I was fiddling with my init file and something with pdf-tools blew up and initialization went wrong and I lost my desktop history list of buffers I always have open. When I fixed the problem (by dropping pdf-tools, which I realized I never used), I had to load all the files I like to have open. I opened four, and for each one I got the same warning, as you can see below. Further below that is the full Org debug dump. I don't know if the ivy-done clue is enough to be helpful (maybe it just means there's something funny involving ivy), but if there's more I can do I'm glad to help. Bill Warning (org-element-cache): org-element--cache: Unregistered buffer modifications detected. Resetting. If this warning appears regularly, please report the warning text to Org mode mailing list (M-x org-submit-bug-report). The buffer is: reading-diary.org Current command: (ivy-done 7688 7689) Chars modified: 7688 Buffer modified: 7689 Backtrace: nil Disable showing Disable logging Warning (org-element-cache): org-element--cache: Unregistered buffer modifications detected. Resetting. If this warning appears regularly, please report the warning text to Org mode mailing list (M-x org-submit-bug-report). The buffer is: pepys-exchange-list.org Current command: (ivy-done 5351 5352) Chars modified: 5351 Buffer modified: 5352 Backtrace: nil Disable showing Disable logging Warning (org-element-cache): org-element--cache: Unregistered buffer modifications detected. Resetting. If this warning appears regularly, please report the warning text to Org mode mailing list (M-x org-submit-bug-report). The buffer is: l2a.org Current command: (ivy-done 26 27) Chars modified: 26 Buffer modified: 27 Backtrace: nil Disable showing Disable logging Warning (org-element-cache): org-element--cache: Unregistered buffer modifications detected. Resetting. If this warning appears regularly, please report the warning text to Org mode mailing list (M-x org-submit-bug-report). The buffer is: library.org Current command: (ivy-done 779 780) Chars modified: 779 Buffer modified: 780 Backtrace: nil Disable showing Disable logging Emacs : GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 5, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.20, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2022-05-07 Package: Org mode version 9.5.3 (release_9.5.3-473-g15d256 @ /usr/local/src/org-mode/lisp/) current state: ============== (setq org-link-elisp-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p org-ditaa-jar-path "/usr/share/ditaa/ditaa.jar" org-hide-emphasis-markers t org-bibtex-headline-format-function #[257 "\300\236A\207" [:title] 3 "\n\n(fn ENTRY)"] org-babel-after-execute-hook '(org-redisplay-inline-images) org-persist-after-read-hook '(org-element--cache-persist-after-read) org-export-before-parsing-hook '(org-attach-expand-links) org-cycle-tab-first-hook '(org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe org-babel-header-arg-expand) org-archive-hook '(org-attach-archive-delete-maybe) org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-cycle-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) org-persist-before-read-hook '(org-element--cache-persist-before-read) org-image-actual-width nil org-mode-hook '((lambda nil (org-superstar-mode 1)) wtd/org-ispell add-org-toggle-src-key org-appear-mode turn-on-flyspell (lambda nil (setq prettify-symbols-alist (cons '("<=" . 8804) prettify-symbols-alist) ) (setq prettify-symbols-alist (cons '(">=" . 8805) prettify-symbols-alist) ) (setq prettify-symbols-alist (cons '("|>" . 9655) prettify-symbols-alist) ) (setq prettify-symbols-alist (cons '("#+BEGIN_SRC" . 9121) prettify-symbols-alist) ) (setq prettify-symbols-alist (cons '("#+END_SRC" . 9123) prettify-symbols-alist) ) (setq prettify-symbols-alist (cons '("#+begin_src" . 9121) prettify-symbols-alist) ) (setq prettify-symbols-alist (cons '("#+end_src" . 9123) prettify-symbols-alist) ) (setq prettify-symbols-alist (cons '("#+BEGIN_QUOTE" . 10077) prettify-symbols-alist) ) (setq prettify-symbols-alist (cons '("#+END_QUOTE" . 10078) prettify-symbols-alist) ) (setq prettify-symbols-alist (cons '("#+begin_quote" . 10077) prettify-symbols-alist) ) (setq prettify-symbols-alist (cons '("#+end_quote" . 10078) prettify-symbols-alist) ) (setq prettify-symbols-alist (cons '("[ ]" . 9744) prettify-symbols-alist) ) (setq prettify-symbols-alist (cons '("[X]" . 9746) prettify-symbols-alist) ) ) add-org-close-all-drawers-key (lambda nil (setq ispell-parser 'tex) ) (lambda nil (org-toggle-inline-images)) org-clock-load #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-fold-show-all append local] 5] #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5] org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes #[0 "\301\211\207" [imenu-create-index-function org-imenu-get-tree] 2] wrap-region-mode) org-babel-load-languages '((ditaa . t) (dot . t) (latex . t) (lilypond . t) (python . t) (R . t) (ruby . t) (shell . t) (sql . t) (sqlite . t)) org-src-window-setup 'current-window org-fold-core-first-unfold-functions '(org-fold--hide-drawers org-fold-hide-archived-subtrees) org-ellipsis " ⬎" org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p outline-isearch-open-invisible-function 'outline-isearch-open-invisible org-startup-indented t org-highlight-latex-and-related '(latex) org-use-speed-commands t org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-src-preserve-indentation t org-babel-tangle-lang-exts '(("ruby" . "rb") ("python" . "py") ("LilyPond" . "ly") ("latex" . "tex") ("emacs-lisp" . "el") ("elisp" . "el") ) org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-cycle-separator-lines 0 org-superstar-headline-bullets-list '("⊢" "ǁ" "ǀ" "⋱" "◉" "○") org-support-shift-select t org-pretty-entities t org-fontify-whole-heading-line t org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-activate org-babel-speed-command-activate) org-export-backends '(html latex md odt beamer) org-confirm-babel-evaluate nil org-fold-core-isearch-open-function 'org-fold-core--isearch-reveal org-clock-persist 'history org-persist-before-write-hook '(org-element--cache-persist-before-write) org-tab-first-hook '(org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe org-babel-header-arg-expand) org-link-shell-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) org-agenda-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region nil org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-link-parameters '(("attachment" :follow org-attach-follow :complete org-attach-complete-link) ("eww" :follow org-eww-open :store org-eww-store-link) ("rmail" :follow org-rmail-open :store org-rmail-store-link) ("mhe" :follow org-mhe-open :store org-mhe-store-link) ("irc" :follow org-irc-visit :store org-irc-store-link :export org-irc-export) ("info" :follow org-info-open :export org-info-export :store org-info-store-link) ("gnus" :follow org-gnus-open :store org-gnus-store-link) ("docview" :follow org-docview-open :export org-docview-export :store org-docview-store-link) ("bibtex" :follow org-bibtex-open :store org-bibtex-store-link) ("bbdb" :follow org-bbdb-open :export org-bbdb-export :complete org-bbdb-complete-link :store org-bbdb-store-link) ("w3m" :store org-w3m-store-link) ("doi" :follow org-link-doi-open :export org-link-doi-export) ("id" :follow org-id-open) ("file+sys") ("file+emacs") ("shell" :follow org-link--open-shell) ("news" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["news" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"] ) ("mailto" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["mailto" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"] ) ("https" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["https" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"] ) ("http" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["http" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"] ) ("ftp" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["ftp" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"] ) ("help" :follow org-link--open-help :store org-link--store-help) ("file" :complete org-link-complete-file) ("elisp" :follow org-link--open-elisp) ) org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) org-startup-with-inline-images t org-return-follows-link t org-special-ctrl-a/e t org-tags-column 120 org-hide-macro-markers t org-footnote-section nil org-list-allow-alphabetical t ) -- -- William Denton https://www.miskatonic.org/ Librarian, artist and licensed private investigator. Toronto, Canada