# Obsidian 1.14.4 not launching on iOS 15 **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug graveyard\ **Tags:** repro, important, ios\ **Created:** [October 6, 2026, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097 "2026-10-06T07:19:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pikarl](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@pikarl](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/pikarl)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/1 "2026-10-06T07:19:16Z")
### Steps to reproduce iOS 15.8.8 updated Obsidian to 1.14.4 today. Now it does directly quit to the iPhone home screen after a second. Restarting iPhone, removing and reinstalling Obsidian showed same results. Long pressing the icon and selecting “Manage vaults” produced same crash. ### Expected result App launching, at least showing “Manage vault” screen. ### Actual result Returning to home screen. ### Environment iPhone 7 Plus with iOS 15.8.8 (I know, it’s old) ---
**Author:** ![ariehen](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/ariehen/32/46932_2.png) [@ariehen](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/ariehen)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/2 "2026-10-06T08:50:45Z")
> [@pikarl](#): > > iOS 15.8.8 updated Obsidian to 1.14.4 Just to be clear, the previous Obsidian 1.13.7 version was working fine with iOS 15.8.8? Or did you just download it for the first time on that device/iOS? ---
**Author:** ![pikarl](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@pikarl](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/pikarl)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/3 "2026-10-06T09:58:02Z")
1.13.7 worked fine until yesterday and the update. ---
**Author:** ![ariehen](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/ariehen/32/46932_2.png) [@ariehen](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/ariehen)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/4 "2026-10-06T09:58:38Z")
Got it! Thanks! The team will take a look. ---
**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/5 "2026-10-06T11:29:24Z")
Thanks this is a known problem ---
**Author:** ![alltiagocom](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/alltiagocom/32/58642_2.png) [@alltiagocom](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/alltiagocom)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/6 "2026-10-06T16:39:29Z")
Good to know it’s not an issue on my end, especially now that I started paying for Sync. I’m experiencing the same thing. It seems like the app is about to launch, but it closes right away. Also on iOS 15.8.8 with the new version of Obsidian, 1.14.4 ---
**Author:** ![Sauvenay](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sauvenay](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Sauvenay)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/7 "2026-10-07T04:19:48Z")
Hi. Same trouble for me. ---
**Author:** ![aloelucia](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@aloelucia](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/aloelucia)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/8 "2026-10-07T22:29:26Z")
wow, didn’t expect this many other 15.8.8 users. same issue here, does not launch after updating to 1.14.4, was working fine before that. thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Sunnaq445](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sunnaq445](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Sunnaq445)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/9 "2026-10-08T09:47:15Z")
> [@aloelucia](#): > > didn’t expect this many other 15.8.8 users They are hiding. I am even below at 15.8.2. ---
**Author:** ![fiend.sculpts](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/fiend.sculpts/32/97139_2.png) [@fiend.sculpts](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/fiend.sculpts)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/10 "2026-10-08T21:16:28Z")
Same here. iOS 16.2, iphone SE (2ng gen). App was working previously, it auto updated overnight and stopped launching since. ---
**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/11 "2026-10-08T21:22:21Z")
> [@fiend.sculpts](#): > > iOS 16.2, If you can update to the latest of iOS 16, it will work. ---
**Author:** ![alltiagocom](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/alltiagocom/32/58642_2.png) [@alltiagocom](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/alltiagocom)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/12 "2026-10-08T21:30:01Z")
Any news on when it will work for us on iOS15? I just paid for Sync and if this won’t get fixed any time soon, I need to ask for a refund until it does. I just want to know what to expect. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Sunnaq445](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sunnaq445](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Sunnaq445)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/13 "2026-10-08T22:55:35Z")
I expect it is about some webviewer or some related lib issue…? I am guessing it is trivial enough to fix. ---
**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/14 "2026-10-08T23:10:03Z")
It will be fixed in the next release. ETA unknown. ---
**Author:** ![Sauvenay](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sauvenay](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Sauvenay)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/15 "2026-10-10T13:52:07Z")
That’s a very good news! But, when you say “unknown”, does it mean one week, one month, one year? Thanks to let us know, not exactly, but approx. ---
**Author:** ![Sunnaq445](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sunnaq445](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Sunnaq445)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/16 "2026-10-10T19:01:18Z")
“ETA unknown” ususally means next release or the one after max. ---
**Author:** ![alltiagocom](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/alltiagocom/32/58642_2.png) [@alltiagocom](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/alltiagocom)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/17 "2026-10-10T19:06:53Z")
Thank you for letting us know @WhiteNoise I think this is the kind of fix that should be released ASAP though, because it affects paying customers like me paying for Sync. It’s not just a visual bug or something that still allows working with the app. The only reason I got Sync was to use the mobile app, otherwise I don’t see the service as being useful for me, so the app not even launching, makes the service useless. ---
**Author:** ![pikarl](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@pikarl](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/pikarl)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-1-14-4-not-launching-on-ios-15/119097/18 "2026-10-12T06:30:51Z")
Version 1.14.5 has fixed the issue. Had to reconnect my vault but works fine again. Thanks a lot!