Opening vault from NAS stopped working with 1.13.4 network drive

Bug graveyard
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Hello Forum,

Thank you very much for reading this ticket and your support.

I have my vault located on a Synology NAS that is connected as network drive “S:\Notes” to Windows 11.
With former version 1.12.7 everything is working fine.
After upgrade to version 1.13.4 this vault cannot be opened.
When clicking on it a window opens and then closes instantly without any error message or entry in obsidian.log

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Steps to reproduce

  • Install version 1.13.4
  • Try to open existing vault on network drive (“S:\Notes”)
    • Window appears and closes instantly without error message
  • Try to create a new vault on network path
    • Same behavior as with an existing vault
  • Create a new vault on C:\
    • Works as intended
  • Uninstall version 1.13.4
  • Install version 1.12.7
  • Vaults on network path can be used again as intended

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]

Yes, I tried the following

  1. Using default config and theme
  2. Uninstalling all custom plugins, just using default plugins
  3. Creating a new vault on the network drive

Expected result

  • Vaults on network drive can be opened as in former version 1.12.7

Actual result

  • Existing and new created vaults on a network drive open and close without error message or entry in “obsidian.log” (“C:\Users\[USER]\AppData\Roaming\obsidian\obsidian.log”)

Environment

  • Cannot reach that far, since vault is not opened long enough

Additional information

  • OS
    • Win11 25H2 (Build 26200.8973)
  • NAS
    • Synology NAS DS723+
      • DSM version: 7.3.2-86009 Update 4
    • Plugins:
      • File Station: 1.4.3-1610
      • SMB Service: 4.15.13-3047
  • Obsidian
    • Working
      • Version: 1.12.7
      • Plugins
        • Calendar: 1.5.10
        • Folders to Graph: 1.2.0
        • Tasks: 8.3.0
        • Tasks Calendar Wrapper: 0.3.2
    • Not working
      • Version: 1.13.4
      • Plugins: none
      • Config: default
2

The team are aware and the fix will be in the next version.

3

Do you mean the next big version or will there be a bug fix in between?
Boils down to the question should I wait for the fix or use the older version?

4

A team member can correct me if I’m wrong, but my understanding is that it will be fixed in 1.13.5. ETA unknown, but I reckon shortly. :soon_arrow:

5

This is still a problem for me i 1.13.6

6

Have tried uninstalling 1.13.4 completely and reinstalling, still goes back to the Open Vault menu (Windows 11)

7

Download and reinstall obsidian. Post a screen recording of this happening. Thanks.

8

30 Mb is too large.
Can’t slice it.
I’ll describe it to you instead.

  1. I uninstall Obsidian
  2. I remove all folders under AppData/Local and Roaming
  3. I reinstall 1.13.6
  4. Same problem occurs.
  5. I’ll start going through the vault now and see if there’s anything I can fix
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Upload it somewhere and post here or dm me the link?

Also does it happen with any NAS vault or just that vault?

10

Tried creating a new blank one, on a different share but still on the same NAS, which worked, so there’s something with that vault. I’ll fix link.

11

I might have found the issue:

Having the vault in the root of a shared drive, for instance O:\.obsidian makes it crash.
Creating a vault in O:\Obsidian\.obsidian works

12

that case will be fixed in v1.13.7. ETA unknown

13

Thanks :vulcan_salute:

14

Works fine from W11 - as never failed, also not with 1.13.6 - but open vault on Synology NAS with 1.13.7 on KDE Neon (24.04 - ubuntu-based) Plasma 6.7.4 still hangs. Just tried with Appimage. Yesterday tried 1.13.6 with .deb installed version.

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Continued testing:

On KDE Neon the new 1.13.7 Appimage does not work very well: Keeps hanging on opening a vault from Synology NAS and - besides that - the Create new vault button does not react at all.

I think it caused by KDA Plasma or its “KDE neon”-specific implementation. Obsidian 1.13.7 works fine on linux desktop:

my KDE Neon (from inxi)

System:
Host: KDE-neon Kernel: 7.0.0-28-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.7.4 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner
vt: 2 dm: N/A Distro: KDE neon 24.04 User Edition
base: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble

I tested the same 1.13.7 Appimage on an VM (W11 host) with Linux Lite and XFDE: using the same Synology NAS-based vaul: opens fast and works perfect.
Linux Lite is based on the same Ubuntu version:
System:
Host: Obsidian Kernel: 6.8.0-100-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.41 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Lite 7.8 LTS
base: Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS (Noble Numbat)