When you clear the cache, what happens next?

[Thomas-Richardson]

The plug-in broke for me, and a reinstall didn't work, so I decided to clear the cache. I guess what this does is, makes the plug-in forget about all the notes in my vault? Does it have to rebuild the cache? How long would this take? And how would I know if it was done?

Thanks,

Richie

[scambier]

I guess what this does is, makes the plug-in forget about all the notes in my vault

Basically. It clears the IndexedDb table where the search index is stored. So you need to reload Obsidian (the command "Reload app without saving", or a full restart), and Omnisearch will simply rebuild its search index from scratch. It will work the same as the first time you launched the plugin. And indeed, the cache is not cleared when you uninstall the plugin; I will fix that.

How long would this take? And how would I know if it was done?

In the current beta, Omnisearch will display a notice if there's 500+ files to reindex, but the process shouldn't take more than a few seconds for most vaults. In any case, there will be a message under the search field, indicating that Omnisearch is doing some work. If there is no message, then it's good.