Web clipper broken in 1.11.4 - only sends page title, window won't focus

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hey, since updating to 1.11.4 my web clipper stopped working properly

Steps to reproduce

  1. have obsidian open in the background
  2. use the web clipper extension on any page
  3. instead of obsidian coming to foreground with the full clipped content, it just blinks in the taskbar and only the page title gets saved

works fine if obsidian is closed (content gets queued properly), only breaks when it’s already running

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]

Y - tested in sandbox vault, same issue. also can’t test with appimage because it doesn’t register the obsidian:// protocol handler on my system

Expected result

obsidian comes to foreground, full page content is clipped

Actual result

window blinks for attention but doesn’t focus, only page title ends up in the note - no content

Environment

  • obsidian 1.11.4
  • arch linux
  • firefox + official obsidian web clipper

Additional information

  • downgrading to the previous version fixes it completely
  • started happening exactly when 1.11.4 dropped 3 days ago
  • clipper extension hasn’t been updated in months so it’s not on that end
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You can make this work with .desktop file.

I don’t know which package you use. For linux we only support the packages we make under KDE or GNOME. Sorry.

The recent package (that we make) uses electron 39 which now defaults to wayland native as opposed to xwayland. I don’t know if that’s the source of change you are seeing.

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I have a similar issue with focus and no content being inserted.

Arch Linux - KDE Plasma 6.5.5
Obsidian 1.11.4
Firefox 147.0.1 w/ obsidian web clipper from the firefox addons page

Clipping to an existing note no longer works. The Obsidian application is brought to the foreground but nothing is inserted. Inserting to a new note works.

I had to change this setting to make the focus work : from low to none. It fixed the app being brought to the foreground but didn’t help with the content issue.

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reported to Arch and solution proposed but links are not accepted here

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Hey, just following up on this with some more info.

A couple of people over on the Arch GitLab helped me test this, and we’ve narrowed it down:

  1. It’s a Wayland native issue: If I force Obsidian to run via XWayland by adding --ozone-platform=x11 to my config, the clipper starts working perfectly again—the window focuses correctly and the full page content is sent.
  2. KDE Plasma specific? Another user was able to reproduce the bug on Plasma, but interestingly, they mentioned it seemed to work fine on GNOME.
  3. The Regression: Since Obsidian 1.11.4+ (Electron 39) now defaults to Wayland native, this is why it suddenly broke for us.

It looks like there’s a specific bug in how the app handles the obsidian:// URI payload and window activation when running natively on Wayland under Plasma.

Is there any specific log or debug info I can provide from a Wayland session to help you guys look into the focus/URI handling for Linux?

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We do not have code that is X11 or Wayland specific (nor KDE or Gnome Specific for that matter).

I have the feeling that you are running into this:

I don’t know if there is some special config in KDE to make it work for wayland (like it there is for Sway). This should be asked in some KDE-centric forum.

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I have the same issue with Web Clipper in Firefox since several weeks. The title is written into a new note, but the body is empty.

In Chromium Web Clipper works fine, so I used this as workaround and hoped an update would solve the issue. But so far no change.

Can it be a clipboard issue, when it works in Chrome?
If yes, what do I need to add to ~.config/kwinrc ?

Obsidian: 1.11.7
Operating System: CachyOS Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.18.9-2-cachyos (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Window Manager: KWin