Steps to Reproduce
- Use Windows (Win 10 here)
- Update to
1.8.8 1.8.9
- Restart Obsidian, it will show the changelog
- Create a new vault called “test” and open it
- Close all Obsidian Windows
- Check if any Obsidian processes are still around. Kill them
- Create a shortcut on your desktop to
obsidian://open/?vault=test
- Open the shortcut (it doesn’t seem to work with WIN-R)
Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]
- Sandbox: not applicable
- Empty vault: Yes, of course. No plugins, no themes
Expected result
Obsidian only shows the changelog after a fresh update
Actual result
The changelog always gets displayed. Closing and reopening (using the shortcut) adds a new changelog tab.
Environment
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.8.8
Installer version: v1.7.7
Operating system: Windows 10 Enterprise 10.0.19045
Login status: logged in
Language: en
Catalyst license: insider
Insider build toggle: on
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on
RECOMMENDATIONS:
none
Additional information
It’s all ok when I open the vault from the vault selection dialog.
I can’t reproduce this problem.
Just figured that I missed something, edited the last portion of the report. You need to create a Windows shortcut. I am using Keypirinha for all things URL, might work differently.
I don’t have windows 10. I don’t think that’s likely the issue. I am gonna wait for someone else to report this before digging in further.
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Can’t produce it on Linux (Mint) either. Created a desktop file, which should be similar to a lnk.
Can reproduce it on the same windows machine with WIN-R to a file:
obsidian://open?vault=test&file=Welcome
Shows the release notes. always. This started with 1.8.8.
FYI, just downloaded the 1.8.7 installer, hoping to be able to roll back to 1.8.7. The installer is 1.8.7 now, but the version I’m running (without “early access” and “automatic update” checked) is already 1.8.9, so I can’t compare the behaviour. If someone showed me how to roll back to Obsidian 1.8.7, I’d be happy to test and debug this.
I tried this (Obsidian v1.8.9) using Windows 11:
And the release notes stay closed once I close them. (fully closed and opened Obsidian multiple times from the link – no release notes)
Just to be clear here: It only happens when no Obsidian process is running at all, as described in the steps to reproduce.
Hi all
A friend of mine tested for me with exactly the same setup, he can’t reproduce it, too. I’ll close this ticket for now. Whenever I figured out what’s happening here, I’ll let you know.
Cheers
André
Ok, checked it again. There was something wrong in my AppData\Roaming\obsidian directory. I moved it away, now it works as usual. Thanks all for your patience and your testing.
