Recovering overwritten notes

A note was accidentally overwritten — content is gone, the current version is wrong. trip2g keeps every version of every note. You can retrieve any past version using two GraphQL queries via graphql_request.

This requires admin tools enabled on the API key. See en/user/agent_admin. The queries can also be run directly in the GraphiQL interface at /_system/graphql — see en/user/graphql.

Step 1. Find the overwrite

List all saved versions for the note. Versions are returned newest-first.

query {
  admin {
    noteVersionHistory(filter: { path: "folder/my-note.md" }) {
      totalCount
      nodes {
        versionId
        version
        contentLength
        createdAt
      }
    }
  }
}

Example response:

{
  "noteVersionHistory": {
    "totalCount": 5,
    "nodes": [
      { "versionId": 204, "version": 5, "contentLength": 312,  "createdAt": "2026-05-25T14:02:00Z" },
      { "versionId": 198, "version": 4, "contentLength": 318,  "createdAt": "2026-05-24T09:15:00Z" },
      { "versionId": 171, "version": 3, "contentLength": 4821, "createdAt": "2026-05-23T11:40:00Z" },
      { "versionId": 155, "version": 2, "contentLength": 4790, "createdAt": "2026-05-22T08:30:00Z" },
      { "versionId": 138, "version": 1, "contentLength": 3102, "createdAt": "2026-05-20T17:10:00Z" }
    ]
  }
}

Scan contentLength by date. The drop from 4821 bytes (version 3) to 318 bytes (version 4) marks the overwrite. Version 3 (versionId: 171) is the last good copy.

Step 2. Fetch the content

query {
  admin {
    noteVersion(versionId: 171) {
      versionId
      path
      version
      content
      createdAt
    }
  }
}

The content field contains the raw markdown. Copy it back into Obsidian and sync.

Pagination

For notes with many versions, use limit and offset:

noteVersionHistory(filter: { path: "folder/my-note.md", limit: 20, offset: 40 })

The default page size is 50. totalCount tells you how many versions exist in total.