Steps to reproduce
The problem is intermittent and does not occur on every edit, but this is the sequence in which I have repeatedly observed it:
- Open the same Obsidian Sync vault on two or more devices.
- On one device, open a Markdown note and enter or extend a Korean sentence.
- Finish typing and wait until Obsidian Sync reports “Fully synced.”
- Do not manually run “Save current file.”
- Open the same note on another synced device.
- In some cases, most of the new text is present, but the final approximately 10–15 Korean characters are missing.
- Waiting for 24 hours or several days does not cause the missing text to appear.
- Returning to the original writing device and reopening Obsidian or the note several times sometimes causes the missing ending to sync later.
Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? Y
I searched the forum for similar Sync reports, updated Obsidian, and tested with the default theme, CSS snippets disabled, and community plugins disabled in Restricted Mode.
Expected result
ll text visible in the editor should be written to the local Markdown file and included in Sync before Obsidian reports “Fully synced.”
The complete sentence, including the final Korean characters, should appear on the other devices.
Actual result
Obsidian reports “Fully synced,” and most of the newly entered text appears on the other devices, but the final approximately 10–15 Korean characters are sometimes missing.
The missing part may remain absent indefinitely. If the note is later edited on another device, the missing text can be overwritten and permanently lost.
Environment
Additional information
I have attached three screenshots from Obsidian Sync version history.
The screenshots show that an earlier synced version contains almost all of the edit, but the final part of the sentence is missing. A later version contains the complete sentence after the original writing device was reopened or the file was manually saved.
Current workaround:
- Desktop: run “Save current file” with Ctrl+S.
- Mobile: assign “Save current file” to the mobile Quick Action and pull down to run it.
Since I started manually saving before changing devices, the complete text appears to sync correctly.
My current hypothesis is that Sync itself is working, but the most recent editor content is not always written promptly to the local Markdown file. Sync may therefore upload an incomplete local file and report “Fully synced” because the local and remote files match.
This is only a hypothesis, not a confirmed cause.
Because the affected text is Korean, Korean IME composition may also be relevant.
Obsidian Support ticket: #144090
