Collaboration Editor do not work #4517

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1. jeremieamstutz

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2. dosubot commented on Jul 25, 2025

   

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   This is a known timing issue with collaborative editors using Plate and Yjs. If the editor initializes before Yjs content is loaded, Plate's normalization logic inserts an empty paragraph, making the editor appear empty and unresponsive until a hot reload resets the state.

   To fix this, set skipInitialization: true in your Plate editor config and only call editor.getApi(YjsPlugin).yjs.init after the editor is mounted and Yjs has synced. This ensures Plate doesn't insert a default value before Yjs content arrives and avoids double-initialization or extra paragraphs. Make sure your Yjs provider isn't briefly presenting an empty doc on load. See more details and examples in this discussion: Plate collaborative editor initialization with Yjs.

   If you still see issues, double-check that Plate isn't initializing with a default value before Yjs syncs. If you can share your provider setup or initialization code, I can help spot any other problems.

   To reply, just mention @dosu.

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3. udecode

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4. zbeyens

   converted this issue into a discussion #4519 on Jul 26, 2025
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6. zbeyens

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