Issue occured again, bt looks same to me (see http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=r8m6g5ND for details), also this time I have noticed following in journal: ... Feb 18 20:12:47 dagon org.opensuse.Snapper[833]: terminate called after throwing an instance of 'boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<boost::lock_error> >' Feb 18 20:12:47 dagon org.opensuse.Snapper[833]: what(): boost: mutex lock failed in pthread_mutex_lock: Invalid argument Feb 18 20:12:47 dagon systemd-coredump[26342]: Process 27668 (snapperd) dumped core. and snapper log from time issue occurred: 2015-02-18 20:11:36 MIL libsnapper(27668) Snapper.cc(Snapper):81 - Snapper constructor 2015-02-18 20:11:36 MIL libsnapper(27668) Snapper.cc(Snapper):82 - libsnapper version 0.2.5 2015-02-18 20:11:36 MIL libsnapper(27668) Snapper.cc(Snapper):83 - config_name:root disable_filters:false 2015-02-18 20:11:36 MIL libsnapper(27668) AsciiFile.cc(reload):114 - loading file /etc/snapper/configs/root 2015-02-18 20:11:36 MIL libsnapper(27668) AsciiFile.cc(getValue):228 - key:SUBVOLUME value:/ 2015-02-18 20:11:36 MIL libsnapper(27668) AsciiFile.cc(getValue):228 - key:FSTYPE value:btrfs 2015-02-18 20:11:36 MIL libsnapper(27668) AsciiFile.cc(getValue):228 - key:SYNC_ACL value:no 2015-02-18 20:11:36 MIL libsnapper(27668) Snapper.cc(Snapper):101 - subvolume:/ filesystem:btrfs 2015-02-18 20:11:36 MIL libsnapper(27668) Snapper.cc(loadIgnorePatterns):152 - number of ignore patterns:8 2015-02-18 20:11:36 MIL libsnapper(27668) Snapshot.cc(read):276 - found 87 snapshots 2015-02-18 20:11:36 MIL libsnapper(27668) SystemCmd.cc(SystemCmd):46 - constructor SystemCmd:"/usr/lib/snapper/plugins/grub --refresh" 2015-02-18 20:11:36 MIL libsnapper(27668) SystemCmd.cc(execute):82 - SystemCmd Executing:"/usr/lib/snapper/plugins/grub --refresh" 2015-02-18 20:11:41 MIL libsnapper(27668) SystemCmd.cc(doExecute):267 - stopwatch 4.422308s for "/usr/lib/snapper/plugins/grub --refresh" 2015-02-18 20:11:41 MIL libsnapper(27668) SystemCmd.cc(doExecute):287 - system() Returns:0 2015-02-18 20:11:41 ERR libsnapper(27668) FileUtils.cc(SDir):89 - open failed path://.snapshots/2651 (No such file or directory) 2015-02-18 20:11:41 MIL libsnapper(27668) SystemCmd.cc(SystemCmd):46 - constructor SystemCmd:"/usr/lib/snapper/plugins/grub --refresh" 2015-02-18 20:11:41 MIL libsnapper(27668) SystemCmd.cc(execute):82 - SystemCmd Executing:"/usr/lib/snapper/plugins/grub --refresh" 2015-02-18 20:11:46 MIL libsnapper(27668) SystemCmd.cc(doExecute):267 - stopwatch 4.442388s for "/usr/lib/snapper/plugins/grub --refresh" 2015-02-18 20:11:46 MIL libsnapper(27668) SystemCmd.cc(doExecute):287 - system() Returns:0 2015-02-18 20:11:46 MIL libsnapper(27668) AsciiFile.cc(getValue):228 - key:BACKGROUND_COMPARISON value:yes 2015-02-18 20:11:46 MIL libsnapper(27668) Comparison.cc(Comparison):56 - num1:2650 num2:2651 2015-02-18 20:11:46 MIL libsnapper(27668) Comparison.cc(load):167 - num1:2650 num2:2651 2015-02-18 20:11:46 MIL libsnapper(27668) Comparison.cc(create):138 - num1:2650 num2:2651 2015-02-18 20:11:46 MIL libsnapper(27668) Btrfs.cc(cmpDirs):1295 - special btrfs cmpDirs 2015-02-18 20:11:46 MIL libsnapper(27668) Btrfs.cc(process):1266 - dir1:'//.snapshots/2650/snapshot' dir2:'//.snapshots/2651/snapshot' 2015-02-18 20:12:17 MIL libsnapper(27668) Btrfs.cc(cmpDirs):1307 - stopwatch 31.206086s for comparing directories 2015-02-18 20:12:17 MIL libsnapper(27668) Comparison.cc(create):160 - found 10754 lines 2015-02-18 20:12:17 MIL libsnapper(27668) Comparison.cc(save):225 - num1:2650 num2:2651 2015-02-18 20:12:47 MIL libsnapper(27668) snapperd.cc(main):282 - Exiting