Obsidian 1.8.8 and 1.8.9 always shows the release notes when called from an URL (Windows)

[abonhote]

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

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Additional information

It’s all ok when I open the vault from the vault selection dialog.

[WhiteNoise]

I can’t reproduce this problem.

[abonhote]

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.

[WhiteNoise]

It doesn’t happen to me.

[abonhote]

Windows 10?

[WhiteNoise]

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.

[abonhote]

Can’t produce it on Linux (Mint) either. Created a desktop file, which should be similar to a lnk.

[abonhote]

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.

[abonhote]

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.

[ariehen]

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)

[abonhote]

Just to be clear here: It only happens when no Obsidian process is running at all, as described in the steps to reproduce.

[abonhote]

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

[abonhote]

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.

[kuzya]

Had the same issue on Win11, deleted obsidian-1.8.9.asar in the Appdata\Roaming\obsidian directory, which fixed the issue. Thanks.