Unfortunately, this is probably not reproducable for others. It happens randomly to me every day.
I add a dozen or so notes. When I come back to review them later on, they are missing text at the end of the markdown file.
Expected result
I expect that there would be no missing text.
Actual result
Text is missing.
Environment
Operating system: Linux Ubuntu 20.04
Obsidian version: 0.8.14
Additional information
My vault is inside a Dropbox managed directory. Using Dropbox version control history, I can see that the files are being changed on my desktop (the only computer I have using Dropbox). Here is an example. You can see that the file was truncated around 45 minutes after I edited it:
I don’t believe there is any other process on my computer that would cause the files to change. I only edit them using Obsidian, and I’ve never seen this issue with any other editors that I use.
Yes, I leave Obsidian open all day. I was not editing the note when it was trimmed. I always come back to the file to check on it later, and notice that it is cut off.
I haven’t noticed if it is a fixed number of characters. I’ll try to capture some more details.
I just tried a test. I opened three files, one after another using Ctrl-O. I named them “Test File 1”, “Test File 2”, and Test File 3". I pasted the same contents into each file.
Then, I created three files using Ctrl-Z (my shortcut for the Zettelkasten plugin). Named them “Test Zettel 1”, “Test Zettel 2”, and “Test Zettel 3”.
Right after doing this, I went back to each note and found that several of the new files were completely empty.
Test File 1 and Test File 2 had the full content. Test File 3 was now empty.
Test Zettel 1 and 2 were both empty, and Test Zettel 3 had the full content.
In my Dropbox version control, I can see that the file was truncated right after I ran the Ctrl-Z command.
