Backlinks not working on notes referenced via inline footnote

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Steps to reproduce

  • Open Obsidian Sandbox
  • Create a new note, with a (inline) footnote linking to another note (using Obsidian Wikilink-format)
  • Open the target/linked note (being referenced by the inline footnote)
  • Notice that no backlink is available, e.g. via the “linked mentions”
  • Notice that the link is available via “unlinked mentions”

Expected result

I expected that a link (even via footnote) was linked, and available (“connected”) using backlinks and “linked mentions”-view.

Actual result

Link between notes (via footnote) is missing the backlink from target note, and is not “being connected in Obsidian”.

Environment

macOS / Obsidian 1.7.3 (IP / installer 1.6.5)

Additional information

A quick screenshot, taken in Sandbox vault (no plugins). Active note is “Footnote”, where I expected to see my linked “Footnote on footnotes”-note, under “Linked mentions” (but it does not).

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Thank you.

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will be fixed v1.8. No ETAs

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Thank you. For what it’s worth, this feature (inline footnotes producing backlinks) was working in one of the recent versions

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Create two notes: Note A and Note B.
  2. In Note A, create an inline footnote linking to Note B. For example: text^[See [[Note B]]] .
  3. Rename Note B or move it to a different folder.
  4. Return to Note A and check the inline footnote link.

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]

Y

Expected result

The link in the inline footnote should automatically update to reflect the change made to Note B.

Actual result

The link in the inline footnote does not get updated and points to the old note name or location, resulting in a broken link.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.7.7
Installer version: v1.7.7
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 20.6.0: Thu Jul 6 22:12:47 PDT 2023; root:xnu-7195.141.49.702.12~1/RELEASE_X86_64 20.6.0
Login status: not logged in
Language: en
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 0
Plugins enabled: 0

RECOMMENDATIONS:
none

Additional information

May be the same bug as: Backlinks not working on notes referenced via inline footnote

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