Method waitForFreshTaskData

src/utils/TaskManager.ts:1075–1107

* Wait for Obsidian's metadata cache to have fresh data for a file. * This is necessary after creating/modifying files because the metadata cache * updates asynchronously.

(
		pathOrFile: string | { path: string },
		maxRetries = 10
	)

	 * updates asynchronously.
	 */
	async waitForFreshTaskData(
		pathOrFile: string | { path: string },
		maxRetries = 10
	): Promise<void> {
		const path = typeof pathOrFile === "string" ? pathOrFile : pathOrFile.path;
		const file =
			typeof pathOrFile === "string"
				? this.app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(path)
				: pathOrFile;

		if (!(file instanceof TFile)) {
			// File doesn't exist yet, just wait a bit
			await new Promise((resolve) => window.setTimeout(resolve, 100));
			return;
		}

		// Poll the metadata cache until it has the file's frontmatter
		for (let i = 0; i < maxRetries; i++) {
			const metadata = this.app.metadataCache.getFileCache(file);
			if (metadata?.frontmatter) {
				// Metadata cache has the file indexed
				return;
			}
			// Wait before retrying (50ms, 100ms, 150ms, etc.)
			await new Promise((resolve) => window.setTimeout(resolve, 50 * (i + 1)));
		}

		// If we still don't have metadata after retries, log a warning but continue
		tasknotesLogger.warn(
			`TaskManager: Metadata cache not ready for ${path} after ${maxRetries} retries`,
			{ category: "stale-data", operation: "taskmanager-metadata-cache-not-ready" }
		);
	}

	updateConfig(settings: TaskNotesSettings): void {
		// Update settings