Well I wouldn’t say Create conflict file “solves the problem”, it just makes the issue of incorrectly created conflicts less impactful because it doesn’t create erroneous edits in the affected file.
The only reason I opened a bug report is that it’s not me editing the files and creating conflicts, though. The conflicts are created entirely by Obsidian. I originally opened this as a bug report via email and I sent a bunch of screenshots demonstrating the incorrect edits that were created. Only after corresponding with support a few times was I asked to create a bug report in the forum as well. All of this is documented in my initial post.
If it’s helpful I can send more screenshots of incorrectly created conflict files that show edits that I did not do. I have many in my Deleted files history. I just don’t want to post my notes publicly here.
For what it’s worth, my best guess is it has something to do with the sync mechanism and detecting file modification time changes. I think what might be happening is the file on the iPhone starts to update with changes from my PC (where the file was actually edited), and somehow this gets picked up partway through as an edit that’s native to the iPhone, and this is what creates the conflict, as the modification time changes on the iPhone. But that’s just me guessing as to what could be the cause.
Regardless, I am one hundred percent positive that the edits are not created by me.