I encountered the same issue, but visible through open file handles in Fedora. Every time the desktop background is changed with gsettings, a filehandle is opened that is never closed. I filed a bug report with gnome: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/5796
** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues #5796 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/5796 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1423773 Title: [memory leak] Gnome-Shell don't free ram when changing the wallpaper To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1423773/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
