Desktop: Default file to open seems broken

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New feature “Default file to open” (in Files and Links) seems broken. I’m trying to use it to open “specific file”, but it always opens the last opened note.

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It works for me. Please, repost this and make sure you read and follow the BR template. Thanks!

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Just to echo, seems broken for me too. Everything other than “New note” isn’t doing anything, even in restricted mode.

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Please please please do bother to open a BR and follow template.

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I had this issue until I added the extension to the filename.
You can try changing your specific file path from notes/mynotes to notes/mynotes.md.

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It’s not necessary to add .md.

Can somebody create a new vault and post a screen recording of this happen in the new vault?

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It’s happening for me too (v1.11.4 on Mac). I just created a new vault and could reproduce it easily. See attached screen recording.

Adding the .md extension manually seems to make it work.

Obsidian.mp4.zip (3.2 MB)

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thank you very much for providing the screen recording. I understand that this is desktop specific problem.

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will be fixed 1.11.5. No ETAs.

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I’ve just found that this problem exists on mobile in the specific case of note names that include periods, in 1.11.5 and previously in 1.11.4. I didn’t test on desktop.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Enable viewing of all file types.
  2. Name a note 0.Home.
  3. Set it as the default note to open.
  4. Reload the app.

Expected behavior

Obsidian loads 0.Home.

Actual behavior

Obsidian loads the last used note and opens the share sheet.

In the file browser you’ll see that Obsidian has created a file of type “home” named “0”. It tried to open that file on load and since that’s not a file type Obsidan handles, it opened the share sheet to handle it. Funny!

Manually adding .md to the name in the default file setting, as described in this thread, corrects the problem.

Setting a file without a period in its name as the default to open works as intended.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Operating system: ios 26.2 (Apple iPhone14,5)
Obsidian version: 1.11.5 (279)
API version: v1.11.5
Login status: logged in
Language: en
Catalyst license: none
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
none

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I can confirm that adding the .md extension indeed makes it work and is a satisfactory workaround until the next update.