diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/ResponsePane/ResponseBookmark/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/ResponsePane/ResponseBookmark/index.js
index cf004f4d5..b00440c3a 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/ResponsePane/ResponseBookmark/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/ResponsePane/ResponseBookmark/index.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { uuid } from 'utils/common';
 import toast from 'react-hot-toast';
 import CreateExampleModal from 'components/ResponseExample/CreateExampleModal';
 import { getBodyType } from 'utils/responseBodyProcessor';
+import { getInitialExampleName } from 'utils/collections/index';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import StyledWrapper from './StyledWrapper';
 
@@ -23,33 +24,6 @@ const ResponseBookmark = ({ item, collection, responseSize }) => {
     return null;
   }
 
-  // Generate initial name for the example
-  const getInitialExampleName = () => {
-    const baseName = 'example';
-    const existingExamples = item.draft?.examples || item.examples || [];
-
-    // Check if any existing example has the same base name
-    const hasSameBaseName = existingExamples.some((example) => {
-      const exampleName = example.name || '';
-      return exampleName === baseName || exampleName.startsWith(baseName);
-    });
-
-    if (!hasSameBaseName) {
-      return baseName;
-    }
-
-    // Find the highest existing counter
-    let maxCounter = 0;
-    existingExamples.forEach((example) => {
-      const exampleName = example.name || '';
-      if (exampleName.startsWith(baseName)) {
-        maxCounter++;
-      }
-    });
-
-    return `${baseName} (${maxCounter})`;
-  };
-
   const handleSaveClick = () => {
     if (!response || response.error) {
       toast.error('No valid response to save as example');
@@ -147,7 +121,7 @@ const ResponseBookmark = ({ item, collection, responseSize }) => {
         onClose={() => setShowSaveResponseExampleModal(false)}
         onSave={saveAsExample}
         title="Save Response as Example"
-        initialName={getInitialExampleName()}
+        initialName={getInitialExampleName(item)}
       />
     </>
   );
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/Collections/Collection/CollectionItem/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/Collections/Collection/CollectionItem/index.js
index 8e7a90973..5d5075e23 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/Collections/Collection/CollectionItem/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/Collections/Collection/CollectionItem/index.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import ExampleItem from './ExampleItem';
 import { scrollToTheActiveTab } from 'utils/tabs';
 import { isTabForItemActive as isTabForItemActiveSelector, isTabForItemPresent as isTabForItemPresentSelector } from 'src/selectors/tab';
 import { isEqual } from 'lodash';
-import { calculateDraggedItemNewPathname } from 'utils/collections/index';
+import { calculateDraggedItemNewPathname, getInitialExampleName } from 'utils/collections/index';
 import { sortByNameThenSequence } from 'utils/common/index';
 import CreateExampleModal from 'components/ResponseExample/CreateExampleModal';
 
@@ -346,19 +346,6 @@ const CollectionItem = ({ item, collectionUid, collectionPathname, searchText })
     setCreateExampleModalOpen(false);
   };
 
-  const getInitialExampleName = () => {
-    const baseName = 'example';
-    const existingExamples = item.draft?.examples || item.examples || [];
-    let maxCounter = 0;
-    existingExamples.forEach((example) => {
-      const exampleName = example.name || '';
-      if (exampleName.startsWith(baseName)) {
-        maxCounter++;
-      }
-    });
-    return `${baseName} (${maxCounter})`;
-  };
-
   const folderItems = sortByNameThenSequence(filter(item.items, (i) => isItemAFolder(i))); 
   const requestItems = sortItemsBySequence(filter(item.items, (i) => isItemARequest(i)));
  
@@ -439,7 +426,7 @@ const CollectionItem = ({ item, collectionUid, collectionPathname, searchText })
         onClose={() => setCreateExampleModalOpen(false)}
         onSave={handleCreateExample}
         title="Create Response Example"
-        initialName={getInitialExampleName()}
+        initialName={getInitialExampleName(item)}
       />
       <div
         className={itemRowClassName}
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/collections/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/collections/index.js
index f47f314c5..f84309478 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/collections/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/collections/index.js
@@ -1393,3 +1393,27 @@ export const transformExampleToDraft = (example, newExample) => {
 
   return exampleToDraft;
 };
+
+/**
+ * Generate an initial name for a new response example
+ * @param {Object} item - The request item that will contain the example
+ * @returns {string} - The suggested name for the new example
+ */
+export const getInitialExampleName = (item) => {
+  const baseName = 'example';
+  const existingExamples = item.draft?.examples || item.examples || [];
+  const existingNames = new Set(existingExamples.map((example) => example.name || '').filter(Boolean));
+
+  if (!existingNames.has(baseName)) {
+    return baseName;
+  }
+
+  let counter = 1;
+  while (true) {
+    const candidateName = `${baseName} (${counter})`;
+    if (!existingNames.has(candidateName)) {
+      return candidateName;
+    }
+    counter++;
+  }
+};
diff --git a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/example/jsonToBru.js b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/example/jsonToBru.js
index 71cd9bffe..b5b877b5f 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/example/jsonToBru.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/src/example/jsonToBru.js
@@ -44,14 +44,9 @@ const jsonToExampleBru = (json) => {
   // Request block
   bru += '\nrequest: {\n';
 
-  if (url) {
-    bru += `  url: ${url}\n`;
-  }
+  bru += `  url: ${url}\n`;
 
-  // Add method field right after url
-  if (method) {
-    bru += `  method: ${method}\n`;
-  }
+  bru += `  method: ${method}\n`;
 
   // Add mode field inside request block, right after method
   if (request && request.body && request.body.mode) {
diff --git a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/examples/examples.spec.js b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/examples/examples.spec.js
index 6181390b0..6d1c5b5aa 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/examples/examples.spec.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-lang/v2/tests/examples/examples.spec.js
@@ -204,15 +204,16 @@ get {
           type: 'http'
         },
         http: {
-          method: 'get',
-          url: 'https://api.example.com/test'
+          url: 'https://api.example.com/test',
+          method: 'get'
         },
         examples: [
           {
             name: 'Example Request',
             description: 'A simple example',
             request: {
-              url: 'https://api.example.com/example'
+              url: 'https://api.example.com/example',
+              method: 'get'
             }
           }
         ]
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@ example {
   
   request: {
     url: https://api.example.com/example
+    method: get
   }
 }
 `;