Make obaidian load (comunity) plugins completely before opening it ( mobile )

Use case or problem

I have like 20 community plugins installed and it adds about 5 seconds to the startup time. I don’t have any complaints about the extra time, but the thing is if you have 20 plugins installed and it says the startup time is 8 seconds, it’s actually more like 12 seconds, because after you enter Obsidian you can’t click on anything—nothing works (at least in my experience).

Proposed solution

Make Obsidian load everything properly before entering the app. What’s the point of entering if you can’t do anything? It also makes opening the app less pleasant, because first you experience lag right after entering.


And in another request, I suggested adding a loading bar. It was denied because it added more startup time and was removed for performance reasons. But honestly, even if a loading bar adds an extra second, it would still feel faster—because at least I can see what’s being loaded, instead of just staring at a logo.

That’s not our experience.

We are not gonna do this and we have invest quite some time moving things out of the startup sequence.
I suggest you invest some time to figure out which plugin is causing the UI to be unresponsive (you can try to use divide and conquer plugin) and report it to the respective developer.
If it happens in vault with default theme & restricted mode enabled, open a BR on this forum.

You other FR about a loading bar is still open.

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