Linked object is missing from the exported markdown

Bug Reports Closed
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WHAT’S THE BUG?

Exporting a page to markdown with “Include linked objects” misses out few linked objects from the exported markdown.

HOW TO REPRODUCE IT

  1. Go to any object with several linked objects
  2. Export the object to markdown with “Include Linked Objects” option enabled
  3. Open the exported markdown and check if all the Linked objects from Anytype are available in the exported markdown.
  4. Some were missing.

THE EXPECTED BEHAVIOR

I expect all the linked objects to be properly exported and referenced in the exported markdown

ADDITIONAL CONTEXT

Object in Anytype

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Exported markdown

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The “Project based” category contains 3 linked objects in Anytype whereas the exported markdown contains only 2 of them.

Related to → Relations are not exported; Need full round-tripping

TECHNICAL INFORMATIONS

  • OS: macOS
  • Anytype Version: 0.27.0
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Hi @lynxlove.

The issue was added to our issue tracker some months ago. Priority is low for the time being, but when we get around to polishing we’ll buff it out. Thanks for bringing it to our attention :slight_smile:

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I opened up a similar bug about losing Relations when you export to markdown.

The Anytype team might consider increasing the priority of these bugs for two reasons:

  1. This is data loss. Data loss should be avoided at all costs.
  2. Export (without data loss) builds confidence. I’m excited for Anytype, but leery of really trying it out because, at the moment, anything I put into it I’m SURE won’t come out in usable format. I will lose work (connections/links) and get a pretty poor set of data in the end. I can’t back up, I can’t use in other apps, and create workflows around it, etc.
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What’s the link to that bug report? I want to upvote it. I totally agree with you, it makes me anxious to make the switch to AnyType as I can easily lose data.

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@lynxlove
Does the bug still occur in the latest Anytype update? Since you can probably reproduce it from your own set of linked object, I hope you’ll tell us if the bug persist.

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@C.c
Can you reproduce this bug on macOS?

I can’t on Windows 11.

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Confirmed that there should be no loss in linked objects on v.0.38.0.