How can I stop Obsidian auto-inserting aliases into wikilinks?

[sirhaug]

I couldn’t find any posts with this same issue, so here I go:

What I’m trying to do

When I’m inserting wikilinks into a note, if the linked note is in a folder, the wikilink automatically gets an alias. I would very much like this alias not to be auto-inserted, and I’m fairly sure this didn’t happen in the past.

I have the setting Files and links > New link format set to Absolute path in vault, which is how I would prefer it to be. The problem goes away if I change the setting to Shortest path when possible.

Example:

1. Create a new, empty vault
2. Open Settings > Files and links and set the option New link format to be Absolute path in vault
3. Close settings
4. Create a new note, and name it test1
5. Create a new folder, named folder
6. Create a new note within folder, and name that one test2
7. In the note folder/test2, create a wikilink by typing [[, navigating to test1 with the arrow keys, and press Enter
   • The generated link should be [[test1]]
8. In the note test1, create a wikilink by typing [[, navigating to test2 with the arrow keys, and press Enter
   • The generated link should be [[folder/test2|test2]]

Things I have tried

• looking through the settings in Obsidian
• downloading a new installer and updating Obsidian
• searching the web for people mentioning this
• asking the Discord
• searching this forum

As of right now I’m on Obsidian version 1.8.9 and installer version 1.8.7.
My OS is Win11 24H2.