Kong / Kong/insomnia

All requests gone after update

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Description

### Expected Behavior

My saved requests NOT disappearing

### Actual Behavior

All but 2 requests I created previously are gone

### Reproduction Steps

Have requests
Don't use insomnia for a while
Get back to it
It updated
No more requests

### Is there an existing issue for this?

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

### Which sync method do you use?

- [ ] Git sync.
- [ ] Insomnia Cloud sync.
- [x] Local only

### Additional Information

Requests aren't present in appdata backup folders either.

I'll no longer be using insomnia because of this, I don't feel like rebuilding my collections if I can't rely on it anyway. Just figured I'd at least report it.

### Insomnia Version

updated from ?? to ??

### What operating system are you using?

macOS

### Operating System Version

thehoe

### Installation method

Likely the website

### Last Known Working Insomnia version

??

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

No source file or test is named. Start by reproducing the update path on macOS with Local-only storage, then inspect where saved requests and appdata backups are read; done means identifying the loss cause and verifying that existing requests persist after returning to the updated app.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
electron, macos, typescript
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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