@luckman212 I’ve had no issues with iCloud outside of Obsidian. I actually had data loss with Obsidian Sync on iOS as well (not this bug, a different one). Moving to iCloud has been MUCH more reliable than obsidian sync until this bug showed up.
@WhiteNoise a few more details about my test case / use case in case this helps you debug:
- This only started happening recently (a few weeks ago). Before this iCloud sync was rock solid.
- This happens to me exclusively on iPad. It doesn’t happen on the Mac and I don’t have an iPhone.
- Test case is extremely simple. Open ANY file and start writing and editing it. Within a few minutes (1-10 minutes) of constant editing / writing, the file is guaranteed to self-delete. Every time. It seems like this happens faster with larger files, but I can’t confirm.
- Often if I stop editing that file and start editing another one (but stay inside Obsidian), the other deleted file will come back. That’s been my only way of getting the files back. It’s really scary and unreliable, and of course should not be necessary.
- I can 100% confirm this is a bug with Obsidian, NOT iCloud. Editing the exact same file (inside the Obsidian folder on iCloud drive) with a different editor (eg. Paper) works perfectly fine and the file never gets self-deleted. I can do everything in Paper without a hitch, still all on iCloud Drive. This is my current workaround, simply don’t use obsidian to edit my files on iPad but rather another app.
- This is not a sync issue due to concurrent editing. In none of these use cases is there any editing of the file on the Mac side. All this just happens on the iPad all by itself.
If there’s any other info I can give to help you debug, please let me know. It’s really the worst kind of data loss bug, so I hope we can get this resolved.
Thanks!