In combination with certain plugins, the filetype wouldn't be set for Startify, because a filetype was already set by another plugin in the series of VimEnter autocmds. Setting the filetype gets forced now.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function! startify#insane_in_the_membrane() abort
setlocal noswapfile nobuflisted buftype=nofile bufhidden=wipe
setlocal nonumber nocursorline nolist statusline=\ startify
- setfiletype startify
+ set filetype=startify
if v:version >= 703
setlocal norelativenumber