Obsidian Release Notes

Improvements

CLI

• Added help to get help with a specific command.
• Added --help as an alias for the help command.
• Added daily:path command to get the expected daily note path.
• Added rename command.
• Split the search command into search and search:context.
• Added descriptions to filter parameters in help output.
• CLI commands now default to silent operation and doesn't expect an active file by default.
• the all parameter has been replaced by active (to target active file)
• the silent parameter has been replaced by open to open the target
• The CLI now ignores unrecognized flags starting with --.
• Changed the CLI setup cancel button to say "Skip" to indicate the step is optional.

Bases

• Added the ability to import files into Bases via drag and drop.
• file.linksTo() treats files embedded within a Canvas as links.

Other

• Added new "Copy image" menu item when right-clicking on an image.
• Copying text from the editor now includes HTML formatting, making it easier to paste into apps like Google Docs.
• Obsidian Sync now logs when files were skipped for being too large.
• Improved fuzzy search results when the query contains spaces.
• Opening files in an external application now shows a confirmation dialog for added safety.
• Added a warning when attempting to open an executable file.

No longer broken

• Fixed a bug where notices would stop appearing after being dismissed.
• Fixed the outline view flickering while typing.
• Fixed scroll position not updating after changing the row height in Bases table view.
• Bases: Fixed search input text overlapping with the result count if the input text is long.
• Fixed "More options" menu not closing when clicking the "..." button in a pop-out window.
• Fixed the app restart sometimes leaving the app in a broken quitting state.
• Fixed obsidian:// URIs not working if the CLI was not enabled.
• Fixed list properties not showing edit and remove options in the context menu when right-clicking a link inside a list item.
• CLI: Fixed commands not working with unicode characters.
• CLI: Fixed pasting.
• CLI: Fixed commands running before the workspace finished loading.
• CLI: Fixed erroneously operating on the current vault when the specified vault is not found.
• CLI: Fixed arguments with colons not being handled correctly on Windows.
• macOS: The dock icon is no longer shown during CLI invocations.

Developers

• If your theme or snippet updates the macOS traffic light position using the new CSS variables, these offsets are now applied immediately when the app loads.

New

• Added a command line interface that lets you control Obsidian from your terminal for scripting, automation, and integration with external tools.
• Added a search toolbar button to Bases to filter query results.
• When deleting a file, a new prompt will ask if you would like to also delete its attachments. A new setting in Files & Links allows you to configure this behavior (choose "Always", "Ask every time", or "Never").
• Images in Live Preview can now be resized by dragging from the corner. Double-click the corner to reset the image size.

Improved

Bases

• Table cell context menu now shows the file menu when a single file is selected.

File Explorer

• Copy and paste operations are now supported using Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V.

Editor

• Added command palette commands to toggle inline title and line numbers visibility.
• Fixed missing space after blockquotes.
• Fixed styling of bold links.
• Image size is no longer treated as display text when dragging a link.

Other

• Backlinks in Canvas files are now detected. They are now shown in the backlinks view, and counted as links in the Graph view.
• Added a "Change vault" command to quickly switch between vaults.
• Alt-clicking a file in the file explorer now adds the previous active item to the selection.
• Quick switcher: Dragging results out of the modal is now supported.
• New app translations are available.

No longer broken

• Keychain: Added handling for when encryption is unavailable on some Linux machines.
• Fixed issue where layout is not always saved when the app is closed.
• Fixed issue where selecting text near a link or tag would incorrectly trigger the link or tag token.
• Fixed issue where closing a pop-out window with active notices would cause them to move to the main window and never disappear.
• Added a new unique URI action.

Developers

• We've updated how our translation files are created and bundled with the app. For translators, see the updated instructions on our translations repository.
• Added theming support for corner shapes using corner-shape CSS property. Replaced -electron-corner-smoothing. Requires Chromium 139 and Obsidian 1.11+.
• macOS: New traffic-lights-offset-x and --traffic-lights-offset-y CSS variables to configure with the traffic lights appear in the window frame.
• We've introduced a breaking API change to BaseOption#shouldHide. This function no longer receives the config as an argument. Options should be accessed from BasesViewRegistration.options instead.

registerView('my-view-id', {
name: 'View Name',
icon: 'my-icon',
factory: () => new MyView(),
options: (config: BasesViewConfig) => ({
// Here ^
})
});

Improved

• New Appearance settings (enabled by default):
  • Full screen: Automatically hide interface elements while reading.
  • Floating navigation: Navigation buttons float over the content instead of being anchored.
  • Sliding sidebars: Option to have the sidebars slide to the side of the content instead of floating above.
  • When full screen mode is enabled, the phone's status bar is now hidden when you scroll in a note.
• New App actions (the menu when you press and hold on the app icon):
  • "Manage vaults..." Closes the current vault and takes you to the vault selection screen.
  • "Today" — Opens today's daily note. Only available when the daily notes plugin is enabled.
  • "New Note" — Creates a new note in the active vault.
• Vault switcher has a new option to "Open Vault in Restricted Mode." This option opens the vault without activating any plugins. If your vault is failing to open due to a plugin issue, use this option to debug.
• Improved layout of Keychain settings.
• Keychain: Disabled auto-capitalization on the "secret ID" input field.

No longer broken

• Android: Fixed app being unable to open on devices without Google Play services.
• Fixed tab switcher not updating to reflect the currently active tab.
• Fixed position of header buttons and toolbar on some older devices.
• Fixed bug where the file name in the right sidebar would show the wrong text after renaming a file in the vault.
• Fixed bug where the right-most navigation bar icon flashed briefly when the app was first loading.
• iOS: Fixed bug where the first tap or long-press in the File Explorer and Outline did not work.
• iOS: Fixed scroll getting interrupted if touch overlaps with a link.
• iOS: Fixed text on Debug screen ("Show debug info") appearing very faint.
• iOS: Fixed error when selecting vault from New Note widget.
• iPad: Fixed Command + , not opening in-app settings.
• iPad: Fixed mobile toolbar not appearing when using "Floating keyboard" option.
• iPad: Fixed File Explorer context menu appearing too high and overlapping with the status bar.

Bases

• Fixed list property values getting prematurely truncated.
• Fixed extra space at the bottom of the base view when editing.
• Fixed extra space appearing when editing items within the Bases toolbar.

Improved

• The help window and the vault chooser window have been updated to match the new design used in app settings.
• Bases: Table cell menu now shows "Copy" and "Paste" menu items.
• Settings: The sidebar no longer shows icons next to Community plugins.
• Added new choose-vault URI action to open the vault switcher.

No longer broken

• Restored default display text when inserting a link with folders in the linktext (e.g. [[a/b/file]] will automatically be inserted as [[a/b/file|file]]).
• Bases: Fixed bug where right-clicking on table selection would focus the cell (and hide the selection) instead of showing the selection menu.
• Fixed bug where a note would sometimes switch from reading mode to edit mode when clicking near embedded content.

Improved

New Appearance settings (enabled by default)

• Full screen: Automatically hide interface elements while reading.
• Floating navigation: Navigation buttons float over the content instead of being anchored.
• Sliding sidebars: Option to have the sidebars slide to the side of the content instead of floating above.
• When full screen mode is enabled, the phone's status bar is now hidden when you scroll in a note.

New App actions (the menu when you press and hold on the app icon)

• "Manage vaults..." Closes the current vault and takes you to the vault selection screen.
• "Today" — Opens today's daily note. Only available when the daily notes plugin is enabled.
• "New Note" — Creates a new note in the active vault.

Vault switcher

• has a new option to "Open Vault in Restricted Mode." This option opens the vault without activating any plugins. If your vault is failing to open due to a plugin issue, use this option to debug.

No longer broken

• iOS: Fixed bug where the first tap or long-press in the File Explorer and Outline did not work.
• iOS: Fixed scroll getting interrupted if touch overlaps with a link.
• iOS: Fixed text on Debug screen ("Show debug info") appearing very faint.
• iPad: Fixed Command + , not opening in-app settings.
• iPad: Fixed mobile toolbar not appearing when using "Floating keyboard" option.
• iPad: Fixed File Explorer context menu appearing too high and overlapping with the status bar.
• Fixed bug where the right-most navigation bar icon flashed briefly when the app was first loading.

Improved

• The help window and the vault chooser window have been updated to match the new design used in app settings.
• Bases: Table cell menu now shows "Copy" and "Paste" menu items.
• Settings: The sidebar no longer shows icons next to Community plugins.

No longer broken

• Bases: Fixed bug where right-clicking on table selection would focus the cell (and hide the selection) instead of showing the selection menu.
• Fixed bug where a note would sometimes switch from reading mode to edit mode when clicking near embedded content.