device: 0.845 graphic: 0.817 virtual: 0.704 vnc: 0.509 ppc: 0.448 risc-v: 0.432 semantic: 0.423 boot: 0.309 register: 0.289 KVM: 0.275 PID: 0.268 i386: 0.237 hypervisor: 0.207 debug: 0.204 network: 0.182 x86: 0.160 arm: 0.155 VMM: 0.150 TCG: 0.138 architecture: 0.100 kernel: 0.097 performance: 0.094 files: 0.091 socket: 0.090 user-level: 0.090 mistranslation: 0.071 permissions: 0.065 peripherals: 0.060 assembly: 0.024 qcow2 image corrupted after snapshot+bitmap action Description of problem: When taking a backup of the VM via snapshot + bitmap, the qcow2 image became corrupt: `qcow2: Marking image as corrupt: Preventing invalid write on metadata (overlaps with bitmap directory); further corruption events will be suppressed` This resulted in a corrupt (unfix-able) image (see #2909). While this process is something that happens multiple times a day, we never hit any issue. The underlying storage didn't report any error, so it seems like something inside qemu broke the image. Steps to reproduce: Unfortunately, I was unable to reproduce this issue yet. Additional information: