Kong / Kong/insomnia

“Save to File” Button Creates Empty File

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Description

### Expected Behavior

I want to save responses larger than 5MB to a file, because otherwise the UI becomes unresponsive.

### Actual Behavior

When I click “Save to File,” the saved file is empty and does not contain the expected response.

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### Reproduction Steps

1) Call an API with a large response
2) Click "Save To File"
3) "Save Response Body" Dialog opens
4) Choose a file name and file type and click Save

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

### Additional Information

_No response_

### Insomnia Version

12.5.0

### What operating system are you using?

Windows

### Operating System Version

Windows 11 Enterprise Version 24H2

### Installation method

Download from insomnia.rest

### Last Known Working Insomnia version

_No response_

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