Kong / Kong/insomnia

Insomnia is unable to parse larger csv responses

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Description

### Expected Behavior

When fetching a csv result from an API, insomnia automatically tries to pretty the result. I want this process to not crash the app

### Actual Behavior

Insomnia become unresponse ("isomnia became unresponsive, do you want to reload?") When clicking reload, nothing happens.
I have to clean my /responses folder to use Insomnia again.

### Reproduction Steps

1. Query API which automatically returns csv >5MB or so

### Is there an existing issue for this?

- [X] I have searched the [issue tracker](https://www.github.com/Kong/insomnia/issues) for this problem.

### Additional Information

The solution to delete the responses folder is just a workaround, maybe it is better to not automatically parse csv results or large ones (see https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/issues/5087)

### Insomnia Version

2023.05.08

### What operating system are you using?

Ubuntu

### Operating System Version

23.04

### Installation method

apt

### Last Known Working Insomnia version

_No response_

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with an API returning a CSV response larger than 5 MB, then trace the response handling and automatic CSV pretty-printing that leaves Insomnia unresponsive. Check the /responses folder behavior and related issue 5087; done means large CSV responses no longer freeze the app or require deleting stored responses.

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Assessment

Tech stack
electron, typescript
Domain
api, desktop, performance
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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