Crash on Asahi linux fedora remix / Raspberry PI / arm64 - Rendering is broken on aarch64 machines with 16K pages

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Remove ~/.config/obsidian and re-add all vaults temporary solved the issues.

Before, any action triggers the WebFrame (like zoom-in/zoom-out, switch from other windows to Obsidian) all makes it crashed.

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System: Raspberry Pi 5 – Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit (aarch64)
Page size: Likely 16K (default on Raspberry Pi OS)
Obsidian version: 1.8.10
Install method: Official AppImage from Obsidian Releases
Issue: Immediate crash after launch without any special flags
Log: Multiple gbm_wrapper.cc and gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc errors, followed by segmentation fault
Fix: Launching with the flag --js-flags="--nodecommit_pooled_pages" prevents crash
Stability: No crash after several minutes of use (tested with vault open and basic navigation)
Suggestion: This flag may need to be enabled automatically on Electron apps running on 16K page ARM64 systems

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SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.8.10
Installer version: v1.8.10
Operating system: #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Apr 16 12:06:15 UTC 2025 6.14.2-401.asahi.fc42.aarch64+16k
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: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
none

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For those looking for a quick fix while we wait for upstream fixes:

sudo flatpak update --commit=e0197f03485a10176f5926dbf00fc21a3f9785edf6ad171bbe9b2161638f3d6f md.obsidian.Obsidian

That downgrades to 1.8.7 which does not have this regression.

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@covalent Would you have time to test a workaround for Obsidian on aarch64? This appears to be a common enough issue that it may as well have a workaround included in the launcher script:

$ flatpak install --user https://dl.flathub.org/build-repo/203289/md.obsidian.Obsidian.flatpakref
$ flatpak run --user md.obsidian.Obsidian//test
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Hey all, I have added --js-flags to the Obisidian flatpak. It should improve stability for ARM users:

$ flatpak remote-info --log flathub md.obsidian.Obsidian

Obsidian - Markdown-based knowledge base

        ID: md.obsidian.Obsidian
       Ref: app/md.obsidian.Obsidian/x86_64/stable
      Arch: x86_64
    Branch: stable
   Version: 1.8.10
   License: LicenseRef-proprietary=https://obsidian.md/eula
Collection: org.flathub.Stable
  Download: 203.8 MB
 Installed: 651.7 MB
   Runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/24.08
       Sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk/x86_64/24.08

    Commit: f92117d1892a33d7138b9b3f40692041347544947b23c94c42f479625508445b
    Parent: 6afaf0547bb75926a177e5fcdab9af24d83272a754ac78a33b0dbca348e464c7
   Subject: Add --js-flags for improving stability on ARM (#454) (65a14f6a6e5c)
      Date: 2025-08-16 01:27:16 +0000

Let me know if there are any issues!

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Version 1.9.10 ships with a new version of electron. It should fix this problem.

You have to download and reinstall Obsidian from the website to make sure you are running the latest electron version.