Steps to reproduce
- On Android Obsidian, create a new file or open an existing file with contents.
- At the end of the file, type something new.
- Open the recent apps list and swipe Obsidian from the list (to terminate the app).
This causes Android to close the Obsidian app. If you’re on a low-memory device, when you switch apps Android can kill Obsidian even if you don’t swipe it from the recent apps list.
Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]
Yes.
Expected result
Changes are saved.
Actual result
The last few seconds of changes are lost and not saved.
If you edited a sufficiently long file (multiple megabytes), and close Obsidian at the right time after opening recent apps, you can close Obsidian while it’s saving the file non-atomically, leaving the file truncated on disk (and parts of the contents missing forever)! This happened once in the past and I had to restore the file from backup, and I replicated it twice in a few minutes on a 2.7 megabyte test file.
Environment
SYSTEM INFO:
Operating system: android 14 (Google Pixel 4a)
Obsidian version: 1.7.7 (171)
API version: v1.7.7
Login status: not logged in
Language: en
Live preview: on
Base theme: light
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on
RECOMMENDATIONS:
none
Additional information
- I’m running Lineage OS rather than stock Android.
- The bug occurs both with Syncthing-Fork running and killed.
Video recording of lost changes and truncated file: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VwUwDQHxPxA