Obsidian 1.12.7 crashes on macOS 15.6.1 at startup unless Electron GPU/Metal path is disabled

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Environment

  • Obsidian version: 1.12.7
  • Installer version: 0.14.8
  • Electron Framework: 39.8.3
  • OS: macOS 15.6.1 (24G90)
  • Hardware: MacBookPro18,1, Apple Silicon
  • Bundle ID: md.obsidian

Problem

Obsidian crashes immediately after startup. The app reaches the point where a BrowserWindow is created and ready-to-show fires, then the process exits with a macOS crash report.

This happens even with:

  • A fresh reinstall of Obsidian 1.12.7
  • A clean temporary user data dir
  • No community plugins
  • An empty vault list
  • Clearing Obsidian cache / GPU cache / Metal cache
  • Reinstalling and re-registering the vault

The vault itself is not the cause.

Crash report

macOS crash reports show:

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS
Signal: SIGSEGV
Subtype: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000
Faulting Thread: 0
Thread name: CrBrowserMain
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very strange.

When it does start, what is the output of “show debug info command”

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Any reason you are running that old of an installer? You should be getting an in-app warning to update it.

Go to https://obsidian.md, download the 1.12.7 .dmg (installer), and install that.

I am also using macOS 15.x (Sequoia) with the 1.12.7 installer and haven’t noticed ay start-up or crash issues.