Double backslash at end of Environment JSON key freezes entire app, corrupts collection

[Jimmie Tyrrell]

Expected Behavior

Double-backslash at end of environment JSON key should be valid

Actual Behavior

Double-backslash at end of environment JSON key freezes entire app and corrupts collection

Reproduction Steps

1. Create a new "Request collection". Name it anything
2. Click the cog icon near "Base environment"
3. Enter the following JSON:

{
  "What": "dafuq"
}

4. Click after the letter t in What to move the cursor there. Type in -\\, resulting in the following JSON:

{
  "What-\\": "dafuq"
}

Note that shortly after typing the two backslashes, the app will freeze

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the issue tracker for this problem.

Additional Information

Screencap: https://imgur.com/jD6c4S4

This corrupts the collection. Whenever the collection is loaded again, the app freezes. On macOS, the "unresponsive app" warning dialog shows.

Sometimes "\" alone will not freeze the app. Sometimes there must be a \ somewhere else in the string, or a - immediately before it. I'm not sure what other characters or patterns cause this.

One way to fix it is to manually edit insomnia.Environment.db to remove the backslashes. Then the collection will load just fine

Insomnia Version

8.6.1

What operating system are you using?

macOS

Operating System Version

macOS Sonoma 14.2.1 (23C71)

Installation method

homebrew

Last Known Working Insomnia version

No response