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Update Metadata now requires js-engine #662
Description
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Plugin Version
1.4.10
This Issue Occurs on
- Windows
- Linux
- macOS
- Android
- iOS
Debug Info
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: 1.12.7
Installer version: 1.12.7
Operating system: Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Login status: logged in
Language: en-GB
Catalyst license: insider
Insider build toggle: on
Live preview: on
Base theme: dark
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 23
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 45
Plugins enabled: 22
1: Advanced URI v1.46.1
2: Calendar v1.5.10
3: Linter v1.31.2
4: Media DB v0.8.0
5: QuickAdd v2.12.0
6: Templater v2.20.4
7: Settings Search v1.3.10
8: ReadItLater v0.11.4
9: Meta Bind v1.4.10
10: Spaced Repetition v1.14.2
11: Map View v6.1.4
12: Force note view mode v1.2.2
13: Paste Image Into Property v1.0.6
14: Tag Wrangler v0.6.4
15: Excalidraw v2.23.2
16: Mermaid Base Views v1.0.0
17: Slides Extended v2.3.4
18: Maps v0.1.6
19: Tab Multi Select v1.0.0
20: Pretty Properties v1.10.18
21: GDScript Syntax Highlighting v1.1.0
22: Simple CanvaSearch v1.0.2
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Describe the Issue
After updating the plugin from 1.4.6 to 1.4.10 it seems like evaluating javascript in the "Update Metadata" action now requires the js-engine plugin. I am pretty sure it worked without it before since I don't have js-engine enabled. This drawback also isn't mentioned in the wiki.
Steps to Reproduce
- Add a meta bind button like so:
label: "Finish"
style: default
actions:
- type: updateMetadata
bindTarget: finishedDate
evaluate: true
value: moment().format()
- Click on it and see the error:
plugin:obsidian-meta-bind-plugin:38 meta-bind | ButtonMDRC >> error while running action De: [MB_DEPENDENCY] "Dependency violation detected" caused by "Plugin js-engine is required, but not installed. Please install the plugin."
at wJ.throwDependencyError (plugin:obsidian-meta-bind-plugin:130:5942)
at wJ.throwPluginNotFound (plugin:obsidian-meta-bind-plugin:130:5764)
at wJ.checkDependency (plugin:obsidian-meta-bind-plugin:130:6576)
at MY (plugin:obsidian-meta-bind-plugin:131:19308)
at YZ.jsEngineExecuteCustom (plugin:obsidian-meta-bind-plugin:134:11788)
at Tn.run (plugin:obsidian-meta-bind-plugin:38:2717)
at En.runAction (plugin:obsidian-meta-bind-plugin:38:4192)
at En.runButtonActions (plugin:obsidian-meta-bind-plugin:38:3785)
at onclick (plugin:obsidian-meta-bind-plugin:130:14425)
at f (plugin:obsidian-meta-bind-plugin:130:12815)Caused by: Plugin js-engine is required, but not installed. Please install the plugin.
Expected Behavior
The Update Metadata action should work without js-engine (as it did before), or if this changed it should be noted in the wiki.
Activity
mProjectsCode commentedon May 18, 2026
This was an intentional change to better comply with the new plugin reviews. All user supplied js execution is now gated behind JS Engine. This change was noted in the changelog. The docs will be updated soon. I am currently blocked on updating the docs by an upstream issue that I don't want to invest time to work around.
mProjectsCode commentedon May 18, 2026
Namely I am waiting on @Fevol to update his
starlight-site-graphpackage to support astro 6