[Bug] file.inlinks not working correctly

[timconnorz]

The list of file.inlinks is frequently missing items.

Judging from the behavior, it feels that the inlinks are being pulled from some outdated cache or something. When I visit the file and click through to the missing inlinks and then retype the reference link, my dataview query shows the list accurately.

Here's a screenshot showing the behavior:

And here's a loom video: https://www.loom.com/share/57d03ef53cdd41b7ba87be49ee6038c1

[wenlzhang]

I can also confirm this.

[blacksmithgu]

I think I know what this is - I collect all of the links TO a page once when I first index all of the pages, and then I don't update them again unless you change that specific page. If you link to that page somewhere else, it doesn't update file.inlinks unless you change the links explicitly.

[whoisnnamdi]

Confirming I've noticed this same issue. Happened to me when I changed the folder for some files: inlinks field suddenly dropped all the links to those files. Have been able to get some of them back by retyping the links as @timconnorz and @blacksmithgu mentioned, but this method seems flaky. Doesn't always work.

Note that Obsidian itself continues to recognize all these links, so it's a dataview thing explicitly

[blacksmithgu]

It due to file moves (without renames). Dataview stores links as absolute paths, so if you move a path, the links need to be updated; however, the linking files have no reason to update since their content hasn't changed.

Though mildly inefficient, I'll likely just re-queue the affected files for re-indexing which should resolve this issue, given rename operations aren't that frequent.

[simonmeggle]

I can confirm this behaviour on Obsidian 0.14.2 and Dataview 0.4.26. I need a table which shows alle pages which have an incoming link from this page.

TABLE WITHOUT ID
	state AS State, 
	file.name AS Lession,
	format, 
	learning_support, 
	last_prod_date,
	note 
FROM "_RMKA/lessions" 
WHERE
contains(file.inlinks, this.file.link)

If I add a link to a note under _RMKA/lessions, it appears in the table.

I expect the table entry to disappear as soon as I remove the link again, but that is not the case. In my desperation, I also try to do manual edits (in the table note as well as the linked note) to "trigger" something (?):

The table only refreshes when I close and reopen Obsidian:

Btw, the incoming link pane of Obsidian always tells the truth and updates on any modification. Any suggestions how to update dataview's cache of inlinks?

Thanks, Simon

[simonmeggle]

(Let me know if I can be of any help to debug this)

[AB1908]

I think adding a manual refresh command could help with this.

[craldaz]

I reproduced this error, was very weird. Had to quit and restart obsidian for it to update. Anyway to fix this?

[AB1908]

Does #998 help?