Bug 513842

Summary:	Wrong free space shown when folder is a symlink
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Thomas Baag <bugs.kde.org>
Component:	bars: status	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	aristsakas, dolphin-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	25.12.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	NixOS
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Thomas Baag 2025-12-26 15:32:50 UTC

SUMMARY

The status bar shows the wrong free disk space inside a folder, when the folder is a symlink to another mount.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. sudo mount -o size=16M -t tmpfs tmpfs /mnt
2. ln -s /mnt "$HOME/symlinked-folder"
3. dolphin "$HOME/symlinked-folder"

OBSERVED RESULT
Status bar (in old school full size mode) shows the free space for $HOME.

EXPECTED RESULT
Status bar (in old school full size mode) should show the free space for /mnt.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
NixOS unstable with newest release of dolphin, KDE and such.

Comment 1 aristsakas 2025-12-29 21:30:48 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 513900 ***

Comment 2 Thomas Baag 2026-01-08 22:04:05 UTC

(In reply to aristsakas from comment #1)
> 
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 513900 ***

I was looking for duplicates and where kind of embarrassed you found one but I didn't. Turns out it's just a duplicate of a bug reported two days later. What words and time mean isn't important here I guess.