siyuan-note/siyuan · error

The Obsidian Vault import task was not found or has expired

Error message

The Obsidian Vault import task was not found or has expired

What it means

Error "The Obsidian Vault import task was not found or has expired" thrown in siyuan-note/siyuan.

Solutions

1. Restart the analysis/import flow from the beginning; task state is kept only in memory and expires
2. Do not restart SiYuan between analysis and import; complete the import in one session

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at kernel/model/import_obsidian.go:280 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of siyuan-note/siyuan@afa823b6b4 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/82c2092732c30dea. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at kernel/model/import_obsidian.go:280

	task := &obsidianTask{TaskID: taskID, State: ObsidianTaskStateQueued, Message: "Waiting to analyze", Cancel: cancel}
	obsidianTasks[taskID] = task
	obsidianActive = taskID
	ret := snapshotObsidianTask(task)
	obsidianTasksMu.Unlock()

	if replacedTaskID != "" {
		removeObsidianTemp(replacedTaskID)
	}
	go analyzeObsidianVaultTask(ctx, taskID, localPath)
	return ret, nil
}

func GetObsidianVaultTask(taskID string) (*ObsidianVaultTask, error) {
	obsidianTasksMu.Lock()
	defer obsidianTasksMu.Unlock()
	task := obsidianTasks[taskID]
	if task == nil {
		return nil, errors.New(Conf.Language(330))
	}
	return snapshotObsidianTask(task), nil
}

func CancelObsidianVaultTask(taskID string) (*ObsidianVaultTask, error) {
	obsidianTasksMu.Lock()
	task := obsidianTasks[taskID]
	if task == nil {
		obsidianTasksMu.Unlock()
		return nil, errors.New(Conf.Language(330))
	}
	if !isObsidianCancellableState(task.State) {
		ret := snapshotObsidianTask(task)
		obsidianTasksMu.Unlock()
		return ret, errors.New(Conf.Language(331))
	}
	if task.Cancel != nil {
		task.Cancel()

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