Button template insertion briefly flashes the message and erases it

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What I’m trying to do

I’m trying to create a button that would prepend a template to my note at a specific line. I have a “Standups” note, and I want to add a button that would add a new “day” to it. Here’s how it looks:
image

The code for the button is:

name Add a Day
type line(8) template
action StandupDay
templater true

The problem is that the template flashes and immediately gets deleted upon clicking the button:
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The template is as follows:

###### {{date}}
Plans
- <% tp.file.cursor() %>
Problems
-

My vault looks like this (truncated):

    ├───.obsidian
    │   └───plugins
    │       ├───advanced-cursors
    │       ├───buttons
    │       ├───calendar
    │       ├───cm-editor-syntax-highlight-obsidian
    │       ├───dataview
    │       ├───obsidian-excalidraw-plugin
    │       ├───oz-image-plugin
    │       ├───recent-files-obsidian
    │       ├───table-editor-obsidian
    │       └───templater-obsidian
   ├───Excalidraw
    │   └───.obsidian
    │       └───plugins
    │           ├───advanced-cursors
    │           ├───calendar
    │           ├───cm-editor-syntax-highlight-obsidian
    │           ├───dataview
    │           ├───nldates-obsidian
    │           ├───obsidian-excalidraw-plugin
    │           ├───omnisearch
    │           ├───oz-image-plugin
    │           ├───recent-files-obsidian
    │           └───table-editor-obsidian
    ├───Templates
    │       StandupDay.md
    └───Tom
        ├───.obsidian
        ├───.trash
        ├───Hepta
        │       Standups.md

I’m running Obsidian on Windows 11, with Obsidian version 1.3.7.

Things I have tried

I’ve also tried using the button without the templater true parameters. Initially it said that the template is not found. I removed spaces from the template name, so now it kind of works without Templater, but I’d like to extend the template with some advanced features that only Templater offers.

I thought maybe it’s the Syncthing issue that’s syncing my vault across devices, but it also happens when I turn off Syncthing.

My Android device says "Couldn’t find the specified template, please check and try again.

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Got the same problem, tried to change set cursor at a particular line first or even set line in the button, same result. Briefly pops up in its correct configuration of the templater, and then vanishes.
Ive got a hunch that this may be something due to the sync options maybe?

Im using iCloud on windows and Iphone, same result on both.

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I also first thought it’s about sync, but it’s a bit weird because:

  • The template insertion works when I remove the templater True line
  • The flashing issue persists when I disable SyncThing/Synctrayzor
  • The same thing happens on Android

I first suspected maybe Templater uses another process to edit/save the note and perhaps that process lacks permissions, or something. But it also happens on Android which has a different file system, so I doubt that’s the issue.

I’d appreciate any thoughts on how to further debug this.

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I’ve now switched to Obsidian Sync, and completely removed SyncThing from all my devices. The issue remains the same. Here’s a video showing the issue on 2 devices - Windows 11 on top, macOS on the bottom. Feel free to read the standup notes and what I fill my days with :joy: