Steps to reproduce
Use shiny new settings search.
Look for e.g. “font”
click on native font settings
Obsidian hangs
Obsidian crashes
Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? YES
Expected result
Choose fonts or change appearance settings
Actual result
crash
Environment
this happened in the Sandbox vault too (see video; let me know if the Filen link does not work)
Installation Method: Obsidian’s official .deb file; same crash with AppImage
AppImage started from CLI gives this error message:
./Obsidian-1.13.4.AppImage
2026-07-31 19:56:57 Loaded updated app /home/Readerguy42/.config/obsidian/obsidian-1.13.4.asar
Removing partition for vault open-gate
2026-07-31 19:56:58 Checking for update using Github
2026-07-31 19:56:58 Success.
2026-07-31 19:56:58 Latest version is 1.13.4
2026-07-31 19:56:58 App is up to date.
Error sending from webFrameMain: Error: Render frame was disposed before WebFrameMain could be accessed
at WebFrameMain._sendInternal (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:104851)
at WebContents._sendInternal (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:88759)
at node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:118074
at new Promise (<anonymous>)
at Object.invokeInWebContents (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:117828)
at WebContents.executeJavaScript (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:89709)
Or same crash again, AppImage Sandbox Vault:
./Obsidian-1.13.4.AppImage
2026-07-31 19:59:20 Loaded updated app /home/ReaderGuy42/.config/obsidian/obsidian-1.13.4.asar
Removing partition for vault open-gate
2026-07-31 19:59:21 Checking for update using Github
2026-07-31 19:59:21 Success.
2026-07-31 19:59:21 Latest version is 1.13.4
2026-07-31 19:59:21 App is up to date.
Error sending from webFrameMain: Error: Render frame was disposed before WebFrameMain could be accessed
at WebFrameMain._sendInternal (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:104851)
at WebContents._sendInternal (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:88759)
at node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:118074
at new Promise (<anonymous>)
at Object.invokeInWebContents (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:117828)
at WebContents.executeJavaScript (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:89709)
Error sending from webFrameMain: Error: Render frame was disposed before WebFrameMain could be accessed
at WebFrameMain._sendInternal (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:104851)
at WebContents._sendInternal (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:88759)
at node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:118074
at new Promise (<anonymous>)
at Object.invokeInWebContents (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:117828)
at WebContents.executeJavaScript (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:89709)
Operating System: Linux Mint 22.3
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: 1.13.4
Installer version: 1.13.4
Operating system: #28~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Jul 1 15:50:57 UTC 2 7.0.0-28-generic
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: off
Plugins installed: 0
Plugins enabled: 0
RECOMMENDATIONS:
none