Steps to reproduce
- Created new vault. Default Obsidian: no plug-ins/themes or snippets.
- Create folder at root level: Today
- Create folder tree at root level: Diary/2026/01
- Settings/Daily Note/Custom Date Format: YYYY-MM-DD-ddd
- In Folder: Diary/2026/01 Create a yesterdays note with the correct note name for the previous day. eg: 2026-01-27-Tue
- Settings/Daily Note/New File Location: Today
- Command Palette: Daily Notes: Open Today’s Daily Notes (New note create in Folder Today with filename: 2026-01-28-Wed
- Command Palette: Daily Notes: Open previous daily note.
- Error toast appears: “There’s no daily note before this one”
Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]
Yes. Trouble shooting guide followed.
Expected result
Expected the previous daily note “2026-01-27-Tue” to appear in edit window.
Actual result
Error toast appears: “There’s no daily note before this one”
Environment
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.11.5
Installer version: v1.11.5
Operating system: #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.63-1 (2025-12-30) 6.12.63+deb13-amd64
Login status: not logged in
Language: en
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on
RECOMMENDATIONS:
none
Additional information
Previously, could navigate backward from today’s daily note to previous and keep stepping backwards through daily notes. Could also navigate forward through daily notes. This navigate forward no longer works either.
This bug report applies to Android also.