Hello, ## SETUP
CentOS 8 Stream libguestfs-tools.noarch 1:1.40.2-24.el8.plesk libvirt.x86_64 7.6.0-6.el8s ## ISSUE REPRODUCTION lsof -p $(cat /run/libvirtd.pid) | wc -l # here we have N open file descriptors by libvirtd guestfish --ro -d domain1 run # here we have N+1 open file descriptors by libvirtd Ctrl+D # and we still have N+1 open file descriptors by libvirtd virt-df -d domain1 # after completion we still having N++ open file descriptors by libvirtd To fix this issue i am force to restart libvirtd