For the record, the workaround is deleting old snapshots in shutdown mode as per comment #14.
Upstream has moved toward external snapshots as the way forward, so while I don't argue that this is a bug, it seems unlikely to receive a fix from upstream. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu-kvm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1025244 Title: qcow2 image increasing disk size above the virtual limit To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1025244/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs