Org doesnt resolve [[id:UUID::*subtree name][link name]] hyperlinks when org-roam is enabled

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Hi everyone,

I have created this thread on the emacs stackexchange, but it looks like this is really an org-roam issue.

I’m using this small org file to test the behavior:

* example heading
:PROPERTIES:
:ID:       f3805217-ff72-4dbe-b8aa-72a266eb5498
:END:
** first subtree heading

** second subtree heading

[[id:f3805217-ff72-4dbe-b8aa-72a266eb5498::*first subtree heading][test link]]

As long as my .emacs doesn’t contain anything related to org-roam (I’m only using org config actually), the org link is resolved as expected. As soon as something org-roam related is executed, I get org-roam-id-open: Cannot find entry with ID "f3805217-ff72-4dbe-b8aa-72a266eb5498::*first subtree heading" with the following stacktrace:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Cannot find entry with ID \"f3805217-ff72-4dbe-b8aa...")
  error("Cannot find entry with ID \"%s\"" "f3805217-ff72-4dbe-b8aa-72a266eb5498::*first subtr...")
  org-roam-id-open("f3805217-ff72-4dbe-b8aa-72a266eb5498::*first subtr..." nil)
  org-link-open((link (:standard-properties [139 nil 206 215 217 0 nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil #<buffer test.org> nil nil (paragraph (:standard-properties [139 139 139 218 218 0 nil planning element t nil nil nil nil #<buffer test.org> nil nil (section ...)]))] :type "id" :type-explicit-p t :path "f3805217-ff72-4dbe-b8aa-72a266eb5498::*first subtr..." :format bracket :raw-link "id:f3805217-ff72-4dbe-b8aa-72a266eb5498::*first su..." :application nil :search-option nil)) nil)
  org-open-at-point(nil)
  funcall-interactively(org-open-at-point nil)
  command-execute(org-open-at-point)

This isn’t very clear to my elisp-ignorant eyes.

I’m using:

  • GNU Emacs 29.4 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.43, cairo version 1.18.2)
  • Org mode version 9.7.17 (9.7.17-3ae179)
  • org-roam 20241007.1704

Thanks for your help!

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It is a new syntax of org and org-roam does not support it (yet). Is it already part of the released org version or is it still pre-release?

With the current state of the project, I am not certain if the project will consider updating org-roam code to support this new syntax.

But… I suggest you create an issue on GitHub as a feature request if you want it.

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Thanks for you answer.

Yes this is already part of org-mode 9.7, the option is named org-id-link-consider-parent-id.

Oh, I see that lots of merge request are waiting for integration. Do you know if development is paused / stopped?

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