Create a new note with some text, “foo”. Create a new note “bar” and embed “foo” in the body of the new note “bar”, like so:
![[foo]]
Make sure that the tab will open in Live view; close the tab, and reopen it.
Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]
Yes.
Expected result
Nominally, the contents of foo or any other embedded internal links should appear in bar’s body below the list item, with the note name as a header.
Actual result
Instead, this will appear to show an empty list item. Placing the cursor on any part of the link’s text (as seen in source mode) will cause the embed to suddenly appear.
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: 1.12.5
Installer version: 1.11.7
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 25.3.0: Wed Jan 28 20:51:28 PST 2026; root:xnu-12377.91.3~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041 25.3.0
Login status: logged in
Language: en
Catalyst license: supporter
Insider build toggle: on
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: Minimal 8.1.5
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 14
Plugins enabled: 6
1: Mind Map v1.1.0
2: Better Word Count v0.10.1
3: Daf Yomi v1.15.2
4: Excel to Markdown Table v0.4.0
5: Vim Toggle v1.1.0
6: Templater v2.18.1
Additional information
Tried this with the Minimal theme disabled in favor of the default, same result. Only seems to have started with the latest release.
Create a note with an embedded image in an inline field, like:
cover::![[test.jpg]]
Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? Yes
Expected result
The image should be displayed when the note is opened.
Actual result
The image is not displayed when the note is opened, but only when you move the cursor to the line where the inline field is. Even in sandbox vault. but only when you move the cursor right infront of ![[test.jpg]] on the line of the inline field. Even in sandbox vault.
Environment
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: 1.12.5
Installer version: 1.7.7
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 25.3.0: Wed Jan 28 20:54:46 PST 2026; root:xnu-12377.91.3~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 25.3.0
Login status: logged in
Language: en-GB
Catalyst license: insider
Insider build toggle: on
Live preview: on
Base theme: light
Community theme: Minimal 8.1.6
Snippets enabled: 4
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 41
Plugins enabled: 38
1: Calendar v1.5.10
2: Commander v0.5.4
3: Excalidraw v2.20.6
4: Longform v2.1.0
5: Natural Language Dates v0.6.2
6: Note Refactor v1.8.2
7: Outliner v4.10.0
8: Paste URL into selection v1.11.4
9: Periodic Notes v0.0.17
10: Plugin Update Tracker v1.7.0
11: QuickAdd v2.12.0
12: Remember cursor position v1.0.9
13: Sortable v0.3.1
14: Tag Wrangler v0.6.4
15: Templater v2.18.1
16: Workspaces Plus v0.3.3
17: Minimal Theme Settings v8.2.1
18: Supercharged Links v0.13.10
19: BRAT v2.0.2
20: Auto Note Mover v1.2.3
21: Callout Manager v1.1.0
22: Hider v1.6.1
23: Linter v1.31.2
24: Tracker v1.19.0
25: Footnote Shortcut v0.1.3
26: Homepage v4.3.1
27: Dashboard navigator v10.0.0
28: ExcaliBrain v0.2.17
29: Style Settings v1.0.9
30: Metadata Menu v0.8.12
31: Dataview v0.5.68
32: Clear Unused Images v1.1.1
33: Pandoc Plugin v0.4.1
34: Book Search v0.7.5
35: Chronos Timeline v3.6.3
36: Carry-Forward v1.4.5
37: Iconize v2.14.7
38: Maps v0.1.6
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Custom theme and snippets: for cosmetic issues, please first try updating your theme and disabling your snippets. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community theme and snippets.
Community plugins: for bugs, please first try updating all your plugins to latest. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community plugins.
Updated to installer 1.12.4, but that doesn’t resolve the issue.
Edit to the original finding:
The image is not displayed when the note is opened, but only when you move the cursor right infront of ![[test.jpg]] on the line of the inline field. Even in sandbox vault.