[Insomnia 13] Add or document a way to debug my plugin

[GillesZunino]

Insomnia 13.0 introduces an isolation model in which plugins run in a separate hidden instance. This is great and we definitely need that.

I am in the process of updating my Entra ID plugin to 13.0 and I have observed my template tag ' hide()' function no longer seem to work.

I have not found a way to debug my plugin code: "Show Dev Tools" did not work or starting with --inspect did not work. I am also unable to see console logs for my plugin.

It would be really helpful to be able to debug a plugin running in the sandbox. This capability could be gated behind an opt-in (command line arg, check box in 'Plugins' tab ...) so that users who do not plan on debugging their plugin(s) do not have to worry about having a debugger as an attack vector.

[poojithap11]

Hi @GillesZunino,

To help us better understand the issue, could you let us know about the hide() function are you referring to - Is it the hide option within Auth.

If possible, could you also share a screenshot of the behavior you're seeing?

Thank you.

[GillesZunino]

Follow instructions here https://developer.konghq.com/how-to/create-an-insomnia-plugin/

Specifically:

1 - Install Insomnia >=13.0.0
2 - Create a new plugin. In my case the plugin has a template tag (see GitHub repo above) but this should not matter
3 - Restart Insomnia (just to be sure all the things are fresh and loaded)
4 - Useyour plugin in Insomnia. Iin my case, add the "Entra ID" template tag
5 - Still following instructions at https://developer.konghq.com/how-to/create-an-insomnia-plugin, select "View -> Toggle Dev Tools"
6 - Open the "Source tab" in dev tools

OBSERVE

Plugin source code is not listed in the debugging tool

EXPECT

A mechanism to debug my plugin and/or an updated set of instructions (maybe at https://developer.konghq.com/how-to/create-an-insomnia-plugin/ /) if a way exists today and I am missing it

COMPARE

Before Insomnia v13.0.0, plugins ran in the same process as Insomnia and plugin source code showed under the "View -> Toggle Dev Tools".

With Insomnia v13.0.0, plugins run in a hidden instance. By design, the Insomnia main window dev tools no longer allow plugin debugging because the code no longer runs in the main window

[poojithap11]

Hi @GillesZunino,

A feature request has been raised to provide a supported mechanism for debugging plugins running in the sandbox.

Thank you.

[GillesZunino]

I have not mentioned any hide() function. If you are looking for plugin running in hidden instances, please refer to Insomnia's breaking changes" here : https://insomnia.rest/breaking-changes under "Plugin Security Hardening"