iCloud sync stopped functioning

[goi42]

Steps to reproduce

Open Obsidian on iOS. Tap “use my existing vault”. See message “your iCloud vault is not detected”.
Alternatively, tap “create a vault”, “use iCloud?”, give it a name, get a black sceeen.

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

Y

Expected result

in the first case, to see the vault I’ve been using in iCloud with iOS sync for years. In the second, to see a clean vault.

Actual result

see above

Environment

[cannot access the command palette]

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Additional information

I noticed this issue on my iPhone (where I hadn’t opened my vault in a while) this morning but everything continued to work as expected on my iPad until this evening, when I got a message saying I should save my edits because my file path was invalid. I checked the file in iCloud using Files and indeed my changes had not been saved. As part of the troubleshooting guide, I turned on restricted mode and my vault disappeared, leading my iPad to have the same issues as my iPhone did this morning.

[ariehen]

You could try the steps in this topic:

Cannot create a vault on iCloud

Steps to reproduce Install Obsidian on iOS 18 Open Obsidian and choose “Create new vault” with the option “Store in iCloud” Click Create [IMG_4494] Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N] Y Expected result The vault is created in iCloud Actual result Error message “Failed to create vault. You don’t have permission to save the file in the folder Documents” Environment Additional information

specifically: toggling off-on the Sync this iPhone setting under iOS’s Settings > Apple Id > iCloud > Saved to iCloud > Drive.

[goi42]

I noticed problems with other iCloud services today. I restarted my phone, which solved all issues. Restarting my iPad solved the issues there as well.

I’m embarrassed that the solution was turning it off and on again.