After my machine (Ubuntu 24.04) crashed, I am not able to open obsidian (version 1.7.5). When clicking on the obsidian icon on the desktop, the following screen appears:
It does not help to click the “Reload app” button or the “Open another vault” button.
If I try to run obsidian from the terminal window (instead of clicking on its icon) I get this output:
I deleted the IndexedDB LevelDB database:
$ rm -rf /home/hakon/.config/obsidian/IndexedDB/app_obsidian.md_0.indexeddb.leveldb
and then restarted obsidian. It seems to have solved the issue!
Edit: I needed to reconnect with obsidian sync and reenable community plugins also.
I was having the same issue. I fixed mine by simply closing Obsidian and reopening it, instead of clicking Reload app. Perhaps we had different problems, just came to say this in case anyone else was having a problem like mine.
I had the same issue in Windows 11 24H2 26100.2314 with Obsidian v1.7.7 today, and this (abtix’ approach of closing the app and reopening it) fixed it.
Hi,
Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
I resolved the issue by only deleting the LOCK file - not the entire directory as directed in the OP.
rm /home/YOUR_USERNAME/snap/obsidian/40/.config/obsidian/IndexedDB/app_obsidian.md_0.indexeddb.leveldb/LOCK
Just out of curiosity did this happen when you were using workspaces? As I am starting to use, thats when I got the above error. Also, deleting lock file worked perfect. Thanks!
I experienced a similar issue with a specific vault. It opened without any problems the first time, but when I tried to open it again, an error occurred. Pressing the reload button in the app a couple of times sometimes resolves the issue temporarily. When I clear the IndexedDB content, it allows me to open the vault once, but then the error returns.
It feels like there are some background processes that don’t finish when I close the app, but I’m not sure what they are. Is there any way to check whether Obsidian is indexing or not? I’m using version 1.8.4 on Windows 10. I’ve already done a clean reinstall, removing all Obsidian folders in the AppData directory, and I’ve also tried removing the .obsidian folder from the vault itself. Despite these efforts, the error persists.
Do you have any tips on what might be causing this issue, or should I report it as a bug?