Gnome files sometimes crashes

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After update to fedora 41 gnome files sometimes stops working and requires to force quit.
My hardware

System:
  Kernel: 6.11.5-300.fc41.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 2.43.1-2.fc41
  Desktop: GNOME v: 47.1 tk: GTK v: 3.24.43 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM
    Distro: Fedora Linux 41 (Workstation Edition)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: MSI model: H110M PRO-VD PLUS (MS-7A15) v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.C0
    date: 06/16/2018
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-7600 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Kaby Lake
    rev: 9 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4100 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
    bogomips: 27999
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER] driver: nvidia v: 550.127.05
    arch: Turing pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
    off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:21c4
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled model: Samsung LC24RG50
    res: 1920x1080 dpi: 92 diag: 613mm (24.1")
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 550.127.05 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2
  API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a170
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aeb
  API: ALSA v: k6.11.5-300.fc41.x86_64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.6 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: TP-Link Archer T2U PLUS [RTL8821AU] driver: rtl8821au type: USB
    rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-8:5 chip-ID: 2357:0120
  IF: wlp0s20f0u8 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) driver: btusb
    v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-7:4
    chip-ID: 0a12:0001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.0
    lmp-v: 6
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 912.89 GiB used: 241.01 GiB (26.4%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> temp: 27 C
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA050 size: 465.76 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> temp: 27 C
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 445.54 GiB used: 54.25 GiB (12.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3
  ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 528.7 MiB (54.3%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 19.3 MiB (3.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1
  ID-4: /home size: 445.54 GiB used: 54.25 GiB (12.2%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda3
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C pch: 35.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia
    temp: 35 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 29%
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.57 GiB used: 2.75 GiB (17.7%)
  Processes: 332 Power: uptime: 4m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 256
    target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm pm: flatpak pkgs: 9 Compilers:
    gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: ptyxis-agent inxi: 3.3.36
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When the issue occurs is there anything in the journal?
journalctl --no-host --no-pager --since -5m

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I read a lot about this problem and the problem is in nautilus package of 47 version. In Fedora 41 you can’t rollback to 46 version, it’s not placed in the repo, but I found this source:
https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=2457815
There you can find all needed packages (nautilus and nautilus-extensions for x86).
Then on update you’ll see update candidates to 47 version.
To skip them on update you can and to

/etc/dnf/dnf.conf

a row:

exclude=nautilus nautilus-extensions nautilus-python

I think we should wait for really stable nautilus.

Also you’ll need to downgrade xdg-desktop-portal if you have installed some flatpak packages. Versions of downgraded packages you’ll see below:

Upgrading:
 nautilus                             x86_64 47.0-1.fc41             fedora   13.5 MiB
   replacing nautilus                 x86_64 46.2-1.fc40             @comman  13.4 MiB
 nautilus-devel                       x86_64 47.0-1.fc41             fedora    1.1 MiB
   replacing nautilus-devel           x86_64 46.2-1.fc40             @comman   1.1 MiB
 nautilus-extensions                  x86_64 47.0-1.fc41             fedora   78.8 KiB
   replacing nautilus-extensions      x86_64 46.2-1.fc40             @comman  78.8 KiB
 xdg-desktop-portal                   x86_64 1.18.4-2.fc41           fedora    2.3 MiB
   replacing xdg-desktop-portal       x86_64 1.18.4-1.fc40           @comman   2.3 MiB
 xdg-desktop-portal-gnome             x86_64 47.1-1.fc41             fedora  856.6 KiB
   replacing xdg-desktop-portal-gnome x86_64 46.2-1.fc40             @comman 843.9 KiB
 xdg-desktop-portal-gtk               x86_64 1.15.1-6.fc41           fedora  477.8 KiB
   replacing xdg-desktop-portal-gtk   x86_64 1.15.1-5.fc40           @comman 477.8 KiB

So you can use fedora 41 with x11 session and don’t worry that nautilus will freeze.