Not able to display referenced notes suddenly

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What I’m trying to do

Hi, I’ve been using Obsidian since 2023 and this method worked with no issues until a few months ago. I am trying to quote my ideas in separate documents using ![[Master Note Name^…]] - now I consistently get Unable to find “^155f88” in Note Name i.e. the quoted text does not display. However, the carrot reference does get created.

Things I have tried

The issues occurs for different notes - new quotes (sorry I don’t know the technical term) I’m trying to quote, but old quotes are still visible with no issues.

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Check whether ^155f88 is followed by text in the next line. If it is, add an empty line after ^155f88.

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thanks, I’ll try it!

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What else you can try:

  • If your installer is very old, try reinstalling.
  • If your plugins need updating, update them.
  • Try turning off plugins because maybe one is interfering with the auto-completion syntax.
  • Paste a couple of exact examples here of a working block embed and a broken one so we can see the exact syntax. Put it in a codeblock so we can see it. Maybe both sides (the source and the embed).
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Awesome, thank you for the suggestions!

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Update: since yesterday it’s been working inconsistently

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Inconsistently only when you create the link? Or does it ever happen that one link that was working stops displaying suddenly?

Are you hand-typing the codes, or using commands?

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Inconsistently only when you create the link? yes, on creation

Or does it ever happen that one link that was working stops displaying suddenly? not so far

Are you hand-typing the codes, or using commands? hand-typing until after the ^ when it finds the quote I want to reference

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Just want to be sure: After you type it out (or after you press Tab or Enter to select the block), does the final link include # before the ^, as in, [[example#^123]]?

Otherwise, rigmarole’s suggestion of pasting verbatim samples is probably the best way to get help with this. For example, in a note titled “example”, pasting this ought to work:

yo ^hi

[[example#^hi]]
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oops, meant to also suggest:

Sometimes markdown won’t work due to unclosed syntax earlier in the note. So the issue could be in the reference note that contains the block. To test for that, you could check whether a link to the first block in the reference note works and whether a link to a later block doesn’t. In which case, look for text that Obsidian might be interpreting as:

  • code blocks or inline code, marked by a backtick ` , triple tildes ~~~, or indentation
  • intentional or accidental HTML, marked by an opening angled bracket <
  • a missing blank line between markdown elements, e.g., text on the line directly following a list

Though it seems less likely to me from your description, it but could be worth checking the note with the link too.

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No Help
![[Notename^…]]

after the carrot, the popup is visible and I can usually select the text I want to quote. But instead of the quote, an error message pops up “Unable to …”

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Update 2: everyone, thanks so much for your suggestions. I’m not sure what exactly fixed it, but new quotes are displaying as intended at the moment! Thanks so much!