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The issue

While (in this case) editing a .css file in Bluefish, I am switching to the browser to reload the page and test the result. After that, I switch back to the .css file, and get the message that "the (.css) file was edited on disk".

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I am pretty sure it wasn't me, editing the file from another application.
This is constantly happening, if it happens, which is not always. When it starts, it is unstopable.

No Bluefish issue

Since it is not only with Bluefish, but similarly when writing e.g. a bash script in gedit, the "edit", must be real. In the file nothing is actually changed however.

Note

I am editing the files on a NAS, locally linked on my desktop.

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As we discussed in comments and found out that the files are on a NAS, testing the files does in fact read them and causes a change in their access time stat as you can see with:

stat <filename>

As this is part of the file itself it therefore changes the files checksum and makes your editor believe that the file has been changed.

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