Icons don't load in live preview

[NomarCub]

It happens regularly, and not just on the end of notes, as can be seen on the GIF. It was not easy to reproduce, it seemed to depend on window size, the number and kinds of links. Here's the text with which I could reproduce consistently: https://pastebin.com/f8J9pK4z.

Repro:

1. Paste the content of the pastebin into a note.
2. Scroll down, and place the cursor at the end of the file.
3. Close and reopen the note.
4. The favicons are missing, and it takes scrolling halfway up for them to reappear.

In the GIF, I open and close the note with Ctrl + W and Ctrl + Shift + T.

[jpfieber]

I'm running 1.1.15. I just found and installed this plugin, and found it won't show any favicons in the live preview, but they show up fine in reading mode. I restarted Obsidian, same result.

[hidegh]

Thanx @jpfieber , so basically an useless plugin then?!

[NomarCub]

It works fine for me for the most part, no change with v1.1.15, just checked the sandbox vault too. @jpfieber under what conditions does this happen? What platform are you on? Have you tried the sandbox vault?

[jpfieber]

I'm on Windows. It happens to every external link on any page. This is the first time I've heard of the 'Sandbox Vault'. I just tried it and it works properly there. I'm guessed that meant it could be a clash between plugins. I disabled every community plugin except this one, closed Obsidian, opened it and it still doesn't work. That leaves me thinking it's either related to a core plugin, core plugin setting, or general Obsidian setting. What should I try next?

[NomarCub]

You should try copying the .obsidian config folder (with the other plugins disabled) to a new vault. It might be the settings you mentioned, CSS snippets, or possibly some vault level Obsidian cache that isn't stored in the vault itself.

[jpfieber]

Tried that, got nowhere. Tried creating a brand new vault and adding only Link Favicons, no other plugins, no changes to any settings, still doesn't work. Only seems to work in the sandbox vault. What's the difference between a default new vault and a sandbox vault? Seems my default new vault is somehow not default or this would be not working for others as well...

[NomarCub]

You can try installing Obsidian with a fresh installer, as old installs can have older Electron versions. Maybe reinstall it completely and delete appdata and localappdata. Beyond that I'm out of ideas. I also had weird vault specific problems with this plugin in the past.

[ChristinWhite]

I'm having the same issue and am having a really difficult time tracking it down.

macOS: 13.2 (22D49) Obsidian: 1.1.15 Link Favicons: 1.8.1

So here's the weird thing:

• Delete Obsidian and it's Application Support folder and preferences .plist. Reinstall. Open my main vault, reload. It doesn't work ❌
• Open the sandbox vault, paste in my test note, enable plugins and install Link Favicons. It works ✅
• Replace .obsidian from my vault into the sandbox vault. It doesn't work ❌
• Make zero other changes and reload: It works ✅ and keeps working after subsequent reloads.

It doesn't look like it's a plugin or snippet incompatibility. I've turned off all snippets in my main vault and it makes no difference. I haven't gone through each plugin but since they all work in the sandbox vault I'm at a loss for why they work there and not in my vault.

No console errors either.

[ChristinWhite]

Did a little more digging and I'm even more confused about what's going on. For reference, my main vault is named Launch Control.

• I deleted everything in the sandbox vault. I then copied everything from Launch Control into the sandbox vault, except .trash.
• I renamed Launch Control to Backup and copied the sandbox vault into my vaults folder. I renamed it Launch Control, opened it up in Obsidian and favicon links work.
• Just to test things, I went back to Backup and deleted .trash, it's still broken.

The two vaults should be basically identical but for some reason Link Favicons works in one and not the other.

[NomarCub]

The issue doesn't seem to be specific to live preview. I tried this plugin: https://github.com/KosmosisDire/obsidian-webpage-export, which exports using reading view. Favicons are really spotty in the exported HTML, and are missing like half the time.

[guihasparyk]

If it worked would be awesome!

I would love this feature because I transitioned my research sessions and bookmarks from Firefox Bookmarks to Obsidian and would be better visually to see icons of each bookmark.

[joethei]

I've released a new version that should fix some issues reported here. It looks to me like some of you experience a different issue from the one NomarCub is facing. I've fixed the issue of favicons not showing up in live preview at all in some vaults.

The issue doesn't seem to be specific to live preview. I tried this plugin: https://github.com/KosmosisDire/obsidian-webpage-export, which exports using reading view. Favicons are really spotty in the exported HTML, and are missing like half the time.

For this issue I am not sure if that is caused by my plugin or the export plugin.

[guihasparyk]

It's working like a charm. You are amazing! Thanks @joethei 👍

[NomarCub]

Thanks for the fixes! However, this issue is still not fixed indeed. It's been a while, and it wasn't even clear to me, so I updated the first comment with a more explicit repro.