https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511219
Bug ID: 511219
Summary: Kate fails to create backup copies before saving
Classification: Applications
Product: kate
Version First 25.08.2
Reported In:
Platform: openSUSE
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Kate no longer creates backup files (with ~ suffix) when saving. This used to
work reliably and was very helpful for data recovery after occasional system
crashes.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start Kate
2. Click New
3. Save the file as /home/test/gitea/notes/file3.txt
4. Type some random text
5. Click Save → works fine
6. Click Save again → shows an error popup:
OBSERVED RESULT
Get a error popup:
"Failed to create backup copy
For file /home/test/gitea/notes/file3.txt no backup copy could be created
before saving.
If an error occurs while saving, you might lose the data of this file.
A reason could be that the media you write to is full or the directory of the
file is read-only for you.
"
If I click "Try to save nevertheless", the changes are successfully saved to
/home/test/gitea/notes/file3.txt.
EXPECTED RESULT
A copy of the previous version should be saved as:
/home/test/gitea/notes/file3.txt~
The latest version should be saved as: /home/test/gitea/notes/file3.txt
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20251024
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0
Kernel Version: 6.17.4-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.0 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® UHD Graphics 620
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