Check org-id-link-consider-parent-id is enabled? https://orgmode.org/org.html#DOCF29
On Sat, 15 Nov 2025, at 8:38 AM, Racoon Chimp wrote: > in the mean time i used gpt and its solution was =(setq > org-id-link-to-org-use-id t)=. only the result was org generated an > uuid id for the precise heading. and i really do not need that because > the file already has its own unique id, and the headings are supposed > to be unique anyway. > > On Tue, 11 Nov 2025, at 15:06, Racoon Chimp wrote: >> hello, >> >> i am starting to turn in circles. >> >> i have set =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= to =use-existing=. i am aware >> that performance could be impacted with having many ids and i do not >> need many ids. i have just one for the whole file and expect it to be >> used with the headings. >> >> so i expect something like >> >> #+begin_example >> [[id:unique_uuid::*my pretty heading][my pretty heading]] >> #+end_example >> >> yet =org-store-link= still returns >> >> #+begin_example >> [[file:~/path/to/my/file.org::*my pretty heading][my pretty heading]] >> #+end_example >> >> only serveral times in the past i have changed the path, and i want org >> to find its own, after all i assume that is the precise functionality >> associated with having unique :id: >> >> what is the right way to do it? >> >> cheers,
