Failed to create vault, iOS 17.4.1

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Obsidian on iOS
  2. Click on button “Create new vault”
  3. Enter vault name
  4. Click on button “Store in iCloud”
  5. Click on button “Create”

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

Yes

Expected result

New vault in iCloud

Actual result

Error: Failed to create vault. You don’t have permission to save the file “edarev” in the folder
“Documents”.

Environment

iOS 17.5.1
iPhone 13 mini
Obsidian Version 1.6.2


Additional information

does obsidian have permission to use icloud for storage?

You may need to enable that.

I don’t have Obsidian permission

try to restart your phone

Rebooting didn’t help. Reinstalling too.

You can try to log in and log out iCloud.

Another thing is, you may have a company provided device that limits icloud

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