Just for information: the leftover files still happen with rpm 4.19.1. On a system updated to snapshot 20240131 containing rpm 4.19.1-1.1 on 2024-02-01 and then updated to snapshot 20240201 on 2024-02-02 these new files remain: -rw------- 1 root root 311 2. Feb 16:46 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.1jag4X -rw------- 1 root root 349 2. Feb 16:46 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.Tncoe7