(In reply to Jeff Mahoney from comment #104) > It shouldn't be closed. The bug is still there. There's still a terrible > algorithm at its core that needs to be fixed. This isn't an issue of > ignoring the community, it's an issue of finite resources. Since there is a > clear workaround, other things move ahead of it in the queue. If someone > wants to take a shot at fixing it, I'd be happy to provide some guidance. �Since there is a clear workaround...� I'm only a user and messing with a filesystem really really is way above my skills. Sorry. I know, if everything goes wrong, I only have to reinstall the OS. But I installed Leap 15.0 to work with it, because it is supposed to be stable! The urgent need to reinstall because / run out of space may occur right when I don't have time to deal with it. (During the last days I haven't encountered a btrfs cleaner attack -- has there been an update?)