set NPM_TOKEN environment variable in your system (using fish shell in my case set -gx NPM_TOKEN npm_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)
2. Open Insomnia and go to settings
3. Go to Plugins tab
4. Type insomnia-plugin-faker in plugin name and press Install plugin

Is there an existing issue for this?

• [X] I have searched the issue tracker for this problem.

Additional Information

Error: Error invoking remote method 'installPlugin': Error: Yarn error {"type":"error","data":"Could not write file \"/yarn-error.log\": \"EROFS: read-only file system, open '/yarn-error.log'\""}
{"type":"error","data":"An unexpected error occurred: \"Failed to replace env in config: ${NPM_TOKEN}\"."}

    at o.invoke (node:electron/js2c/renderer_init:57:526)
    at async BP._handleAddFromNpm (file:///Applications/Insomnia.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/index.c4312761.js:1849:44230)

Insomnia Version

v2022.5.0

What operating system are you using?

macOS

Operating System Version

macOS 12.5.1 (21G83)

Installation method

homebrew

Last Known Working Insomnia version

No response

[filfreire]

Hi @mikaoelitiana thanks for reporting this!

We were not able to reproduce this error on latest stable (2022.5.1) and latest beta (2022.6.0-beta.2).

Are you by any chance able to reproduce with any of these other versions?

[mikaoelitiana]

@filfreire I will try with one of these

[mikaoelitiana]

@filfreire I still have the error on latest stable. Maybe there is something wrong with my setup. I will double-check that

[matthewdickinson]

I'm experiencing the same issue on 2022.6.0 (M1 Mac).

[aka-mj]

I'm encountering the same error on Linux (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS) with version 2022.6.0.

[mikaoelitiana]

This issue still happen to me when trying to install plugin. For precision, I use asdf as Node runtime management (similar to nvm), maybe the issue is related to that?

[mikaoelitiana]

As a workaround, I open the terminal in ~/Library/Application Support/Insomnia/plugins and manually install the plugin with npm i -S ...

[calebemachado]

Same here, updated to latest version. I tried a bunch of different plugins and none worked. I tried with name installation directly, via link too and with npm i -S. The stacktrace that appears is empty.

npm i -S stuck (using nodejs 20, and npm 9)

Currently, I'm using Macbook M1 with Ventura 13.4.1 (c).

[jmevel]

What's the point of having a really nice Plugin Hub if this kind of issue stays open for more than a year? Seriously every time I want to install a plugin I have to Google insomnia failed to install plugin to find again the solution on this page.

And I don't even have any information in the Stack Trace section. It's simply empty

[Icaruk]

Workaround:

1. Go to C:\Users\YOUR_USER\AppData\Roaming\Insomnia\plugins
2. Run npm init --yes
3. Run npm i PACKAGE_NAME

If you don't know where are plugins located:

1. Go to Preferences
2. "Plugins" tab
3. Button "Reveal Plugins Folder"