Exact conditions required for replication currently unknown.
Install/Open app. (On mobile)
Go to settings.
Go to Community Plugins.
Turn on community Plugins if not already.
Press Browse.
Doesn’t work.
Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]
Yes. Other than searching for previous solutions most of this doesn’t apply since what im experiencing deals directly with getting plugins in the first place.
Expected result
Visiting community plugins should show me a list of plugins. Visiting Appearance < Manage Themes, should list themes.
Actual result
Visiting community plugins prompts “Failed to load community plugins”
Visiting themes prompts “Could not load community themes, please check your network.”
Environment
SYSTEM INFO:
Operating system: android 16 (Google Pixel 6 Pro)
Webview version: 141.0.7390.122
Obsidian version: 1.9.14 (241)
API version: v1.9.14
Login status: not logged in
Language: en
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
I don’t know the root cause for this so any further troubleshooting steps are welcome. The desktop version works under same network conditions so I’m not sure whats going on there.
Things I’ve tried
Visiting various links provided in a separate bug report within Firefox.
Good catch! I’m pretty sure I did try restarting at one point or another but for the sake of completeness I just did and sadly it wasn’t that easy of a fix.
If nothing else thats understandable. I agree with WhiteNoise in that this is very likely specific to my device but as to why that remains unclear. (I’d imagine if it wasn’t it we’d see a lot more people coming out of the woodwork to report this)
Updated to 1.10.3 (251) and community plugins are fixed on my mobile phone. I can only assume that the insider build 1.10.2 that fixed this issue for most LATAM users also applies to my case. I spoke too soon actually I can now view the plugins list however any attempt at downloading/installing a plugin refreshes the screen and issues a popup at the bottom noting “Failed to install plugin “Plugin name””
I was also facing a similar issue. I was able to see the community apps but I get “failed to install plugin” error on any of the plugins. So, I did update and force stop the application, but didn’t work.
Fortunately, restarting the device fixed it.
SYSTEM INFO:
Operating system: Android 15 (Realme P1)
UI Version: 6.0
Obsidian version: 1.10.3
Login status: not logged in
Language: en
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
The only app that blocks any kind of traffic would be firefox with ublock origin. I do regularly use applications that reroute traffic(ubiquiti’s teleport vpn, wireguard, and so on) and while I doubt they impact traffic for obsidian I disabled them in the past.
As for custom roms the answer was originally no, however, that changed last night when I got annoyed by the issue again. Needless to say wiping and reflashing with lineageos did fix the issue however, I wouldn’t recommend anyone reading this to take such a drastic action without hefty consideration. (This was something I was already planning and my device stops receiving official updates in around a year anyways.)
If nothing else this thread does serve as a great list of searchable troubleshooting steps for anyone with a similar issue.
