Unable to Paste Images into Obsidian

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Obsidian
  2. Create a new folder
  3. Open Settings
  4. Navigate to “Files and links”
  5. Configure the setting to store attachments in a local folder and select the newly added folder.
  6. Take a screenshot, in this case I am using Flameshot and copy it to my clipboard, attempt to paste into a note in Obsidian.
  7. Nothing happens.
  8. Attempted the same paste in Cherry Tree and it works which makes me believe it is an Obsidian bug.

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y]

Followed the troubleshooting guide, I have no themes or plugins. Reproduced the same issue in the Sandbox vault.

Expected result

The image to be pasted with (Path to image)

Actual result

Nothing happens, if I right click the “Paste” option is greyed out.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.8.10
Installer version: v1.8.10
Operating system: #202412060638~1743109366~22.04~1fce33b SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu M 6.12.10-76061203-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

Output from /etc/os-release

NAME="Pop!_OS"
VERSION="22.04 LTS"
ID=pop
ID_LIKE="ubuntu debian"
PRETTY_NAME="Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS"
VERSION_ID="22.04"
HOME_URL="https://pop.system76.com"
SUPPORT_URL="https://support.system76.com"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://system76.com/privacy"
VERSION_CODENAME=jammy
UBUNTU_CODENAME=jammy
LOGO=distributor-logo-pop-os

After further testing it was determined that this was my own vault. I had virtualbox running and the machine being ran had “Bidirectional Clipboard” set to on instead of just being “Host to Guest” once that setting was changed everything worked again.