SUMMARY Deletion of the 1 Byte file may trigger dialog window with the message "Moving this item to Trash failed as it is too large." This happens when the "Trash" directory size exceeds specified limit. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open "Dolphin" file manager 2. Open "Configure Dolphin" > "Trash" and see current Trash size limit (e.g., 10% that = 92.99GiB) 2. Increase Trash size limit slighly (e.g., 11% / 102.29GiB) 3. Create file larger than the initial Trash limit (e.g., fallocate -l 100G 100G) and delete it 4. Return the initial Trash size limit (10%) 5. Create empty file with the size 1 Byte (echo "" > 1B) and try to delete it OBSERVED RESULT Window with the title "Delete Permanently — Dolphin" and the message "Moving this item to Trash failed as it is too large. Permanently delete it instead?" appears and waits for the user action EXPECTED RESULT Message in the window informs that the Trash is full and can't accept new files SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 42 KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.14.0 Qt Version: 6.9.0
I found an older bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469598 (Plasma 5.27.5, Framework 5.105.0). On the related video (https://youtu.be/LXIqVJu61v4) we can see an error message "The trash is full. Empty it or remove items manually." Nowadays, I can't trigger this dialog.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/-/merge_requests/1903
Git commit af989a7afde20f180f5c0a61d17e7e974147bf1c by Nate Graham. Committed on 06/06/2025 at 17:25. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Rephrase misleading "full trash" message Right now when the trash is full, it tells you the file you're trying to put into it is too big, even if it's a really tiny file. This feels odd. Instead, report that the trash is too full to accept it. FIXED-IN: 6.16 M +3 -3 src/widgets/widgetsaskuseractionhandler.cpp https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/-/commit/af989a7afde20f180f5c0a61d17e7e974147bf1c