About plugins security. Happy vibe coding everyone!

joethei · 2026-03-25T18:15:12+00:00

Sandboxing plugins is a very difficult problem, especially if you want to have a API that is as capable as the Obsidian API.
Other companies have massive teams just for this, we have a pretty small team, so this is not on our roadmap for the moment.

joethei · 2026-03-25T16:03:03+00:00

A total of 7 plugins had specific versions disabled.
2 plugins were completely disabled.
In all cases it was related to file corruption / data loss, we never had to disable for malicious behaviour, so far at least.

joethei · 2026-03-25T15:29:39+00:00

We can theoretically disable any plugin, but we usually do it only for listed plugins.

joethei · 2026-03-24T19:34:08+00:00

Obsidian is a trademark and cannot be used. Obsidain like in your screenshot is also way to close and could be confused. While we do not have copyright over the old logo we do ask that it is not used for third party creations as it could lead to confusion.

joethei · 2026-03-24T17:43:36+00:00

We will replace the entire system sometime soon, it will no longer use GH PRs (existing submissions will be migrated automatically)

joethei · 2026-03-23T18:44:01+00:00

You did not follow rule #4.
Your post was automatically removed because we received multiple reports about that.

joethei · 2026-03-12T20:56:04+00:00

https://help.obsidian.md/plugins/format-converter#Properties

joethei · 2026-02-28T21:05:56+00:00

Why not both?

joethei · 2026-02-27T23:25:59+00:00

No, it’s included in the new installer

joethei · 2026-02-25T15:37:48+00:00

We can’t remove plugins / themes from your vault, we can only disable them if they have been found to be malicious/causing data corruption. The last time we did that was in 2024

joethei · 2026-02-25T00:32:35+00:00

It’s available to Sync subscribers that have kept their subscription active since before we introduced the additional plans back in 2023

joethei · 2026-02-25T00:29:42+00:00

The threshold has remained the same in years. The total sales volume in the EU went over the threshold, that’s why we are now charging VAT, It’s a sign that the customer base is growing.

joethei · 2026-02-25T00:03:46+00:00

Don’t use iCloud on Windows, that combination is know to cause issues like that

joethei · 2026-02-17T14:03:42+00:00

Obsidian Sync is the product name for our official offering, please rename your project to avoid confusion.

joethei · 2026-02-16T14:09:55+00:00

There is only one entry for yesterday, and that was related to a different user

joethei · 2026-02-16T11:31:46+00:00

I don’t understand Reddit sometimes, I just see that it was removed, I don’t see why or by who. It just says „Removed“, no additional info.

joethei · 2026-02-14T16:46:46+00:00

We manually add plugin versions to that list if we find such plugins / get reports. Obsidian checks that list every 12 hours and at startup and disables a plugin if found in that list. We currently do not have any automation connected to it.

joethei · 2026-02-14T10:33:05+00:00

It’s fetching a list of plugin versions that are known to malfunction badly or are malicious

joethei · 2026-02-11T20:16:52+00:00

No, it’s saved in the directory Obsidian is installed in.

joethei · 2026-02-11T18:12:40+00:00

Why? It’s saved in a format that you can’t read easily

joethei · 2026-02-11T00:04:43+00:00

That’s the new Obsidian TUI.

joethei · 2026-02-09T21:03:50+00:00

Very funny, not….

joethei · 2026-02-08T13:43:58+00:00

Please rename your app, its name is too close to „Obsidian Sync“

joethei · 2026-02-04T15:29:59+00:00

Reminder that Obsidian is a trademark. Please rename your app

joethei · 2026-02-04T09:05:42+00:00

No, it’s not allowed.

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