79 audio property is incorrect when using save audio append to current multiple recordings (#96)

* First pass at fixing the appending of audio

* Move audio file saving higher up in the call chain logic in updateFrontMatter calls

* Setup frontmatter immediately after finishing a recording.  Better error handling

* Update frontmatter handling to preserve audio references during recording process

* Bumps version to 2.2.9

Author: Mikodin

AGENTS.md

@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ Always includes a `fileTitle` field for note renaming.
 1. User clicks "Complete" → `plugin.scribe(scribeOptions)`
 2. `audioRecord.stopRecording()` → Blob → ArrayBuffer
 3. `saveAudioRecording()` → audio file in vault
-4. Create/get target note (new note or append to active file)
-5. Setup frontmatter (`audio: [[path]]`, `created_by: [[Scribe]]`)
+4. Create/get target note (new note or append to active file) via `resolveTargetNote`
+5. Update frontmatter immediately via `updateFrontMatter` (append `audio` list + `created_by`) so audio reference is preserved even if downstream stages fail
 6. Transcribe via OpenAI or AssemblyAI → transcript text
 7. Replace "# Audio in progress" placeholder with transcript
 8. (If not transcribe-only) Summarize via LLM → structured JSON

manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"id": "scribe",
 	"name": "Scribe",
-	"version": "2.2.8",
+	"version": "2.2.9",
 	"minAppVersion": "0.15.0",
 	"description": "Record, transcribe, and transform voice notes into structured insights. Leverage Whisper or AssemblyAI and ChatGPT to fill in gaps, generate summaries, and visualize ideas — all seamlessly integrated within Obsidian.",
 	"author": "Mike Alicea",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "obsidian-scribe-plugin",
-	"version": "2.2.8",
+	"version": "2.2.9",
 	"description": "An Obsidian plugin for recording voice notes, transcribing the audio, and summarizing the text - All in one",
 	"main": "build/main.js",
 	"scripts": {

src/index.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   createNewNote,
   renameFile,
   saveAudioRecording,
-  setupFileFrontmatter,
+  updateFrontMatter,
 } from './util/fileUtils';
 import {
   mimeTypeToFileExtension,
@@ -169,7 +169,19 @@ export default class ScribePlugin extends Plugin {
       const { recordingBuffer, recordingFile } =
         await this.handleStopAndSaveRecording(baseFileName);
 
+      const note = await this.resolveTargetNote(
+        baseFileName,
+        scribeOptions.isAppendToActiveFile,
+      );
+
+      if (scribeOptions.isSaveAudioFileActive) {
+        await updateFrontMatter(this, note, recordingFile);
+      } else {
+        await updateFrontMatter(this, note);
+      }
+
       await this.handleScribeFile({
+        note,
         audioRecordingFile: recordingFile,
         audioRecordingBuffer: recordingBuffer,
         scribeOptions: scribeOptions,
@@ -212,10 +224,26 @@ export default class ScribePlugin extends Plugin {
         new Notice('Scribe: ⚠️ This file type is not supported.');
         return;
       }
+      const baseFileName = formatFilenamePrefix(
+        this.settings.recordingFilenamePrefix,
+        this.settings.dateFilenameFormat,
+      );
 
       const audioFileBuffer = await this.app.vault.readBinary(audioFile);
 
+      const note = await this.resolveTargetNote(
+        baseFileName,
+        scribeOptions.isAppendToActiveFile,
+      );
+
+      if (scribeOptions.isSaveAudioFileActive) {
+        await updateFrontMatter(this, note, audioFile);
+      } else {
+        await updateFrontMatter(this, note);
+      }
+
       await this.handleScribeFile({
+        note,
         audioRecordingFile: audioFile,
         audioRecordingBuffer: audioFileBuffer,
         scribeOptions: scribeOptions,
@@ -290,11 +318,32 @@ export default class ScribePlugin extends Plugin {
     return { recordingBuffer, recordingFile };
   }
 
+  private async resolveTargetNote(
+    baseFileName: string,
+    isAppendToActiveFile: boolean,
+  ): Promise<TFile> {
+    let note = isAppendToActiveFile
+      ? (this.app.workspace.getActiveFile() as TFile)
+      : await createNewNote(this, baseFileName);
+
+    if (!note) {
+      new Notice('Scribe: ⚠️ No active file to append to, creating new one!');
+      note = (await createNewNote(this, baseFileName)) as TFile;
+
+      const currentPath = this.app.workspace.getActiveFile()?.path ?? '';
+      this.app.workspace.openLinkText(note.path, currentPath, true);
+    }
+
+    return note;
+  }
+
   async handleScribeFile({
+    note,
     audioRecordingFile,
     audioRecordingBuffer,
     scribeOptions,
   }: {
+    note: TFile;
     audioRecordingFile: TFile;
     audioRecordingBuffer: ArrayBuffer;
     scribeOptions: ScribeOptions;
@@ -305,28 +354,6 @@ export default class ScribePlugin extends Plugin {
       isSaveAudioFileActive,
       activeNoteTemplate,
     } = scribeOptions;
-    const scribeNoteFilename = `${formatFilenamePrefix(
-      this.settings.noteFilenamePrefix,
-      this.settings.dateFilenameFormat,
-    )}`;
-
-    let note = isAppendToActiveFile
-      ? (this.app.workspace.getActiveFile() as TFile)
-      : await createNewNote(this, scribeNoteFilename);
-
-    if (!note) {
-      new Notice('Scribe: ⚠️ No active file to append to, creating new one!');
-      note = (await createNewNote(this, scribeNoteFilename)) as TFile;
-
-      const currentPath = this.app.workspace.getActiveFile()?.path ?? '';
-      this.app.workspace.openLinkText(note?.path, currentPath, true);
-    }
-
-    if (isSaveAudioFileActive) {
-      await setupFileFrontmatter(this, note, audioRecordingFile);
-    } else {
-      await setupFileFrontmatter(this, note);
-    }
 
     await this.cleanup();
 

src/util/fileUtils.ts

@@ -100,30 +100,43 @@ export async function renameFile(
   );
 }
 
-export async function setupFileFrontmatter(
+function normalizeAudioFrontmatterValues(audio: unknown): string[] {
+  if (Array.isArray(audio)) {
+    return audio.filter(
+      (value): value is string => typeof value === 'string' && value.length > 0,
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (typeof audio === 'string' && audio.length > 0) {
+    return [audio];
+  }
+
+  return [];
+}
+
+export async function updateFrontMatter(
   plugin: ScribePlugin,
   noteFile: TFile,
   audioFile?: TFile,
 ) {
   try {
     await plugin.app.fileManager.processFrontMatter(noteFile, (frontMatter) => {
-      const newFrontMatter = {
-        ...frontMatter,
-        audio: audioFile
-          ? [...(frontMatter.source || []), `[[${audioFile.path}]]`]
-          : frontMatter.source,
-      };
+      const existingAudio = normalizeAudioFrontmatterValues(frontMatter.audio);
 
-      if (plugin.settings.isFrontMatterLinkToScribe) {
-        newFrontMatter.created_by = '[[Scribe]]';
+      if (audioFile) {
+        frontMatter.audio = [...existingAudio, `[[${audioFile.path}]]`];
+      } else if (frontMatter.audio !== undefined) {
+        frontMatter.audio = existingAudio;
       }
 
-      Object.assign(frontMatter, newFrontMatter);
+      if (plugin.settings.isFrontMatterLinkToScribe) {
+        frontMatter.created_by = '[[Scribe]]';
+      }
     });
 
     return noteFile;
   } catch (error) {
-    console.error('Failed to addAudioSourceToFrontmatter', error);
+    console.error('Failed to update frontmatter', error);
     throw error;
   }
 }