Spell checker doesn't highlight any misspelled words in any language - AppImage, Ubuntu 25.04

Again, the spellchecker doesn’t highlight any misspelled words.

Changing languages or toggling the Spellcheck setting as suggested in this closed thread didn’t help.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open the sandbox vault
  2. Edit the text with obvious misspellings

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide?

Opened the Sandbox vault.

Expected result

Red squiggles under misspelled words.

Actual result

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
	Obsidian version: v1.8.10
	Installer version: v1.8.10
	Operating system: #22-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed May 21 15:01:51 UTC 2025 6.14.0-22-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: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
	none

Additional information

Spellchecking did work with the same AppImage on Fedora 38.

The dictionary is downloaded on first use. Is the app network access blocked?

That was it, thanks @WhiteNoise.

Two issues once the dictionary was downloaded (apparently from a URL redirected by redirector.gvt1.com or from raw.githubusercontent.com):

  1. Some words used in the Sandbox vault should ship in the user dictionary: macOS, backlinks
  2. The numbered lists show all 1s:

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