[Bug]: Task dependencies are not stored as wikilinks

[renekalff]

Bug Description

Thank you for all the time and effort you're putting into this awesome plugin.

I just started using the task dependencies functionality and noticed that the files are not stored as wikilinks as the documentation suggests. As a result the dependencies will break when a depended file is renamed. I've recreated the issue in a new Obsidian vault with no other community plugins and no defaults changed.

Actual result:

---
status: open
priority: normal
scheduled: 2026-01-13
dateCreated: 2026-01-13T11:48:06.165+01:00
dateModified: 2026-01-13T11:49:10.904+01:00
tags:
  - task
blockedBy:
  - uid: Task1
    reltype: FINISHTOSTART
---

Expected result:

---
status: open
priority: normal
scheduled: 2026-01-13
dateCreated: 2026-01-13T11:48:06.165+01:00
dateModified: 2026-01-13T11:49:10.904+01:00
tags:
  - task
blockedBy:
  - uid: "[[Task1]]"
    reltype: FINISHTOSTART
---

I've tried adding the dependency through the modal as well as the "right click" submenu. Both result in the same issue.

Obsidian version: 1.11.4
TaskNotes version: 4.3.0
OS version: MacOS 26.2

[renekalff]

I temporarily solved this issue by patching normalizeDependencyEntry, adding brackets around the uid value in the return object. The blockedBy property now updates when the blocking task is renamed and haven't had any issues so far.

[12risobo]

I'm also experiencing this issue.

Environment:

• TaskNotes version: 4.3.0
• Obsidian version: 1.11.7

Observed behavior:
When creating a dependency via the UI (Blocked By button), the blockedBy frontmatter is stored as plain text instead of a wikilink:

Current (broken):

blockedBy:
- uid: Task1
reltype: FINISHTOSTART

Expected (working):

blockedBy:
- uid: "[[Task1]]"
reltype: FINISHTOSTART

Impact:
Because the uid is not a wikilink, the dependency relationship doesn't resolve when the blocking task is marked as done. The blocked task remains blocked indefinitely.

Additional observation:
Tasks created in October 2025 have the correct wikilink format and work as expected. Tasks created in February 2026 have the plain text format and don't work. This suggests a regression was introduced between these dates.

[callumalpass]

Thank ytou for reporting this, @renekalff , @12risobo . This should be fixed in 4.3.1