(not done) OR (done after 2024-09-22) AND (done before 2024-09-29)
path includes research kanban
heading does not include Open
hide task count
hide backlink
sort by status
It should produce a list of tasks from a certain set of Kanban boards.
Instead, I get an eternal “Loading Tasks …” dialogue where the result should be.
To my surprise, the query works in the new vault. This is with all the same plug-ins and theme settings enabled.
The only thing that would seem to differ across the two vaults is whether Sync is enabled?
Environment
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.6.7
Installer version: v1.4.16
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 24.0.0: Mon Aug 12 20:54:26 PDT 2024; root:xnu-11215.1.10~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T8112 24.0.0
Login status: logged in
Catalyst license: none
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: Everforest v0.0.0
Snippets enabled: 1
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 26
Plugins enabled: 17
1: Tasks v7.10.1
2: Advanced Tables v0.22.0
3: Better Word Count v0.10.1
4: Citations v0.4.5
5: Dataview v0.5.67
6: Dice Roller v11.0.5
7: Dictionary v2.22.0
8: Focus Mode v1.11.4
9: Global Search and Replace v0.5.0
10: Hotkeys++ v0.2.7
11: Kanban v2.0.51
12: Omnisearch v1.24.1
13: Omnivore v1.10.4
14: Pandoc Plugin v0.4.1
15: Periodic Notes v0.0.17
16: Templater v2.7.1
17: Zotero Integration v3.2.1
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Custom theme and snippets: for cosmetic issues, please first try updating your theme and disabling your snippets. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community theme and snippets.
Community plugins: for bugs, please first try updating all your plugins to latest. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community plugins.
While we are working on this, can you also try an Installer Update? In recent versions of our application, we’ve made significant changes to how Publish and Sync functions integrate with the software. The standard update process does not update all necessary files to implement these upgrades, so I recommend trying this as well.
To my surprise, the query works in the new vault. This is with all the same plug-ins and theme settings enabled.
A new vault would also have a fresh indexed.db and other fresh cache storage. Tasks can be very memory intensive, especial on mobile if you have many tasks and queries. You can decrease the memory required by scoping your queries, and also by removing tasks from consideration once checked (a plugin like Task Collector can help).
(not done) OR (done after 2024-09-22) AND (done before 2024-09-29)
On the memory issue – I understand the idea, but my copied vault is searching all of the same exact material and loading instantly? It is also worth noting that the queries work instantly on mobile as well, where I am running an older version of the Tasks plug-in (although I do not think this is relevant, given the how copied vault works with the most recent version).
My hypothesis is still that there is some issue that stems from how Sync is working on desktop (perhaps copying a file from mobile that Tasks cannot parse?), but at a loss for how to troubleshoot further.
Appreciate any suggestions – or failing that, again, guidance for how to transition Sync to the vault copy where everything works?
That’s not quite true. There can be another difference: Tasks depends on the Obsidian cache to match the file contents, and that occasionally not true. Depending on the history of the vault, the cache can sometimes not match the file content precisely.
Also, the Tasks startup code changed in 7.10.0 - in case that caused the problem, if refreshing the cache didn’t fix it, try using Tasks 7.9.0 instead.
(The 7.10.0 changes have been used by many thousands of users, with no adverse reports received, so I don’t expect there to be a problem, but it’s just another idea to check…)