Temp files getting saved to Desktop on Saving a Libreoffice Doc/xlsx

I use libreoffice for my work and find that every time I save a document or spreadsheet. some temp files with zero size appear in Desktop folder. I just delete them but do not know any reason for this behaviour. Not a show stopper any way.
Any help is appreciated.

System:
 Kernel: 6.1.24-hardened1-1-hardened arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1 Desktop: LXQt v: 1.2.1 tk: Qt v: 5.15.9
info: lxqt-panel wm: Openbox v: 3.6.1 vt: 1 dm: 1: LightDM v: 1.32.0
note: stopped 2: LXDM Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook S14 X430UA v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X430UA v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: X430UA.306 date: 04/28/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 1.8 Wh (14.1%) condition: 12.8/42.0 Wh (30.5%)
volts: 11.8 min: 11.8 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: discharging cycles: 787
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-8250U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
smt: enabled arch: Coffee Lake rev: A cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
L3: 6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1687 high: 1800 min/max: 400/3400 cores: 1: 901 2: 1800
3: 1800 4: 1800 5: 1800 6: 1800 7: 1800 8: 1800 bogomips: 28808
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-9.5 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 13d3:56c1 class-ID: 0e02 serial: 0x0001
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1 driver: X:
loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: i965
gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x14d4 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 157 size: 310x170mm (12.2x6.69") diag: 354mm (13.9")
modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.2 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL
GT2) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.24-hardened1-1-hardened status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.69 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: 16:2e:76:1b:66:0c
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-8:4 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 5.45 GiB (0.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172 size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: WL1JQDC4 rev: SDM4 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Micron model: 1100 MTFDDAV256TBN size: 238.47 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: 18291D99B050 rev: A031 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 29.3 GiB used: 3.44 GiB (11.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb7
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 256 MiB used: 37 MiB (14.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1
ID-3: /home size: 29.3 GiB used: 3.44 GiB (11.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb7
ID-4: /var/log size: 29.3 GiB used: 3.44 GiB (11.7%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sdb7
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 1024 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/zram1
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 1024 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -3
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C pch: 38.5 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2100
Info:
Processes: 228 Uptime: 2h 54m wakeups: 4 Memory: 7.65 GiB
used: 1.75 GiB (22.9%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical Compilers:
gcc: 12.2.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1065 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.26

You can check if the temporary files path is not set to ~/Desktop.

Tools → Options → LibreOffice → Paths

@vazicebon. None of the path refer to ~/Desktop.

The paths are defined like this.

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I stand corrected. It was not the libreoffice issue but Thunderbird.
The issue was happening on opening an attachment recently added to a new email message being composed in Thunderbird. i resolved this by changing the “browser.download.???” related variables in config section and issue seems to be resolved.

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