Previous Window (netrw-P) often opens "empty" buffers

[saccarosium]

Problem

Often (but not always!) shows an empty buffer when I open a file from netrw using "P" (netrw-P) to open it in a previous window. With empty buffer I mean that the file is shown with no content in the previous buffer although the file does contain text.

Steps to reproduce

nvim --clean
:Explore

• open some file with "v"> to create the "previous buffer"
• go back to netrw browse the directory tree and try to open some files using the "P" shortcut

It seems to be more reproducible if you try to open files that reside in different directories.

Expected behavior

the files should always open in the window created by the first "v" command.

Neovim version (nvim -v)

0.7.2

Vim (not Nvim) behaves the same?

yes, 9.0

Operating system/version

Linux

Terminal name/version

gnome-terminal

$TERM environment variable

xterm-256color

Installation

Debian

original issue: neovim/neovim#23597