Bug 504370 - Filelight showing files that do not exist
Summary: Filelight showing files that do not exist
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: filelight
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 25.04.1
Platform: KDE Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs
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Reported: 2025-05-17 00:38 UTC by Justin Zobel
Modified: 2025-06-19 03:48 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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2025-05-17 00:38 UTC, Justin Zobel
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Description Justin Zobel 2025-05-17 00:38:05 UTC
Created attachment 181406 [details]
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Filelight shows files that do not even exist.

I am wondering if these are showing in Filelight due to it not understanding BTRFS and maybe old deleted files are showing up there?

See screenshot showing Konsole, Dolphin and Filelight showing the same folder. File .somehiddenfile added to show that hidden files are being displayed.
Comment 1 John Kizer 2025-05-19 19:15:35 UTC
It looks like it's showing an entirely older snapshot version of that folder - files in the current version that are big enough to appear within that list, like 20250517_1001_nextcloud.log.0, aren't appearing, either.

I'm guessing "Rescan" didn't change this? Were there any terminal/journal entries when loading that folder? How was Filelight started and pointed at that folder?
Comment 2 Justin Zobel 2025-05-20 00:43:08 UTC
I installed Filelight from Flathub.

Started it from Kickoff.

Clicked Choose Folder on the welcome page and then selected my home folder.

I've tried to reproduce the issue and now can't. The logs folder shows the right amount of data/files.

What would I be looking for in the journal?
Comment 3 John Kizer 2025-05-20 03:19:24 UTC
Ah yeah - in the journal, I was just wondering if there were any unique messages from either filelight itself or something xdg-desktop-portal related when it was triggering?

Are there maybe any other folders with a similarly high churn of files that could show the issue?
Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2025-06-04 03:48:05 UTC
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Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2025-06-19 03:48:11 UTC
๐Ÿ›๐Ÿงน This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.