11th March, 2026

Now, Self-hosted LiveSync has finally begun to be split into the Self-hosted LiveSync plugin for Obsidian, and a properly abstracted version of it.
This may not offer much benefit to Obsidian plugin users, or might even cause a slight inconvenience, but I believe it will certainly help improve testability and make the ecosystem better.
However, I do not see the point in putting something with little benefit into beta, so I am handling this on the alpha branch. I would actually preferred to create an R&D branch, but I was not keen on the ampersand, and I feel it will eventually become a proper beta anyway.

### Refactored

- Separated `ObsidianLiveSyncPlugin` into `ObsidianLiveSyncPlugin` and `LiveSyncBaseCore`.
- Now `LiveSyncCore` indicates the type specified version of `LiveSyncBaseCore`.
- Referencing `plugin.xxx` has been rewritten to referencing the corresponding service or `core.xxx`.

### Internal API changes

- Storage Access APIs are now yielding Promises. This is to allow more limited storage platforms to be supported.

### R&D

- Browser-version of Self-hosted LiveSync is now in development. This is not intended for public use now, but I will eventually make it available for testing.
- We can see the code in `src/apps/webapp` for the browser version.

src/modules/extras/devUtil/TestPane.svelte

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     import { writable } from "svelte/store";
     export let plugin: ObsidianLiveSyncPlugin;
     export let moduleDev: ModuleDev;
+    $: core = plugin.core;
     let performanceTestResult = "";
     let functionCheckResult = "";
     let testRunning = false;
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
         // performTest();
 
         eventHub.onceEvent(EVENT_LAYOUT_READY, async () => {
-            if (await plugin.storageAccess.isExistsIncludeHidden("_AUTO_TEST.md")) {
+            if (await core.storageAccess.isExistsIncludeHidden("_AUTO_TEST.md")) {
                 new Notice("Auto test file found, running tests...");
                 fireAndForget(async () => {
                     await allTest();
@@ -57,14 +58,14 @@
     function moduleMultiDeviceTest() {
         if (moduleTesting) return;
         moduleTesting = true;
-        plugin.services.test.testMultiDevice().finally(() => {
+        core.services.test.testMultiDevice().finally(() => {
             moduleTesting = false;
         });
     }
     function moduleSingleDeviceTest() {
         if (moduleTesting) return;
         moduleTesting = true;
-        plugin.services.test.test().finally(() => {
+        core.services.test.test().finally(() => {
             moduleTesting = false;
         });
     }
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@
         if (moduleTesting) return;
         moduleTesting = true;
         try {
-            await plugin.services.test.test();
-            await plugin.services.test.testMultiDevice();
+            await core.services.test.test();
+            await core.services.test.testMultiDevice();
         } finally {
             moduleTesting = false;
         }