diff --git a/lmn-client.yml b/lmn-client.yml
index b20f60e..b1a5695 100644
--- a/lmn-client.yml
+++ b/lmn-client.yml
@@ -373,6 +373,11 @@
         chdir: /tmp/
       when: new_kio.changed | default(false)
 
+    - name: Patch spyder to fix 'file-has-changed' issues on CIFS
+      ansible.posix.patch:
+        src: spyder.patch
+        dest: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/spyder/plugins/editor/widgets/editor.py
+
 #################
 
     - name: Timestamp successfull run and send up-to-date report
diff --git a/spyder.patch b/spyder.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39f7c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spyder.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--- /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/spyder/plugins/editor/widgets/editor.py	2024-06-20 07:16:54.096395325 +0200
++++ /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/spyder/plugins/editor/widgets/editor.py	2024-06-20 14:39:07.693577124 +0200
+@@ -2370,15 +2370,16 @@
+         else:
+             # Else, testing if it has been modified elsewhere:
+             lastm = QFileInfo(finfo.filename).lastModified()
+-            if to_text_string(lastm.toString()) \
+-               != to_text_string(finfo.lastmodified.toString()):
++            dt = finfo.lastmodified.msecsTo(lastm)
++            if dt > 1000:
+                 if finfo.editor.document().isModified():
+                     self.msgbox = QMessageBox(
+                         QMessageBox.Question,
+                         self.title,
+-                        _("<b>%s</b> has been modified outside Spyder."
++                        _("It looks like <b>%s</b> has been modified "
++                          "outside Spyder. The working copy is from %i milliseconds ago."
+                           "<br>Do you want to reload it and lose all "
+-                          "your changes?") % name,
++                          "your changes?") % (name, dt),
+                         QMessageBox.Yes | QMessageBox.No,
+                         self)
+                     answer = self.msgbox.exec_()