I think the more relevant thing to investigate here is the GUI used to empty the trash... Are you doing it via the desktop icon or via a Nautilus "Files" window?
Probably both gnome-shell and nautilus are pulseaudio clients one way or the other. ** Tags added: eoan ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1852018 Title: Audio Stops Playing Briefly When Emptying Trash To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1852018/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs