---
source_id: SRC-0006
title: Troubleshoot Obsidian Sync
author: Obsidian Help
locator: https://obsidian.md/help/sync/troubleshoot
version: Living documentation accessed 2026-09-25; publication date and release revision
  unknown
accessed: '2026-09-25'
evidence_kind: primary
excerpt_scope: Conflict-copy mechanism only; not whole-product validation
---

# Bounded conflict-handling packet

## Editorial scope (not source text)

Obsidian Sync is the implementation named in this document. Passage A describes the optional Create conflict file mode, not the default automatic-merge mode. Only block quotations below are original text. Other sections, screenshots, version details and recovery instructions are omitted.

## Passage A — Conflict resolution options, Create conflict file, first sentence fragment

> it creates a separate conflict file instead of merging automatically.

## Passage B — Conflict file naming pattern, sentence following local-content description

> The original file keeps the remote version.

## Research question (editorial)

Does preserving an alternate copy separate synchronization from user resolution of
conflicting intent? Identify supported behavior and limits. A single implementation
cannot establish recurrence. Do not infer crash durability, automatic detection
coverage, transactional correctness, or recovery guarantees from these fragments.
Return no candidate if insufficient; illustrative hypotheses are not known uses.