# Background syncing from remote vault

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/background-syncing-from-remote-vault/121746>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [November 9, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/background-syncing-from-remote-vault/121746 "2026-11-09T05:47:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![CawlinTeffid](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/cawlinteffid/32/82899_2.png) [@CawlinTeffid](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/CawlinTeffid)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/background-syncing-from-remote-vault/121746/2 "2026-11-10T02:36:38Z")

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There is already a feature request for this: [Make Obsidian Sync work in background (on Mobile)](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/make-obsidian-sync-work-in-background-on-mobile/25906). And happily, the team is working on it: [Obsidian Roadmap - Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/roadmap/). Since you didn’t follow the feature request template and you have a problem people might be able to help with, I’ll move this thread to #Help.

If you change a file on 1 device and then change it on another before the changes from the first device have been pulled on, you get a sync conflict. By default Obsidian tries to merges the separate sets of changes. Sometimes it works perfectly and you don’t even know anything happened. Other times it makes a mess. There is an option to have Sync create a conflict file instead of trying to merge. [https://obsidian.md/help/sync/troubleshoot#Conflict+resolution](https://obsidian.md/help/sync/troubleshoot#Conflict+resolution)

I use the conflict file option (and embed a search for conflict files in my weekly note so I know if one appears).

I also use a CSS snippet to make the Sync status icon always visible on mobile instead of hidden in the sidebar. That way when I open the app on my phone I can watch it and wait until I know I’m not going to cause a conflict. (This still leaves you with the friction of waiting, and it would be better if it could tell whether the current file is safe to edit.) [[Mobile] Make Sync icon always visible](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/mobile-make-sync-icon-always-visible/31780)

If you’re typing new text and not editing, a way to avoid waiting up front is to make a new note to write in. Then afterward you can merge the text into the note you want it in.

> [@ErrantEnigma](#):
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> my sentence spanning across every file I added on a different device as it’s synced to the one I’m working on

If you’re saying that parts of the sentence you’re typing end up in various files, that is a problem I haven’t heard of before. I imagine maybe it could happen if you have done a lot of renaming and/or splitting/merging of files? Or perhaps you’re using a plugin that interacts badly with this situation?

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