# Troubleshooting

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## [List pages that have no links to them? (orphan pages)](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/list-pages-that-have-no-links-to-them-orphan-pages/3360)

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**Author:** [@Herald](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/Herald)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2026, 10:05am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/list-pages-that-have-no-links-to-them-orphan-pages/3360 "2026-07-12T10:05:36Z")

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I’m trying to reproduce this query in SilverBullet v2, but a query inside another doesn’t seem to work. Is there a way to do this? The query I’m trying to make (simplified): ${query\[\[ from p = index.tag "page" wher…

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## [Finding pages with doubled attributes](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/finding-pages-with-doubled-attributes/4259)

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**Author:** [@Bernhard](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/Bernhard)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/finding-pages-with-doubled-attributes/4259 "2026-07-09T12:40:29Z")

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I just discovered that pages which have (accidentally) two attributes with the same name inside the frontmatter are not displayed in query results. How would go about finding all of the culprits?

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## [Release 2.9.0 - GET errors retrieving from network drive](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/release-2-9-0-get-errors-retrieving-from-network-drive/4258)

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**Author:** [@adxsoft](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/adxsoft)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 7:07am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/release-2-9-0-get-errors-retrieving-from-network-drive/4258 "2026-07-09T07:07:29Z")

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In release 2.4.1 I had the following query to show me all the files in my assets folder. This worked perfectly without any GET errors ${template.each(query\[\[ from index.tag "document" where name.startsWith('golf/asset…

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## [2.9.0 release - query table display seems to have regressed](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/2-9-0-release-query-table-display-seems-to-have-regressed/4257)

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**Author:** [@adxsoft](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/adxsoft)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/2-9-0-release-query-table-display-seems-to-have-regressed/4257 "2026-07-09T05:09:41Z")

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query table display I have the following query in 2.4.1 release ${query\[\[ from index.tag "page" where favourite == 'Y' select { ref = \_.ref, area = \_.ref.split("/")\[1\], } order by \_.ref.split('/')\[1\], ref \]\]} w…

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## [How can I change the size of the list bullet?](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/how-can-i-change-the-size-of-the-list-bullet/4229)

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**Author:** [@kangruixiang](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/kangruixiang)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/how-can-i-change-the-size-of-the-list-bullet/4229 "2026-06-23T00:17:38Z")

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This is what it looks like right now: I would like to increase the size of the bullet: I've tried everything, including asking LLM's which css to use. If I increase the font size of cm-list-bullet, then the bulle…

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## [I think putting \`range\` in the frontmatter breaks Silverbullet](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/i-think-putting-range-in-the-frontmatter-breaks-silverbullet/4226)

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**Author:** [@drhayes](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/drhayes)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 9:06am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/i-think-putting-range-in-the-frontmatter-breaks-silverbullet/4226 "2026-06-20T09:06:15Z")

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Putting range: 0, 36 in the frontmatter of a note causes the browser tab to crash in Silverbullet -- I'm running Vivaldi, so it showed a dead bird icon. I think it only dies if you navigate away, then navigate back. Rep…

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## [Renaming pages is not updating links in version 2.9.0?](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/renaming-pages-is-not-updating-links-in-version-2-9-0/4212)

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**Author:** [@stainless](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/stainless)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/renaming-pages-is-not-updating-links-in-version-2-9-0/4212 "2026-06-15T17:25:55Z")

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Just upgraded to version 2.9.0 this weekend and it went fine. However this morning noticed that pages are not updating links after a rename. Anyone else?

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## [iPadOS 26.5 PWA - Keyboard Fails to Spawn](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/ipados-26-5-pwa-keyboard-fails-to-spawn/4201)

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**Author:** [@i\_am\_dangry](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/i_am_dangry)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/ipados-26-5-pwa-keyboard-fails-to-spawn/4201 "2026-06-07T22:19:43Z")

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Struggling to work this one out to provide useful feedback/troubleshoot for Zef. Figured I'd ask here first. The keyboard doesn't spawn in the PWA if launched on iPadOS 26.5. However, iOS 26.5 is fine and there doesn't …

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## [Word count difference between silverbullet and \`wc(1)\`](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/word-count-difference-between-silverbullet-and-wc-1/4195)

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**Author:** [@moshh](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/moshh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/word-count-difference-between-silverbullet-and-wc-1/4195 "2026-06-06T02:45:01Z")

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A curious question, nothing serious. I'm trying to figure out why silverbullet regularly reports (using Stats: Show) substantively higher word counts than the output of wc -w $file. Today's journal page for example rep…

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## [silverbullet-math syntax not working](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/silverbullet-math-syntax-not-working/4158)

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**Author:** [@s16777216](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/s16777216)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 7:17am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/silverbullet-math-syntax-not-working/4158 "2026-06-05T07:17:21Z")

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I am looking for Latex render plugin, and i found https://github.com/MrMugame/silverbullet-math, but seens it didnt work for me, the error properly caused by syntax.define is not in standard api. Is this the normal case…

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## [Footnotes rendering issues](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/footnotes-rendering-issues/4192)

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**Author:** [@cpoftea](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/cpoftea)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/footnotes-rendering-issues/4192 "2026-06-04T03:38:51Z")

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Footnotes dots (…) has inherited indent in different contexts (lists and tasks, admonitions, quotes), though it can be easily fixed with a single CSS declaration text-indent: initial Same dots inherits font weigh…

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## [Overriding query templates](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/overriding-query-templates/4181)

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**Author:** [@bullpen](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/bullpen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/overriding-query-templates/4181 "2026-06-02T13:55:44Z")

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Hello, why does the following space-lua block not overwrite the taskItem template in the standard library? -- priority: 9 templates.taskItem = template.new(\[==\[ \* \[${state}\] ${name} \[\[${string.find(ref, "\[@#\]") and ref …

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## [Navigating to anchors](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/navigating-to-anchors/4160)

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**Author:** [@schroederc](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/schroederc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/navigating-to-anchors/4160 "2026-05-23T15:50:35Z")

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Why does editor.navigate("$my-anchor") not resolve the anchor and navigate to the anchored object? It seems like it should given you can click a link like this: \[\[$my-anchor\]\] And on the topic, why does that link \[\[$my-…

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## [Problems with Frontmatter data](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/problems-with-frontmatter-data/4156)

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**Author:** [@zeus-web](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/zeus-web)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 8:50am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/problems-with-frontmatter-data/4156 "2026-05-21T08:50:23Z")

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Hi, today I realised a bit of a strange problem. Very often I use frontmatter data to store additional information. On some of my pages I have a widget for displaying this data from frontmatter, some with calculated ad…

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## [Vanishing pages](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/vanishing-pages/4105)

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**Author:** [@Losdelrovo](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/Losdelrovo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/vanishing-pages/4105 "2026-05-16T14:34:47Z")

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Hi all, I’ve been a happy Silverbullet user on a daily basis for 4 months now. However, for the last couple of weeks I’ve experienced ‘vanishing’ pages. For example ‘Meeting Notes A’ can be found using a hyperlink in SB…

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## [Tag is not displayed in text](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/tag-is-not-displayed-in-text/4067)

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**Author:** [@TheNomad11](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/TheNomad11)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/tag-is-not-displayed-in-text/4067 "2026-05-13T11:25:09Z")

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When i use tag in the middle of a sentence, and then click on the tag and i go to the page of this tag, , the tag is not displayed at all, see screenshot:

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## [Ref link on table seems broken on 2.6.1 ?!](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/ref-link-on-table-seems-broken-on-2-6-1/4092)

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**Author:** [@olsi](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/olsi)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 6:36am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/ref-link-on-table-seems-broken-on-2-6-1/4092 "2026-05-07T06:36:46Z")

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Hello there. I'm a bit late to the party and just catched up 2.6.1 this morning. Doing the daily review now and just noticed that the ref property used in a query doesn't seem to work as before anymore. I have a very s…

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## [Command Palette and Page Picker Not Working](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/command-palette-and-page-picker-not-working/4106)

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**Author:** [@BenjaminTseng](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/BenjaminTseng)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/command-palette-and-page-picker-not-working/4106 "2026-05-03T22:14:01Z")

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I am not 100% sure when this happened as the core Silverbullet notebook functionality is still working but I have a toolbar Action Button mapped to the command Open Command Palette but when I press the icon from the tool…

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## [When does aspiring-page refresh?](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/when-does-aspiring-page-refresh/3837)

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**Author:** [@BenjaminTseng](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/BenjaminTseng)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/when-does-aspiring-page-refresh/3837 "2026-05-03T02:42:11Z")

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I have a couple of queries on my SB that query against index.tag "aspiring-page" to find pages I've linked to which haven't yet been built out but I noticed that at some point in the last year, this list doesn't seem to …

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## [\[Workaround\] White screen / enableClientEncryption error with reverse proxy + HTTP Basic Auth](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/workaround-white-screen-enableclientencryption-error-with-reverse-proxy-http-basic-auth/4002)

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**Author:** [@ZTKenan](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/ZTKenan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/workaround-white-screen-enableclientencryption-error-with-reverse-proxy-http-basic-auth/4002 "2026-04-28T11:20:43Z")

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White screen / "Cannot set properties of undefined (setting 'enableClientEncryption')" - Root cause and solution when using reverse proxy + HTTP Basic Auth This article is summarized by LLM based on my conversations with…

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## [Help a newbie on setup networking part](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/help-a-newbie-on-setup-networking-part/4081)

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**Author:** [@mpovolo](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/mpovolo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/help-a-newbie-on-setup-networking-part/4081 "2026-04-25T04:07:49Z")

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Hi, I finally got it installed on my Synology NAS, have the Mac app installed and working. I have not been able to get https to work through Synology reverse proxy, likely because I have either that setup wrong or the p…

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## [Setting up new space with journaling](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/setting-up-new-space-with-journaling/4015)

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**Author:** [@stainless](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/stainless)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/setting-up-new-space-with-journaling/4015 "2026-04-21T14:42:19Z")

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New user here, just started playing around and liking a lot of what I see. I'm following Journaling to set up a daily note mechanism, and for the most part I got it working as documented. However, the #journal page tag …

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## [Navigate to query pages with keyboard](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/navigate-to-query-pages-with-keyboard/2232)

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**Author:** [@nono](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/nono)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/navigate-to-query-pages-with-keyboard/2232 "2026-04-16T12:40:57Z")

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Let’s say I have a list of pages achieved with this query: ${template.each( query\[\[ from index.tag "bar" \]\], template.new\[==\[ \* \[\[${ref}\]\] \]==\] )} This makes it so I can click the page name to navigate …

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## [Can't get plugs to load](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/cant-get-plugs-to-load/4006)

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**Author:** [@TheFlatline](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/TheFlatline)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/cant-get-plugs-to-load/4006 "2026-04-14T12:16:25Z")

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Good morning, I'm looking for help concerning my silverbullet configuration. I'm using docker and :v2 edge tag. I have a VM with Nginx Proxy Manager installed, which is proxying sb.MYDOMAIN.COM to another VM where I ha…

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## [Tags not copied in templates](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/tags-not-copied-in-templates/4035)

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**Author:** [@Erwyn](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/Erwyn)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/tags-not-copied-in-templates/4035 "2026-04-14T10:03:35Z")

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I think I either have an issue or I’m missing something. I have this template taken from the documentation: --- command: "Journal: Today" key: "Ctrl-q j" suggestedName: "Journal/${os.date('%Y-%m-%d')}" confirmName: fal…

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## [An error occurred while querying Chinese characters.](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/an-error-occurred-while-querying-chinese-characters/4031)

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**Author:** [@lee](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/lee)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/an-error-occurred-while-querying-chinese-characters/4031 "2026-04-13T21:08:54Z")

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Hello, I encountered a problem while doing exercises on the manual's journal page. The manual's journal page teaches the use of the following code: However, I am using Chinese, as shown in the picture. So I change…

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## [Using Frontmatter in a page](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/using-frontmatter-in-a-page/4020)

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**Author:** [@heffo](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/heffo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/using-frontmatter-in-a-page/4020 "2026-04-09T20:31:38Z")

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Hi everyone, I’ve been using SilverBullet this week and it’s been great so far. Thanks, Zef! Today I’m working on creating a page template for my 11ty blog. It was a bit of a challenge but I’ve managed to add extra Fro…

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## [Reindex after server update? Takes ages](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/reindex-after-server-update-takes-ages/3089)

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**Author:** [@lutzky](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/lutzky)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/reindex-after-server-update-takes-ages/3089 "2026-04-03T18:54:14Z")

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I’m running v2 on docker, and I update about once a month. This quite often requires several “refresh” hits on every device, and eventually a full re-index seems to happen. This is especially painful on the phone, taking…

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## [proxyFetch error that can't be caught by pcall](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/proxyfetch-error-that-cant-be-caught-by-pcall/3996)

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**Author:** [@thepaperpilot](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/thepaperpilot)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/proxyfetch-error-that-cant-be-caught-by-pcall/3996 "2026-03-28T16:07:13Z")

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I have a button that I want to have make a network request and then redirect me to a url. That network effect is a PUT that gets an empty response back, and it seems like SB doesn't handle this, and further, the error is…

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## [Default Authentication fails and infinitely reloads](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/default-authentication-fails-and-infinitely-reloads/3993)

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**Author:** [@kaidoestech](https://community.silverbullet.md/u/kaidoestech)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.silverbullet.md/t/default-authentication-fails-and-infinitely-reloads/3993 "2026-03-28T13:09:15Z")

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Currently, I can login to silverbullet, but am immediately greeted with a popup stating "You are not authenticated, reloading to reauthenticate" and reloading the page. This happens again and again. When I first installe…

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