Reproduced the issue in caja using the test case described by tsimonq2.
Installed gvfs/1.28.2-1ubuntu1~16.04.2 (gvfs/xenial-proposed)
Ran killall caja to reload caja and its components.
Attempted to reproduce the bug after reload: could not reproduce the bug.
Ubuntu MATE 16.04.3
Reproduced the issue in caja using the test case described by tsimonq2. 28.2-1ubuntu1~ 16.04.2 (gvfs/xenial- proposed)
Installed gvfs/1.
Ran killall caja to reload caja and its components.
Attempted to reproduce the bug after reload: could not reproduce the bug.
The proposed package fixes the bug.