Comment 3 for bug 1831629

"snap changes"
gave:-

ID Status Spawn Ready Summary
29 Doing 2 days ago, at 17:48 BST - Auto-refresh snap "pulsemixer"

Doing:-
"snap abort 29"
stopped the disk activity, and it hasn't recurred since.

I then tried:-
"snap remove 29"
but got:-
error: snap "pulsemixer" has "auto-refresh" change in progress

"Snap version"
gives:-
snap 2.39
snapd 2.39
series 16
ubuntu 19.04
kernel 5.0.0-15-generic

"snap list"
gives:-
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
core 16-2.39 6964 stable canonical✓ core
pulsemixer 1.4.0 23 stable/… georgefilipkin disabled
software-boutique 0+git.9cc961a 39 stable/… flexiondotorg classic
ubuntu-mate-welcome 19.10.0-c017529 335 stable/… flexiondotorg classic