I can reliably reproduce the crash about half of the time with the following steps: - create a symlink to a folder on the desktop - right-click on that symlink and choose the option to send to trash Corresponding crash report: https://errors.ubuntu.com/oops/437cbc68-aa03-11e9-a2e9-fa163e6cac46 Relevant logs from journalctl: juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon gnome-shell[4142]: Object St.Bin (0x55e5ba9becd0), has been already deallocated — impossible to get any property from it. This might be c juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon org.gnome.Shell.desktop[4142]: == Stack trace for context 0x55e5b25cd280 == juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon org.gnome.Shell.desktop[4142]: #0 7ffcea594890 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/boxpointer.js:264 (7fc1cd112940 @ 611) juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon org.gnome.Shell.desktop[4142]: == Stack trace for context 0x55e5b25cd280 == juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon org.gnome.Shell.desktop[4142]: #0 7ffcea594600 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js:946 (7fc1cd100040 @ 34) juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon org.gnome.Shell.desktop[4142]: #1 7ffcea5947c0 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/boxpointer.js:476 (7fc1cd112b80 @ 193) juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon org.gnome.Shell.desktop[4142]: #2 7ffcea594890 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/boxpointer.js:265 (7fc1cd112940 @ 634) juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon org.gnome.Shell.desktop[4142]: == Stack trace for context 0x55e5b25cd280 == juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon org.gnome.Shell.desktop[4142]: #0 7ffcea594600 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js:947 (7fc1cd100040 @ 243) juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon org.gnome.Shell.desktop[4142]: #1 7ffcea5947c0 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/boxpointer.js:476 (7fc1cd112b80 @ 193) juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon org.gnome.Shell.desktop[4142]: #2 7ffcea594890 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/boxpointer.js:265 (7fc1cd112940 @ 634) juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon org.gnome.Shell.desktop[4142]: == Stack trace for context 0x55e5b25cd280 == juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon org.gnome.Shell.desktop[4142]: #0 7ffcea5947c0 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/boxpointer.js:478 (7fc1cd112b80 @ 221) juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon org.gnome.Shell.desktop[4142]: #1 7ffcea594890 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/boxpointer.js:265 (7fc1cd112940 @ 634) juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon audit[4142]: ANOM_ABEND auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=5 pid=4142 comm="gnome-shell" exe="/usr/bin/gnome-shell" sig=5 res=1 juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon gnome-shell[4142]: Object St.Bin (0x55e5ba9becd0), has been already deallocated — impossible to access it. This might be caused by the ob juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon org.gnome.Shell.desktop[4142]: GNOME Shell crashed with signal 5 juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon org.gnome.Shell.desktop[4142]: == Stack trace for context 0x55e5b25cd280 == juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon gnome-shell[4142]: _clutter_actor_fully_transform_vertices: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_ACTOR (self)' failed juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon gnome-shell[4142]: Object St.Bin (0x55e5ba9becd0), has been already deallocated — impossible to access it. This might be caused by the ob juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon gnome-shell[4142]: clutter_actor_get_transformed_size: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_ACTOR (self)' failed juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon gnome-shell[4142]: Object St.Bin (0x55e5ba9becd0), has been already deallocated — impossible to access it. This might be caused by the ob juil. 19 10:51:36 bribon gnome-shell[4142]: Function allocate terminated with uncatchable exception