Export to pdf broken on kde linux

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Install aurora linux or bazzite, (this issue exists on both platforms).
  2. Download the official obsidian appimage.
  3. Star it and make a new vault.
  4. Try to export a file to pdf.

Nothing happens.

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]

Yes.
I’ve tried this in the sandbox vault. I’ve tried this with a completely blank linux user. I’ve tried this in a different ublue os on a different computer.

Expected result

A couple of weeks ago this action would close the export dialogue and make a pdf of the given note.

Actual result

When clicking on the file picker “Save” button, the file picker disappears and I am met by the export box again with nothing happening.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.8.9
Installer version: v1.8.9
Operating system: #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun Mar 9 11:06:13 UTC 2025 6.13.6-101.bazzite.fc41.x86_64
Login status: not logged in
Language: en
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: dark
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 3
Plugins enabled: 2
1: Obsidian Functionplot v1.2.1
2: Harper v0.25.0

RECOMMENDATIONS:
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.

Additional information

Here is a video of the issue. Please forgive the choppy nature of it.
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I open the appimage, let the note render, and click export to pdf. I then slick save when the file picker popps up. The file picker closes, and I wait a moment before trying again.

I’ve already tried to wait for 30 minutes in case something was loading.
I’ve tried launching it from the terminal to see if any errors were thrown, but no logs of any kind were displayed. I couldn’t even see if obsidian had registered that I had clicked the confirmation button.

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Also, a note of the reporting template. In the additional info section you tell me to drop a link to any relevant videos, however, the forum software blocks posts with links in them.

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I have downloaded and tested this on version 1.8.7 and 1.8.4 and export works for both of them. This issue only exists on the latest 1.8.9 version.

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It also doesn’t work on other (nixos) KDE based distros.

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Reporting the same problem on Manjaro KDE, I tried turning off plugins, with both the official repo and the flatpak version. Current version is 1.8.9-2

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We didn’t change anything, however there were some changes upstream (electron) on how the OS native file picker are used. This is likely a problem of electron or kde.