Backlinks include note itself since update

Heyooooooo · 5 December 2023 23:38

Operating system

Windows

Joplin version

2.13.8

Desktop version info

Joplin 2.13.8 (prod, win32)

Client ID: 6cd667061e4a450dadcb5e41273a4348
Sync Version: 3
Profile Version: 44
Keychain Supported: Yes

Revision: 604dcbc

Automatic Backlinks to note: 3.0.3

What issue do you have?

I just updated to the new Joplin version and since then the backlinks plugin shows a link to its own note in the backlinks section. This is the case for every note, whether it has other backlinks or only a link to itself.
Does anyone else have this issue?

Screenshots

samcan · 8 December 2023 01:29

I'm experiencing this issue as well with the update to 2.13.8. The previous version I had on this machine was 2.12.19, so I don't know when exactly the bug showed up.

Operating system
Windows

Joplin version
2.13.8

Desktop version info
Joplin 2.13.8 (prod, win32)

Client ID: cde4c37be9de46f8a08687eb5d825088
Sync Version: 3
Profile Version: 44
Keychain Supported: Yes

Revision: 604dcbc

Automatic Backlinks to note: 3.0.3
Emoji: 1.0.4
Markdown Prettier: 0.1.0
MultiMarkdown Table Tools: 1.1.0
Note Statistics: 1.0.4
Paste Special: 1.1.2
Plugin Bundle: 0.5.5
Search & Replace: 2.2.0
Templates: 2.4.0

samcan · 9 December 2023 00:48

@Heyooooooo To clarify, are you seeing that every note has backlinks to itself? I'm only showing a note has backlinks to itself if it isn't referenced by another note. So if Note A links to Note B, then Note B only shows a backlink to Note A. But if Note A doesn't link to Note B, then Note B shows a backlink to Note B.

Heyooooooo · 9 December 2023 01:05

Oh, you're right, it's the same for me. I thought I had checked that the link is always in the list, even when there are other links, but seems like it's not the case

personalizedrefriger · 9 December 2023 03:09

It looks like the plugin

gets the current note ID
searches for the note ID in the body, id, and title of other notes:

github.com

ambrt/joplin-plugin-referencing-notes/blob/4469dd69ecb4eeed97bb270ebfa508448c2bbd2b/src/index.ts#L147


      
          				let data = await joplin.workspace.selectedNote();
          				let body = data.body;
          				let notes
          				let has_more = true
          				let page = 1
          				let references = await joplin.settings.value('myBacklinksCustomSettingHeader');
          				let thereAreNotes = false
          				let useManualHint = await joplin.settings.value('myBacklinksCustomSettingUseHint')
          				let ignoreListArray = await joplin.settings.value('myBacklinksCustomSettingIgnoreList');
          				while (has_more) {
          					notes = await joplin.data.get(['search'], { query: data.id, fields: ['id', 'title', 'body'], page: page });
          					
          					for (let i = 0; i < notes.items.length; i++) {
          						let element = notes.items[i];
          						let ignore = element.body.includes("<!-- backlinks-ignore -->")
          						//references = references + "\n" + `[${escapeTitleText(element.title)}](:/${element.id})`;
          						let inIgnoreList = ignoreListArray.includes(element.id)
          						if (!(ignore || inIgnoreList)) {
          							references = references + "\n" + `[${escapeTitleText(element.title)}](:/${element.id})`;
          							thereAreNotes = true
          						}

I suspect that it shouldn't search the id field, but that wouldn't explain why it worked until recently.

Heyooooooo · 11 December 2023 08:57

I've since started using the DDDot Plugin, which has a backlink section as well and it has the same issue. Can't say if it's because/since the update though, since I didn't use it before

samcan · 22 December 2023 17:09

Hey, I've opened an issue on the GitHub repository for this plugin, so hopefully we can get a resolution.

github.com/ambrt/joplin-plugin-referencing-notes

After Joplin update, all notes with no backlinks include backlinks to themselves

opened 05:09PM - 22 Dec 23 UTC

samcan

Since upgrading to Joplin 2.13.8, I am experiencing an issue with Automatic Back…links to note 3.0.3 where a note, if it doesn't have any backlinks, inserts a backlink section with itself listed as a backlink. If a note *does* have a backlink, it inserts the backlink section correctly. I am not the only one with this issue; [a thread has been created on the Joplin support discussion board](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/backlinks-include-note-itself-since-update/34104) discussing this. I didn't have this issue with Joplin 2.12.19, but when I upgraded to Joplin 2.13.8, the issue manifested itself. ### System details **Operating system** Windows **Joplin version** 2.13.8 **Desktop version info** Joplin 2.13.8 (prod, win32) Client ID: cde4c37be9de46f8a08687eb5d825088 Sync Version: 3 Profile Version: 44 Keychain Supported: Yes Revision: 604dcbc Automatic Backlinks to note: 3.0.3 Emoji: 1.0.4 Markdown Prettier: 0.1.0 MultiMarkdown Table Tools: 1.1.0 Note Statistics: 1.0.4 Paste Special: 1.1.2 Plugin Bundle: 0.5.5 Search & Replace: 2.2.0 Templates: 2.4.0

Prololo · 23 December 2023 01:58

I have the same problem on macOS!
I'm not sure when the problem happened, because I started using Joplin recently.
Thank you.

Operating system
macOS Venture 13.6.1

Desktop version info
Joplin 2.13.8 (prod, win32)

Automatic Backlinks to note: 3.0.3

system · 22 January 2024 01:59

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laurent · 23 January 2024 14:52

Are the developers aware of this issue? This is indeed something that changed in Joplin because it now returns the note with the searched ID, when no other result has been found. This is a convenience feature to quickly find a note by ID.

I didn't realise that would affect plugins and happy to tweak the feature if needed.

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