Polish 1.0.25 release notes

test: cover partial start-up file failures in real Obsidian

devs.md

@@ -238,6 +238,21 @@ Commonlib owns the typed English fallback for messages requested by its services
 - Dev mode creates `ls-debug/` folder in `.obsidian/` for debug outputs (e.g., missing translations)
     - This causes pretty significant performance overhead.
 
+#### Diagnostic and notice ownership
+
+- A Commonlib or service operation should normally record detailed diagnostics at `LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE` and return a typed result which lets its caller distinguish complete, partial, and failed outcomes. Do not make callers infer an outcome by parsing log text.
+- Detailed diagnostics may be long and remain in English when they are intended for tracing and the generated report. Include enough context to identify the operation, affected target, and remaining state or retry behaviour.
+- The application boundary which owns the workflow should decide whether to raise `LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE`. It has the interaction context to describe the user-visible consequence and the next useful action; an internal stage description alone is not a useful notice.
+- When several files fail, issue one concise summary notice after the operation returns. Keep the per-file paths and technical causes at verbose level so that the notice remains readable and the generated report remains traceable.
+- Commonlib should raise a notice only when its contract explicitly owns user presentation and no higher-level caller can add the required workflow context.
+
+The ordinary start-up scan provides a concrete comparison:
+
+- Good verbose diagnostic: `Offline scan failed to synchronise ${path} between storage and the local database; this path remains eligible for a later scan.` It identifies the operation, the two states being reconciled, the exact target, and what can happen next. Its length is appropriate for a report.
+- Notice which needs more context: `Local database initialisation did not complete. See the log for details.` It describes an internal stage, but does not tell the user whether synchronisation can continue, what may be affected, or how to obtain the detailed log.
+- Good application notice for a partial result: `Not all files could be synchronised. Check the affected files. Generate a report to review the detailed log.` It states the observable consequence, gives a proportionate action, and leaves the per-file evidence in the report.
+- Good application notice for a failed result: `Self-hosted LiveSync cannot synchronise. Generate a report to review the detailed log.` It states the operational consequence without exposing the internal initialisation stage.
+
 ## Common Patterns
 
 ### Service feature implementation

docs/design_docs/path_component_length_compatibility.md

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+---
+date: 2026-09-04
+commonlib-version: "0.1.21"
+self-hosted-livesync-version: "1.0.24"
+status: unreleased
+---
+
+# Path component length compatibility
+
+## Purpose
+
+File systems place limits on each file or folder name, rather than applying one
+common limit to an entire Vault-relative path. Those limits are also expressed
+in different units. Self-hosted LiveSync therefore treats 255 UTF-8 bytes as a
+focused Android and Linux compatibility warning, not as a universal definition
+of a valid path.
+
+## Basis for the 255-byte warning
+
+- The Linux kernel documentation gives ext4 a maximum file-name length of
+  [255 bytes](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/ext4/directory.html).
+- The F2FS on-disk header defines
+  [`F2FS_NAME_LEN` as 255](https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/88d92fb1c034922572bab93482ac9cc61d4ba43c/include/linux/f2fs_fs.h)
+  and stores names in byte arrays.
+- Android's MediaProvider uses a
+  [`MAX_FILENAME_BYTES` value of 255](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/providers/MediaProvider/+/bae279463/src/com/android/providers/media/util/FileUtils.java)
+  when building file names. Its source notes that emulated storage can write to
+  ext4 through FUSE, where names are encoded as UTF-8.
+- Android 11 and later use
+  [FUSE for emulated storage](https://source.android.com/docs/core/storage/fuse-passthrough),
+  with requests passing through to the underlying file system.
+
+Together, these provide a conservative compatibility boundary for file names
+which may reach Android or Linux storage. They do not show that every Android
+device, storage provider, or Linux file system has the same limit.
+
+## Why the rule is not universal
+
+Other platforms describe component limits differently. Microsoft's file-system
+comparison documents limits in
+[Unicode characters](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/filesystem-functionality-comparison),
+not UTF-8 bytes. Apple's HFS Plus format stores a name as up to
+[255 16-bit `UniChar` values](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn/tn1150.html).
+Apple's APFS guidance discusses valid UTF-8 names, normalisation, and case
+sensitivity, but does not establish a universal
+[255-byte component rule](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/APFS_Guide/FAQ/FAQ.html).
+
+A name can consequently exceed 255 UTF-8 bytes and still work on one platform,
+or fail for another platform-specific reason while remaining below this
+boundary.
+
+## Product policy
+
+Self-hosted LiveSync applies the warning as follows:
+
+1. split the Vault-relative path on `/` and inspect each non-empty component;
+2. measure each component after UTF-8 encoding;
+3. accept 255 bytes without this warning and warn at 256 bytes or more;
+4. identify every over-limit file or folder name in the active-file status;
+5. do not reject, truncate, or rename the path; and
+6. treat the result of the real storage operation as authoritative.
+
+If a scan cannot process an individual file, its path is recorded in the
+verbose log and remains eligible for a later retry. Ordinary start-up may still
+become ready so that unaffected files can synchronise. Explicit Fetch and
+Rebuild operations retain strict scan completion because they establish an
+authoritative local or remote state.
+
+This policy does not replace the existing checks for reserved characters,
+case collisions, ignore rules, or configured file-size limits.

docs/tech_info.md

@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Note: The figure is drawn as single-directional, between two devices for demonst
   defines the current revision-tree and file-provenance rules.
 - [Chunk Retrieval and Waiting](design_docs/chunk_retrieval_and_waiting.md)
   defines missing-Chunk arrival and quiescence handling.
+- [Path component length compatibility](design_docs/path_component_length_compatibility.md)
+  explains why 255 UTF-8 bytes is an Android and Linux compatibility warning,
+  rather than a universal rule for deciding whether a path is valid.
 - [Data Compression](specs_data_compression.md) and [Garbage Collection
   V3](specs_garbage_collection.md) describe their respective storage and
   maintenance contracts.

manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "id": "obsidian-livesync",
     "name": "Self-hosted LiveSync",
-    "version": "1.0.24",
+    "version": "1.0.25",
     "minAppVersion": "1.7.2",
     "description": "Community implementation of self-hosted livesync. Reflect your vault changes to some other devices immediately. Please make sure to disable other synchronize solutions to avoid content corruption or duplication.",
     "author": "vorotamoroz",

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "obsidian-livesync",
-    "version": "1.0.24",
+    "version": "1.0.25",
     "lockfileVersion": 3,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "obsidian-livesync",
-            "version": "1.0.24",
+            "version": "1.0.25",
             "license": "MIT",
             "workspaces": [
                 "src/apps/cli",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
                 "@smithy/types": "^4.14.3",
                 "@smithy/util-retry": "^4.4.5",
                 "@vrtmrz/browser-ui-kit": "0.1.0",
-                "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib": "0.1.21",
+                "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib": "0.1.22",
                 "@vrtmrz/obsidian-plugin-kit": "0.1.4",
                 "@vrtmrz/ui-interactions": "0.1.2",
                 "diff-match-patch": "^1.0.5",
@@ -4620,9 +4620,9 @@
             }
         },
         "node_modules/@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib": {
-            "version": "0.1.21",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/-/livesync-commonlib-0.1.21.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-AGuZ3eqBP37HJXEkTSpJ5M5bvTx2lYNq+6Q5NuCPZeGdbv7g6cujGvccVR5ozGfKdHGSyFZND5x1oFS9crRhUg==",
+            "version": "0.1.22",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/-/livesync-commonlib-0.1.22.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-8TsFo6xgEO/uZzkQ4TE3yydUyK8pCbuMm0C4DC/8KhG8z06N6hQQmwR7bV+a3Zgt9A5tXPImTFJWTMUIxJYV2g==",
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.808.0",
@@ -12937,11 +12937,11 @@
         },
         "src/apps/cli": {
             "name": "self-hosted-livesync-cli",
-            "version": "1.0.24-cli",
+            "version": "1.0.25-cli",
             "dependencies": {
                 "chokidar": "^4.0.0",
                 "minimatch": "^10.2.5",
-                "octagonal-wheels": "^0.1.53",
+                "octagonal-wheels": "^0.1.54",
                 "pouchdb-adapter-http": "^9.0.0",
                 "pouchdb-adapter-leveldb": "^9.0.0",
                 "pouchdb-core": "^9.0.0",
@@ -12962,9 +12962,9 @@
         },
         "src/apps/webapp": {
             "name": "livesync-webapp",
-            "version": "1.0.24-webapp",
+            "version": "1.0.25-webapp",
             "dependencies": {
-                "octagonal-wheels": "^0.1.53"
+                "octagonal-wheels": "^0.1.54"
             },
             "devDependencies": {
                 "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^7.1.2",
@@ -12974,9 +12974,9 @@
             }
         },
         "src/apps/webpeer": {
-            "version": "1.0.24-webpeer",
+            "version": "1.0.25-webpeer",
             "dependencies": {
-                "octagonal-wheels": "^0.1.53"
+                "octagonal-wheels": "^0.1.54"
             },
             "devDependencies": {
                 "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^7.1.2",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "obsidian-livesync",
-    "version": "1.0.24",
+    "version": "1.0.25",
     "description": "Reflect your vault changes to some other devices immediately. Please make sure to disable other synchronize solutions to avoid content corruption or duplication.",
     "main": "main.js",
     "type": "module",
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
         "pretest:e2e:obsidian:p2p-connection-check": "npm run build && npm run build --workspace webpeer",
         "test:e2e:obsidian:p2p-connection-check": "tsx test/e2e-obsidian/scripts/p2p-connection-check.ts",
         "test:e2e:obsidian:p2p-connection-check:services": "npm run test:e2e:obsidian:p2p-connection-check -- --manage-p2p",
+        "test:e2e:obsidian:partial-startup-file-failure": "tsx test/e2e-obsidian/scripts/partial-startup-file-failure.ts",
         "test:e2e:obsidian:startup-scan": "tsx test/e2e-obsidian/scripts/startup-scan.ts",
         "test:e2e:obsidian:setup-uri-workflow": "tsx test/e2e-obsidian/scripts/setup-uri-workflow.ts",
         "test:e2e:obsidian:two-vault-sync": "tsx test/e2e-obsidian/scripts/two-vault-sync.ts",
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@
         "@smithy/types": "^4.14.3",
         "@smithy/util-retry": "^4.4.5",
         "@vrtmrz/browser-ui-kit": "0.1.0",
-        "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib": "0.1.21",
+        "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib": "0.1.22",
         "@vrtmrz/obsidian-plugin-kit": "0.1.4",
         "@vrtmrz/ui-interactions": "0.1.2",
         "diff-match-patch": "^1.0.5",

src/apps/cli/Dockerfile

@@ -82,9 +82,11 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 
 WORKDIR /deps
 
-# package.json lists only the packages that the CLI requires
-COPY src/apps/cli/package.json ./package.json
-RUN npm install --omit=dev
+# Remove build-only dependencies before resolving the standalone runtime tree.
+# npm --omit=dev omits them from disk, but still resolves their peer graph.
+COPY src/apps/cli/package.json ./package.json
+RUN npm pkg delete devDependencies \
+    && npm install --omit=dev
 
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 #  Stage 3 — runtime

src/apps/cli/commands/runCommand.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ import { stripAllPrefixes } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/string_and_b
 import type { CLICommandContext, CLIOptions } from "./types";
 import { toArrayBuffer, toDatabaseRelativePath } from "./utils";
 import { collectPeers, openP2PHost, parseTimeoutSeconds, syncWithPeer } from "./p2p";
-import { performFullScan } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/serviceFeatures/offlineScanner";
+import {
+    performFullScan,
+    VaultScanResults,
+} from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/serviceFeatures/offlineScanner";
 import { UnresolvedErrorManager } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/services/base/UnresolvedErrorManager";
 import { compatGlobal } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/coreEnvFunctions";
 import { fsPromises as fs, path } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/node";
@@ -529,7 +532,7 @@ export async function runCommand(options: CLIOptions, context: CLICommandContext
         writeStderrLine(standardIo, "[Command] mirror");
         const log = (msg: unknown) => writeStderrLine(standardIo, `[Mirror] ${String(msg)}`);
         const errorManager = new UnresolvedErrorManager(core.services.appLifecycle, core.services.context.events);
-        return await performFullScan(core, log, errorManager, false, true);
+        return (await performFullScan(core, log, errorManager, false, true)) === VaultScanResults.COMPLETED;
     }
 
     if (options.command === "remote-add") {

src/apps/cli/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "self-hosted-livesync-cli",
     "private": true,
-    "version": "1.0.24-cli",
+    "version": "1.0.25-cli",
     "main": "dist/index.cjs",
     "type": "module",
     "scripts": {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "chokidar": "^4.0.0",
         "minimatch": "^10.2.5",
-        "octagonal-wheels": "^0.1.53",
+        "octagonal-wheels": "^0.1.54",
         "pouchdb-adapter-http": "^9.0.0",
         "pouchdb-adapter-leveldb": "^9.0.0",
         "pouchdb-core": "^9.0.0",

src/apps/webapp/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "livesync-webapp",
     "private": true,
-    "version": "1.0.24-webapp",
+    "version": "1.0.25-webapp",
     "type": "module",
     "description": "Browser-based Self-hosted LiveSync using FileSystem API",
     "scripts": {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         "test:browser": "deno test -A --no-check --frozen --config ../../../test/browser-apps/deno.json --lock ../../../test/browser-apps/deno.lock ../../../test/browser-apps/webapp/browser-smoke.test.ts"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-        "octagonal-wheels": "^0.1.53"
+        "octagonal-wheels": "^0.1.54"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^7.1.2",

src/apps/webpeer/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "webpeer",
     "private": true,
-    "version": "1.0.24-webpeer",
+    "version": "1.0.25-webpeer",
     "type": "module",
     "scripts": {
         "dev": "vite",
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         "test:browser": "deno test -A --no-check --frozen --config ../../../test/browser-apps/deno.json --lock ../../../test/browser-apps/deno.lock ../../../test/browser-apps/webpeer/browser-smoke.test.ts"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-        "octagonal-wheels": "^0.1.53"
+        "octagonal-wheels": "^0.1.54"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "eslint-plugin-svelte": "^3.19.0",

src/common/messages/combinedMessages.prod.ts

@@ -4212,6 +4212,9 @@ export const allMessages: Readonly<Record<string, Readonly<Record<string, string
         zh: "等待就绪...",
         "zh-tw": "正在等待就緒⋯",
     },
+    "moduleLog.pathComponentTooLong": {
+        def: "This path contains a file or folder name longer than ${maxBytes} UTF-8 bytes. It may not work on some Android and Linux file systems.",
+    },
     "moduleLog.showLog": {
         def: "Show Log",
         es: "Mostrar registro",
@@ -10414,6 +10417,9 @@ export const allMessages: Readonly<Record<string, Readonly<Record<string, string
         zh: "Use Remote Configuration",
         "zh-tw": "使用遠端設定",
     },
+    "Ui.Common.LocalDatabaseInitialisationFailed": {
+        def: "Self-hosted LiveSync cannot synchronise. Generate a report to review the detailed log.",
+    },
     "Ui.Common.Signal.Caution": {
         def: "CAUTION",
         es: "PRECAUCIÓN",
@@ -10442,6 +10448,9 @@ export const allMessages: Readonly<Record<string, Readonly<Record<string, string
         zh: "警告",
         "zh-tw": "警告",
     },
+    "Ui.Common.SomeFilesCouldNotBeSynchronised": {
+        def: "Not all files could be synchronised. Check the affected files. Generate a report to review the detailed log.",
+    },
     "Ui.Settings.Advanced.LocalDatabaseTweak": {
         def: "Local Database Tweak",
         es: "Ajuste fino de la base de datos local",

src/common/messagesJson/en.json

@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@
     "moduleLiveSyncMain.optionResumeAndRestart": "Resume and restart Obsidian",
     "moduleLiveSyncMain.titleScramEnabled": "Scram Enabled",
     "moduleLocalDatabase.logWaitingForReady": "Waiting for ready...",
+    "moduleLog.pathComponentTooLong": "This path contains a file or folder name longer than ${maxBytes} UTF-8 bytes. It may not work on some Android and Linux file systems.",
     "moduleLog.showLog": "Show Log",
     "moduleMigration.fix0256.buttons.checkItLater": "Check it later",
     "moduleMigration.fix0256.buttons.DismissForever": "I have fixed it, and do not ask again",
@@ -1142,10 +1143,12 @@
     "TweakMismatchResolve.Title.AutoAcceptCompatible": "Auto-Accept Available",
     "TweakMismatchResolve.Title.TweakResolving": "Configuration Mismatch Detected",
     "TweakMismatchResolve.Title.UseRemoteConfig": "Use Remote Configuration",
+    "Ui.Common.LocalDatabaseInitialisationFailed": "Self-hosted LiveSync cannot synchronise. Generate a report to review the detailed log.",
     "Ui.Common.Signal.Caution": "CAUTION",
     "Ui.Common.Signal.Danger": "DANGER",
     "Ui.Common.Signal.Notice": "NOTICE",
     "Ui.Common.Signal.Warning": "WARNING",
+    "Ui.Common.SomeFilesCouldNotBeSynchronised": "Not all files could be synchronised. Check the affected files. Generate a report to review the detailed log.",
     "Ui.Settings.Advanced.LocalDatabaseTweak": "Local Database Tweak",
     "Ui.Settings.Advanced.MemoryCache": "Memory Cache",
     "Ui.Settings.Advanced.TransferTweak": "Transfer Tweak",

src/common/messagesYAML/en.yaml

@@ -732,6 +732,9 @@ moduleLiveSyncMain:
 moduleLocalDatabase:
     logWaitingForReady: Waiting for ready...
 moduleLog:
+    pathComponentTooLong: >-
+        This path contains a file or folder name longer than ${maxBytes} UTF-8
+        bytes. It may not work on some Android and Linux file systems.
     showLog: Show Log
 moduleMigration:
     fix0256:
@@ -2126,6 +2129,8 @@ xxhash64 (Fastest): xxhash64 (Fastest)
 "This feature enables direct synchronisation between devices. No server is required, but both devices must be online at the same time for synchronisation to occur, and some features may be limited. Internet connection is only required to signalling (detecting peers) and not for data transfer.": "This feature enables direct synchronisation between devices. No server is required, but both devices must be online at the same time for synchronisation to occur, and some features may be limited. Internet connection is only required to signalling (detecting peers) and not for data transfer."
 Ui:
     Common:
+        LocalDatabaseInitialisationFailed: Self-hosted LiveSync cannot synchronise. Generate a report to review the detailed log.
+        SomeFilesCouldNotBeSynchronised: Not all files could be synchronised. Check the affected files. Generate a report to review the detailed log.
         Signal:
             Caution: CAUTION
             Danger: DANGER

src/common/pathCompatibility.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+export const ANDROID_LINUX_PATH_COMPONENT_UTF8_WARNING_BOUNDARY = 255;
+
+export interface OversizedPathComponent {
+    component: string;
+    utf8Bytes: number;
+}
+
+const utf8Encoder = new TextEncoder();
+
+/**
+ * Return path components which exceed the conservative Android/Linux
+ * compatibility boundary.
+ *
+ * Obsidian paths use forward slashes. The limit applies to each file or
+ * folder name, not to the combined Vault-relative path.
+ */
+export function findPathComponentsExceedingUtf8Limit(
+    path: string,
+    maxBytes: number = ANDROID_LINUX_PATH_COMPONENT_UTF8_WARNING_BOUNDARY
+): OversizedPathComponent[] {
+    return path
+        .split("/")
+        .filter((component) => component.length > 0)
+        .map((component) => ({ component, utf8Bytes: utf8Encoder.encode(component).byteLength }))
+        .filter(({ utf8Bytes }) => utf8Bytes > maxBytes);
+}

src/common/pathCompatibility.unit.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import {
+    ANDROID_LINUX_PATH_COMPONENT_UTF8_WARNING_BOUNDARY,
+    findPathComponentsExceedingUtf8Limit,
+} from "./pathCompatibility.ts";
+
+describe("findPathComponentsExceedingUtf8Limit", () => {
+    it("accepts 255 UTF-8 bytes and reports 256 UTF-8 bytes", () => {
+        expect(findPathComponentsExceedingUtf8Limit("a".repeat(255))).toEqual([]);
+        expect(findPathComponentsExceedingUtf8Limit("a".repeat(256))).toEqual([
+            {
+                component: "a".repeat(256),
+                utf8Bytes: 256,
+            },
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    it("counts UTF-8 bytes rather than JavaScript characters", () => {
+        expect(findPathComponentsExceedingUtf8Limit("界".repeat(85))).toEqual([]);
+        expect(findPathComponentsExceedingUtf8Limit(`${"界".repeat(85)}a`)).toEqual([
+            {
+                component: `${"界".repeat(85)}a`,
+                utf8Bytes: 256,
+            },
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    it("does not apply the component limit to the whole path", () => {
+        const path = `${"a".repeat(200)}/${"b".repeat(200)}`;
+
+        expect(new TextEncoder().encode(path).byteLength).toBeGreaterThan(
+            ANDROID_LINUX_PATH_COMPONENT_UTF8_WARNING_BOUNDARY
+        );
+        expect(findPathComponentsExceedingUtf8Limit(path)).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it("reports an oversized folder component as well as an oversized file name", () => {
+        const folder = "界".repeat(86);
+        const file = `${"b".repeat(256)}.md`;
+
+        expect(findPathComponentsExceedingUtf8Limit(`parent/${folder}/${file}`)).toEqual([
+            { component: folder, utf8Bytes: 258 },
+            { component: file, utf8Bytes: 259 },
+        ]);
+    });
+});

src/common/translation.unit.spec.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,23 @@ describe("LiveSync-owned translation catalogue", () => {
         expect($msg("moduleCheckRemoteSize.optionIncreaseLimit", { newMax: "800" }, "def")).toBe("increase to 800MB");
     });
 
+    it("keeps the active-file path compatibility warning concise", () => {
+        const oversizedComponent = `${"界".repeat(86)} (258 bytes)`;
+
+        expect(
+            $msg(
+                "moduleLog.pathComponentTooLong",
+                {
+                    maxBytes: "255",
+                    components: oversizedComponent,
+                },
+                "def"
+            )
+        ).toBe(
+            "This path contains a file or folder name longer than 255 UTF-8 bytes. It may not work on some Android and Linux file systems."
+        );
+    });
+
     it("uses Commonlib's canonical English when the application catalogue has no translation", () => {
         setLang("es");
 

src/modules/features/ModuleLog.ts

@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ import { MARK_LOG_NETWORK_ERROR, MARK_LOG_SEPARATOR } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-com
 import { NetworkWarningStyles } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/models/setting.const";
 import { compatGlobal } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/coreEnvFunctions";
 import { generateReport } from "@/common/reportTool.ts";
+import {
+    ANDROID_LINUX_PATH_COMPONENT_UTF8_WARNING_BOUNDARY,
+    findPathComponentsExceedingUtf8Limit,
+} from "@/common/pathCompatibility.ts";
 
 // This module cannot be a core module because it depends on the Obsidian UI.
 
@@ -293,6 +297,14 @@ export class ModuleLog extends AbstractObsidianModule {
                 reasonWarn.push("Some platforms may be unable to process this file correctly: " + labels.join(" "));
             }
         }
+        const oversizedPathComponents = findPathComponentsExceedingUtf8Limit(thisFile.path);
+        if (oversizedPathComponents.length > 0) {
+            reasonWarn.push(
+                $msg("moduleLog.pathComponentTooLong", {
+                    maxBytes: `${ANDROID_LINUX_PATH_COMPONENT_UTF8_WARNING_BOUNDARY}`,
+                })
+            );
+        }
         // Case Sensitivity
         if (this.services.vault.shouldCheckCaseInsensitively()) {
             const f = (await this.core.storageAccess.getFiles())

src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/PaneHatch.ts

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import {
     MetadataDocumentRepairResults,
     OfflineScanUnresolvedReasons,
     repairMetadataDocumentIdentity,
+    VaultScanResults,
     type MetadataDocumentIdentityIssue,
 } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/serviceFeatures/offlineScanner";
 import {
@@ -292,7 +293,8 @@ export function paneHatch(this: ObsidianLiveSyncSettingTab, paneEl: HTMLElement,
                                 )) === repairAction,
                             repair: async (repairRequest) =>
                                 await repairMetadataDocumentIdentity(this.core, repairRequest),
-                            requestOrdinaryScan: async () => await this.services.vault.scanVault(true, false),
+                            requestOrdinaryScan: async () =>
+                                (await this.services.vault.scanVault(true, false)) === VaultScanResults.COMPLETED,
                         });
 
                         if (execution.status === MetadataIdentityRepairExecutions.CANCELLED) return;

src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/PaneMaintenance.ts

@@ -412,7 +412,9 @@ export function paneMaintenance(
                     .setDisabled(false)
                     .onClick(async () => {
                         await this.services.database.resetDatabase();
-                        await this.services.databaseEvents.initialiseDatabase();
+                        if (!(await this.services.databaseEvents.initialiseDatabase())) {
+                            Logger($msg("Ui.Common.LocalDatabaseInitialisationFailed"), LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE);
+                        }
                     })
             );
     });

src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/PaneMaintenance.unit.spec.ts

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
 });
 
-describe("paneMaintenance Fresh Start Wipe", () => {
+describe("paneMaintenance", () => {
     it("does not announce success when the remote wipe reports failure", async () => {
         const updateCheckPointInfo = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
         const resetRemoteBucket = vi.fn(async () => false);
@@ -140,4 +140,49 @@ describe("paneMaintenance Fresh Start Wipe", () => {
         );
         expect(maintenanceHarness.logger).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith("Deleted all data on remote server", "notice");
     });
+
+    it("reports when database initialisation after a local reset does not complete", async () => {
+        const resetDatabase = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+        const initialiseDatabase = vi.fn(async () => false);
+        const addPanel = vi.fn((_parent: HTMLElement, heading: string) => ({
+            then(callback: (paneEl: HTMLElement) => void) {
+                if (heading === "Reset") {
+                    callback({} as HTMLElement);
+                }
+                return Promise.resolve();
+            },
+        }));
+        const host = {
+            core: {},
+            createEl: vi.fn(),
+            editingSettings: {},
+            isConfiguredAs: vi.fn(),
+            onlyOnCouchDB: vi.fn(),
+            onlyOnCouchDBOrMinIO: vi.fn(),
+            onlyOnMinIO: vi.fn(),
+            services: {
+                appLifecycle: { askRestart: vi.fn() },
+                database: { resetDatabase },
+                databaseEvents: { initialiseDatabase },
+                setting: { saveSettingData: vi.fn() },
+            },
+        };
+
+        paneMaintenance.call(host as never, {} as HTMLElement, { addPanel } as never);
+        const deleteLocalDatabase = maintenanceHarness.createdSettings.find(
+            ({ name }) => name === "Delete local database to reset or uninstall Self-hosted LiveSync"
+        );
+        if (!deleteLocalDatabase?.click) {
+            throw new Error("Delete local database action was not registered");
+        }
+
+        await deleteLocalDatabase.click();
+
+        expect(resetDatabase).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        expect(initialiseDatabase).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        expect(maintenanceHarness.logger).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            "Ui.Common.LocalDatabaseInitialisationFailed",
+            "notice"
+        );
+    });
 });

src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/PanePatches.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { PouchDB } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/pouchdb/pouchdb-brows
 import { ExtraSuffixIndexedDB } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
 import { migrateDatabases } from "./settingUtils.ts";
 import { usesLegacyIndexedDBAdapter } from "@/common/compatibilitySettings.ts";
+import { $msg } from "@/common/translation";
 
 export function panePatches(this: ObsidianLiveSyncSettingTab, paneEl: HTMLElement, { addPanel }: PageFunctions): void {
     void addPanel(paneEl, "Compatibility (Metadata)").then((paneEl) => {
@@ -142,7 +143,9 @@ export function panePatches(this: ObsidianLiveSyncSettingTab, paneEl: HTMLElemen
 
         this.addOnSaved("additionalSuffixOfDatabaseName", async (key) => {
             Logger("Suffix has been changed. Reopening database...", LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE);
-            await this.services.databaseEvents.initialiseDatabase();
+            if (!(await this.services.databaseEvents.initialiseDatabase())) {
+                Logger($msg("Ui.Common.LocalDatabaseInitialisationFailed"), LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE);
+            }
         });
 
         new Setting(paneEl).autoWireDropDown("hashAlg", {

src/modules/features/SettingDialogue/PanePatches.unit.spec.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
 import { panePatches } from "./PanePatches.ts";
 
 const remediationHarness = vi.hoisted(() => {
@@ -14,11 +15,13 @@ const remediationHarness = vi.hoisted(() => {
     };
     const setButtonClassState = vi.fn();
     const setSettingClassState = vi.fn();
+    const logger = vi.fn();
 
     return {
         createSpan,
         dateElement,
         inputEl,
+        logger,
         setButtonClassState,
         setSettingClassState,
         textComponent,
@@ -59,9 +62,25 @@ vi.mock("./LiveSyncSetting.ts", () => ({
         autoWireToggle(): this {
             return this;
         }
+
+        autoWireText(): this {
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        autoWireDropDown(): this {
+            return this;
+        }
     },
 }));
 
+vi.mock("@/common/translation", () => ({
+    $msg: (message: string) => message,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/logger", () => ({
+    Logger: remediationHarness.logger,
+}));
+
 afterEach(() => {
     Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, "activeDocument");
     vi.clearAllMocks();
@@ -69,7 +88,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
     remediationHarness.inputEl.type = "";
 });
 
-describe("panePatches remediation setting", () => {
+describe("panePatches", () => {
     it("creates the status element in the setting control instead of the document", () => {
         const hierarchyError = new DOMException(
             "Failed to execute 'appendChild' on 'Node': Only one element on document allowed.",
@@ -115,4 +134,36 @@ describe("panePatches remediation setting", () => {
         );
         expect(remediationHarness.setButtonClassState).toHaveBeenCalledWith("sls-setting-additional-action", true);
     });
+
+    it("reports when database reinitialisation after a suffix change does not complete", async () => {
+        const initialiseDatabase = vi.fn(async () => false);
+        let onSuffixSaved: (() => Promise<void>) | undefined;
+        const host = {
+            addOnSaved: vi.fn((key: string, callback: () => Promise<void>) => {
+                if (key === "additionalSuffixOfDatabaseName") onSuffixSaved = callback;
+            }),
+            services: {
+                databaseEvents: { initialiseDatabase },
+            },
+        };
+        const addPanel = vi.fn((_paneEl: HTMLElement, title: string) => ({
+            then(callback: (paneEl: HTMLElement) => void) {
+                if (title === "Edge case addressing (Database)") {
+                    callback({} as HTMLElement);
+                }
+                return Promise.resolve();
+            },
+        }));
+
+        panePatches.call(host as never, {} as HTMLElement, { addPanel } as never);
+        if (!onSuffixSaved) throw new Error("Database suffix save handler was not registered");
+
+        await onSuffixSaved();
+
+        expect(initialiseDatabase).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        expect(remediationHarness.logger).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            "Ui.Common.LocalDatabaseInitialisationFailed",
+            LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE
+        );
+    });
 });

src/modules/main/ModuleLiveSyncMain.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import type { InjectableServiceHub } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/ser
 import type { LiveSyncCore } from "@/main.ts";
 import { initialiseWorkerModule } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/worker/bgWorker";
 import { manifestVersion, packageVersion } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/coreEnvVars";
+import { VaultScanResults } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/serviceFeatures/offlineScanner";
 
 export class ModuleLiveSyncMain extends AbstractModule {
     async _onLiveSyncReady() {
@@ -42,11 +43,17 @@ export class ModuleLiveSyncMain extends AbstractModule {
                 return false;
             }
         }
-        const isInitialized = await this.services.databaseEvents.initialiseDatabase(false, false);
-        if (!isInitialized) {
+        // Ordinary start-up may continue when individual files could not be
+        // processed. Explicit Fetch and Rebuild flows retain the strict default.
+        const initialisationResult = await this.services.databaseEvents.initialiseDatabase(false, false, false, true);
+        if (initialisationResult === VaultScanResults.FAILED) {
+            this._log($msg("Ui.Common.LocalDatabaseInitialisationFailed"), LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE);
             //TODO:stop all sync.
             return false;
         }
+        if (initialisationResult === VaultScanResults.COMPLETED_WITH_FILE_FAILURES) {
+            this._log($msg("Ui.Common.SomeFilesCouldNotBeSynchronised"), LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE);
+        }
         if (!(await this.core.services.appLifecycle.onFirstInitialise())) return false;
         // await this.core.$$realizeSettingSyncMode();
         await this.services.control.applySettings();

src/modules/main/ModuleLiveSyncMain.unit.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+
+vi.mock("@/common/events.ts", () => ({
+    EVENT_LAYOUT_READY: "layout-ready",
+    EVENT_PLUGIN_LOADED: "plugin-loaded",
+    EVENT_REQUEST_RELOAD_SETTING_TAB: "reload-setting-tab",
+    EVENT_SETTING_SAVED: "setting-saved",
+    eventHub: {
+        emitEvent: vi.fn(),
+        onEvent: vi.fn(),
+    },
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/common/translation", () => ({
+    $msg: (message: string) => message,
+    setLang: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+import { ModuleLiveSyncMain } from "./ModuleLiveSyncMain.ts";
+
+describe("ModuleLiveSyncMain", () => {
+    it("reports a database preparation failure at the application boundary", async () => {
+        const initialiseDatabase = vi.fn(async () => false);
+        const log = vi.fn();
+        const host = {
+            core: {
+                services: {
+                    appLifecycle: {
+                        onLayoutReady: vi.fn(async () => true),
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+            services: {
+                databaseEvents: { initialiseDatabase },
+            },
+            settings: {
+                suspendFileWatching: false,
+                suspendParseReplicationResult: false,
+            },
+            _log: log,
+        };
+
+        const result = await ModuleLiveSyncMain.prototype._onLiveSyncReady.call(host as never);
+
+        expect(result).toBe(false);
+        expect(initialiseDatabase).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false, false, false, true);
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Ui.Common.LocalDatabaseInitialisationFailed", LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE);
+    });
+
+    it("warns when start-up continues with individual file failures", async () => {
+        const initialiseDatabase = vi.fn(async () => "completed-with-file-failures");
+        const log = vi.fn();
+        const appLifecycle = {
+            onLayoutReady: vi.fn(async () => true),
+            onFirstInitialise: vi.fn(async () => true),
+            onScanningStartupIssues: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        };
+        const host = {
+            core: {
+                services: { appLifecycle },
+            },
+            services: {
+                appLifecycle,
+                control: { applySettings: vi.fn(async () => undefined) },
+                databaseEvents: { initialiseDatabase },
+            },
+            settings: {
+                suspendFileWatching: false,
+                suspendParseReplicationResult: false,
+            },
+            _log: log,
+        };
+
+        const result = await ModuleLiveSyncMain.prototype._onLiveSyncReady.call(host as never);
+
+        expect(result).toBe(true);
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Ui.Common.SomeFilesCouldNotBeSynchronised", LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE);
+    });
+});

test/e2e-obsidian/README.md

@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ LIVESYNC_CLI_COMMAND="docker run --rm --network host --user $(id -u):$(id -g) --
 
 `test:e2e:obsidian:startup-scan` starts from a CouchDB fixture using current settings with its device-local compatibility marker already acknowledged, stops Obsidian, writes a note directly into the Vault, restarts the same isolated Vault and profile without rewriting its plug-in data, and verifies from CouchDB that the start-up scan picked up the offline file. Onboarding remains covered by `onboarding-invitation`; this scenario owns the ordinary configured restart and start-up scan.
 
+`test:e2e:obsidian:partial-startup-file-failure` is a focused Linux release-acceptance scenario for an ordinary configured restart. It stores one valid database-only note and one database-only note whose path component is 258 UTF-8 bytes, then restarts the same isolated Vault and profile. On a Linux test Vault which enforces the conventional 255-byte component limit, the scenario requires the valid file to be reflected, the application to become ready, the partial-failure Notice to appear, and the failed path to remain readable and eligible for a later scan with its exact path in the verbose log. It remains outside `local-suite` because the failure fixture is deliberately platform-specific.
+
 `test:e2e:obsidian:setup-uri-workflow` runs the repository's public Commonlib-backed CouchDB provisioning and Setup URI tools against the local CouchDB fixture. It configures a new, empty Vault in the first real Obsidian session through the visible onboarding wizard and uses Rebuild. After that device is working, it generates a new Setup URI through the registered command; the second real Obsidian Vault uses that URI for Fetch instead of reusing the initial Setup URI produced by the provisioning tool. The workflow verifies ordinary notes from the first device to the second and back again, independently enables Hidden File Sync on each device, and verifies a snippet. The retained Setup URI screenshots show only encrypted URIs and visually masked Setup URI passphrases; plaintext credentials are not captured. Files prefixed with `guide-` capture the relevant dialogue, settings panel, or workspace leaf without transient Notices. Public documentation copies selected images only after visual inspection; the E2E run does not overwrite repository documentation assets.
 
 `test:e2e:obsidian:two-vault-sync` runs a two-vault note synchronisation workflow. It verifies note creation, update, ordinary rename, a case-only file name change within the same directory, deletion, and a separate encrypted round-trip with Path Obfuscation enabled. Its target-filter scenario confirms that one Vault receives and checkpoints a remote document without reflecting it, restarts with the same profile and filter, and then reflects the stored document after the filter is broadened through the settings service. Directory case changes deliberately remain outside this scenario because they require directory-aware rename handling. The optional Markdown conflict check can be enabled with `E2E_OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_MARKDOWN_CONFLICT=true`. It creates divergent revisions in two separate Vaults, performs a conservative merge on one Vault, edits that result again, and requires the other Vault to replace its known deleted losing revision without recreating the conflict. The separate `E2E_OBSIDIAN_INCLUDE_CONFLICT_OPERATIONS=true` check keeps four conflicts active while one Vault edits, deletes, performs a case-only rename, and performs a cross-path rename. It asserts that each operation extends the revision displayed on that device, replicates the exact resulting revision tree, and preserves the other conflict branch. During focused development, `E2E_OBSIDIAN_ONLY_CONFLICT_OPERATIONS=true` runs that self-contained scope without the ordinary, target-filter, or encrypted scenarios. Both conflict checks remain outside the default local suite.

test/e2e-obsidian/scripts/partial-startup-file-failure.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+/**
+ * Proves that one file which cannot be reflected during an ordinary start-up
+ * does not keep the entire configured application unready.
+ *
+ * The fixture relies on the conventional Linux 255-byte path component
+ * limit. It stores one ordinary note and one note with a 258-byte component in
+ * the local database, then restarts the same real Obsidian Vault and profile.
+ */
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import {
+    assertCouchDbReachable,
+    createCouchDbDatabase,
+    deleteCouchDbDatabase,
+    loadCouchDbConfig,
+    makeUniqueDatabaseName,
+} from "../runner/couchdb.ts";
+import { evalObsidianJson } from "../runner/cli.ts";
+import { discoverObsidianCli, requireObsidianBinary } from "../runner/environment.ts";
+import {
+    assertEqual,
+    createE2eCouchDbPluginData,
+    createE2eObsidianDeviceLocalState,
+    prepareRemote,
+    waitForLiveSyncCoreReady,
+} from "../runner/liveSyncWorkflow.ts";
+import { startObsidianLiveSyncSession, type ObsidianLiveSyncSession } from "../runner/session.ts";
+import { withObsidianPage } from "../runner/ui.ts";
+import { createTemporaryVault } from "../runner/vault.ts";
+
+process.env.E2E_OBSIDIAN_CLI_TIMEOUT_MS ??= "30000";
+
+const validPath = "E2E/partial-startup-valid.md";
+const oversizedComponent = `${"界".repeat(85)}.md`;
+const failedPath = `E2E/${oversizedComponent}`;
+const validContent = `# Partial start-up\n\n${"V".repeat(4096)}\n`;
+const failedContent = `# Retry this file\n\n${"R".repeat(4096)}\n`;
+const partialFailureNotice =
+    "Not all files could be synchronised. Check the affected files. Generate a report to review the detailed log.";
+const failedPathLog =
+    `Offline scan failed to synchronise ${failedPath} between storage and the local database; ` +
+    "this path remains eligible for a later scan.";
+const assertionTimeoutMs = Number(process.env.E2E_OBSIDIAN_CORE_READY_TIMEOUT_MS ?? 20000);
+
+type SeededEntry = {
+    id: string;
+    path: string;
+    revision: string;
+    children: string[];
+};
+
+type FailedPathState = {
+    appReady: boolean;
+    databaseReady: boolean;
+    fileExists: boolean;
+    entryReadable: boolean;
+    metadataRevision?: string;
+    provenance: { revision: string; observedStorageMtime?: number } | null;
+    logText: string;
+};
+
+type RetryState = Omit<FailedPathState, "databaseReady" | "logText"> & {
+    scanResult: string | false;
+};
+
+async function seedDatabaseOnlyEntries(cliBinary: string, env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): Promise<SeededEntry[]> {
+    return await evalObsidianJson<SeededEntry[]>(
+        cliBinary,
+        [
+            "(async()=>{",
+            `const fixtures=${JSON.stringify([
+                { path: validPath, content: validContent },
+                { path: failedPath, content: failedContent },
+            ])};`,
+            "const core=app.plugins.plugins['obsidian-livesync'].core;",
+            "const seeded=[];",
+            "for(const {path,content} of fixtures){",
+            "  if(app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(path)!==null){",
+            "    throw new Error(`Database-only fixture already exists in the Vault: ${path}`);",
+            "  }",
+            "  const blob=new Blob([content],{type:'text/plain'});",
+            "  const id=await core.services.path.path2id(path);",
+            "  const now=Date.now();",
+            "  const result=await core.localDatabase.putDBEntry({",
+            "    _id:id,path,data:blob,ctime:now,mtime:now,",
+            "    size:(await blob.arrayBuffer()).byteLength,children:[],",
+            "    datatype:'plain',type:'plain',eden:{},",
+            "  });",
+            "  if(!result?.ok) throw new Error(`Could not seed database-only fixture: ${path}`);",
+            "  const metadata=await core.localDatabase.getDBEntryMeta(path,undefined,true);",
+            "  if(!metadata) throw new Error(`Could not reload seeded Metadata: ${path}`);",
+            "  seeded.push({id,path,revision:result.rev,children:metadata.children??[]});",
+            "}",
+            "return JSON.stringify(seeded);",
+            "})()",
+        ].join(""),
+        env
+    );
+}
+
+async function observePartialFailureNotice(remoteDebuggingPort: number): Promise<void> {
+    await withObsidianPage(remoteDebuggingPort, async (page) => {
+        await page
+            .locator(".notice")
+            .filter({ hasText: partialFailureNotice })
+            .first()
+            .waitFor({ state: "visible", timeout: assertionTimeoutMs });
+    });
+}
+
+async function inspectFailedPathState(cliBinary: string, env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): Promise<FailedPathState> {
+    return await evalObsidianJson<FailedPathState>(
+        cliBinary,
+        [
+            "(async()=>{",
+            `const path=${JSON.stringify(failedPath)};`,
+            `const expectedLog=${JSON.stringify(failedPathLog)};`,
+            `const timeoutMs=${JSON.stringify(assertionTimeoutMs)};`,
+            "const core=app.plugins.plugins['obsidian-livesync'].core;",
+            "const metadata=await core.localDatabase.getDBEntryMeta(path,undefined,true);",
+            "const entry=await core.localDatabase.getDBEntry(path,undefined,false,true,true);",
+            "const provenanceStore=core.services.keyValueDB.openSimpleStore('file-reflection-provenance-v1');",
+            "const provenance=(await provenanceStore.get(path))??null;",
+            "await core.services.API.showWindow('log-log');",
+            "const deadline=Date.now()+timeoutMs;",
+            "const sleep=(ms)=>new Promise((resolve)=>setTimeout(resolve,ms));",
+            "let logText='';",
+            "while(Date.now()<deadline){",
+            "  logText=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('.logpane .log pre'))",
+            "    .map((element)=>element.textContent??'').join('\\n');",
+            "  if(logText.includes(expectedLog)) break;",
+            "  await sleep(100);",
+            "}",
+            "for(const leaf of app.workspace.getLeavesOfType('log-log')) leaf.detach();",
+            "return JSON.stringify({",
+            "  appReady:core.services.appLifecycle.isReady(),",
+            "  databaseReady:core.services.database.isDatabaseReady(),",
+            "  fileExists:app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(path)!==null,",
+            "  entryReadable:entry!==false,",
+            "  metadataRevision:metadata?._rev,",
+            "  provenance,",
+            "  logText,",
+            "});",
+            "})()",
+        ].join(""),
+        env
+    );
+}
+
+async function retryFailedPath(cliBinary: string, env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): Promise<RetryState> {
+    return await evalObsidianJson<RetryState>(
+        cliBinary,
+        [
+            "(async()=>{",
+            `const path=${JSON.stringify(failedPath)};`,
+            "const core=app.plugins.plugins['obsidian-livesync'].core;",
+            "const scanResult=await core.services.vault.scanVault(false,false,true);",
+            "const metadata=await core.localDatabase.getDBEntryMeta(path,undefined,true);",
+            "const entry=await core.localDatabase.getDBEntry(path,undefined,false,true,true);",
+            "const provenanceStore=core.services.keyValueDB.openSimpleStore('file-reflection-provenance-v1');",
+            "return JSON.stringify({",
+            "  scanResult,",
+            "  appReady:core.services.appLifecycle.isReady(),",
+            "  fileExists:app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(path)!==null,",
+            "  entryReadable:entry!==false,",
+            "  metadataRevision:metadata?._rev,",
+            "  provenance:(await provenanceStore.get(path))??null,",
+            "});",
+            "})()",
+        ].join(""),
+        env
+    );
+}
+
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+    if (process.platform !== "linux") {
+        throw new Error("The partial start-up file-failure scenario currently requires a Linux test Vault.");
+    }
+    assertEqual(
+        Buffer.byteLength(oversizedComponent, "utf8"),
+        258,
+        "The failing path component no longer exercises the intended UTF-8 byte boundary."
+    );
+
+    const binary = requireObsidianBinary();
+    const cli = discoverObsidianCli();
+    if (!cli.binary) {
+        throw new Error(`Could not find obsidian-cli. Checked paths: ${cli.checked.join(", ")}`);
+    }
+
+    const couchDb = await loadCouchDbConfig();
+    const dbName = makeUniqueDatabaseName(couchDb.dbPrefix, "partial-startup-file-failure");
+    const couchDbSettings = {
+        uri: couchDb.uri,
+        username: couchDb.username,
+        password: couchDb.password,
+        dbName,
+    };
+    const vault = await createTemporaryVault("obsidian-livesync-partial-startup-");
+    let session: ObsidianLiveSyncSession | undefined;
+
+    try {
+        await assertCouchDbReachable(couchDb);
+        await createCouchDbDatabase(couchDb, dbName);
+
+        console.log(`Using Obsidian executable: ${binary}`);
+        console.log(`Temporary vault: ${vault.path}`);
+        console.log(`Temporary CouchDB database: ${dbName}`);
+
+        session = await startObsidianLiveSyncSession({
+            binary,
+            cliBinary: cli.binary,
+            vault,
+            startupGraceMs: Number(process.env.E2E_OBSIDIAN_STARTUP_GRACE_MS ?? 1000),
+            pluginData: createE2eCouchDbPluginData(couchDbSettings, {
+                showVerboseLog: true,
+                lessInformationInLog: false,
+            }),
+            localStorageEntries: createE2eObsidianDeviceLocalState(vault.name),
+        });
+        await waitForLiveSyncCoreReady(cli.binary, session.cliEnv);
+        await prepareRemote(cli.binary, session.cliEnv);
+
+        const seeded = await seedDatabaseOnlyEntries(cli.binary, session.cliEnv);
+        const validSeed = seeded.find((entry) => entry.path === validPath);
+        const failedSeed = seeded.find((entry) => entry.path === failedPath);
+        if (!validSeed || !failedSeed) throw new Error("The database-only start-up fixtures were incomplete.");
+        if (validSeed.children.length === 0 || failedSeed.children.length === 0) {
+            throw new Error("The database-only fixtures did not create independently stored chunks.");
+        }
+
+        await session.app.stop();
+        session = undefined;
+
+        let partialNoticeObserved = false;
+        session = await startObsidianLiveSyncSession({
+            binary,
+            cliBinary: cli.binary,
+            vault,
+            pluginStartup: "natural",
+            startupGraceMs: Number(process.env.E2E_OBSIDIAN_STARTUP_GRACE_MS ?? 1000),
+            lifecycle: {
+                afterPluginLoad: async ({ remoteDebuggingPort }) => {
+                    await observePartialFailureNotice(remoteDebuggingPort);
+                    partialNoticeObserved = true;
+                },
+            },
+        });
+        const readiness = await waitForLiveSyncCoreReady(cli.binary, session.cliEnv);
+        assertEqual(readiness.configured, true, "Self-hosted LiveSync lost its configuration on restart.");
+        assertEqual(partialNoticeObserved, true, "The partial start-up failure Notice was not observed.");
+
+        assertEqual(
+            await readFile(join(vault.path, validPath), "utf8"),
+            validContent,
+            "The valid database-only file was not reflected during the same start-up scan."
+        );
+
+        const state = await inspectFailedPathState(cli.binary, session.cliEnv);
+        assertEqual(state.databaseReady, true, "The local database did not remain ready after one file failed.");
+        assertEqual(state.appReady, true, "One file failure kept the application unready.");
+        assertEqual(state.fileExists, false, "The overlong path was unexpectedly reflected to the Linux Vault.");
+        assertEqual(state.entryReadable, true, "The failed database entry was no longer readable.");
+        assertEqual(state.metadataRevision, failedSeed.revision, "The failed database entry revision changed.");
+        assertEqual(state.provenance, null, "A failed reflection was recorded as successful provenance.");
+        assertEqual(
+            state.logText.includes(failedPathLog),
+            true,
+            "The verbose log did not identify the path which failed during the start-up scan."
+        );
+
+        const retry = await retryFailedPath(cli.binary, session.cliEnv);
+        assertEqual(
+            retry.scanResult,
+            "completed-with-file-failures",
+            "A later scan did not retry and report the same individual file failure."
+        );
+        assertEqual(retry.appReady, true, "Retrying the failed path cleared application readiness.");
+        assertEqual(retry.fileExists, false, "The overlong path was unexpectedly reflected during retry.");
+        assertEqual(retry.entryReadable, true, "Retrying removed the failed database entry.");
+        assertEqual(retry.metadataRevision, failedSeed.revision, "Retrying changed the failed database revision.");
+        assertEqual(retry.provenance, null, "Retrying recorded a failed reflection as successful provenance.");
+
+        console.log(`Ordinary start-up remained ready, reflected ${validPath}, and retained ${failedPath} for retry.`);
+    } finally {
+        if (session) {
+            await session.app.stop();
+        }
+        await vault.dispose();
+        if (process.env.E2E_OBSIDIAN_KEEP_COUCHDB !== "true") {
+            await deleteCouchDbDatabase(couchDb, dbName).catch((error: unknown) => {
+                console.warn(error instanceof Error ? error.message : error);
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+main().catch((error: unknown) => {
+    console.error(error instanceof Error ? error.stack : error);
+    process.exit(1);
+});

test/e2e-obsidian/scripts/run-focused.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const focusedScenarios = new Set([
     "minio-upload",
     "object-storage-setup-uri-workflow",
     "p2p-setup-uri-workflow",
+    "partial-startup-file-failure",
     "startup-scan",
     "setup-uri-workflow",
     "two-vault-sync",

updates.md

@@ -12,19 +12,20 @@ Earlier releases remain available in the 1.0 release history, the 1.0 preview hi
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-### Synchronisation and storage
+## 1.0.25
 
-#### Fixed
+4th September, 2026
 
-- Conflict resolution dialogues now close when the same file is resolved elsewhere or the plug-in unloads. Requests for different files are shown one at a time, while a newer request for the same file replaces the stale dialogue.
+### Fixed
 
-#### Improved
+- A file that cannot be processed during start-up no longer prevents every other file from synchronising. LiveSync completes ordinary start-up, warns about the affected files, and allows them to be retried during a later scan. Fetch and Rebuild still stop rather than treating an incomplete operation as successful. (#1164)
+- When local database initialisation cannot finish, LiveSync no longer leaves the failure at 'Not ready'. It states that synchronisation is unavailable and directs you to generate a report, where the failed preparation stage is recorded. (#1164)
 
-- Start-up now keeps unconfigured Vaults on the onboarding path without running configured-only checks or accepting Config Doctor and incomplete-document repair requests. Returning a configured Vault to an unconfigured state also retires those requests for the current plug-in process, so completing setup admits them only after the requested restart.
+### Improved
 
-### Testing
-
-- Start-up migrations, integrity checks, Config Doctor, basic commands, and the Obsidian replication ribbon now have focused regression tests for their service composition. Real Obsidian checks cover unconfigured onboarding, configured start-up scanning, Config Doctor detection and layout, command registration, and the established ribbon icon.
+- New or unconfigured Vaults no longer run Config Doctor or incomplete-document repair before setup. If a configured Vault is returned to an unconfigured state, those checks remain paused until the requested restart. (#1161)
+- Conflict dialogue clean-up is now more robust when repeated checks overlap, a waiting conflict is resolved elsewhere, or the plug-in unloads. (#1162)
+- When the active file's path contains a file or folder name longer than 255 UTF-8 bytes, LiveSync now warns that the path may not work on some Android and Linux file systems. The path is neither renamed nor rejected, so you can decide how to handle the compatibility risk. (#1164)
 
 ## 1.0.24
 

versions.json

@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@
     "1.0.21": "1.7.2",
     "1.0.22": "1.7.2",
     "1.0.23": "1.7.2",
-    "1.0.24": "1.7.2"
+    "1.0.24": "1.7.2",
+    "1.0.25": "1.7.2"
 }