persistence of ktexteditor backup files

[René J.V. Bertin]

Hi,

Has anything changed in KTextEditor's management of (old) backup files since 5.47.0 OR has the default become to set it to ON if the user didn't enable or disable the feature explicitly?

I'm asking because I'm seeing backup files littering my work directories that all date from after I installed KTextEditor from git/master. It's of course perfectly possible too that I ticked the "Backup/Local Files" checkbox by accident.

Thanks,
R.