Clear/ignore obsolete network interfaces

[maxlath]

I'm tracking down an issue that causes Gnome to freeze, letting me no other alternative than to power shutdown, and I found in journalctl batches of entries (3373 within a minute, more than 10000 within 6 hours) looking like this:

May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth19477f5 - Fri Oct 14 2022 23:12:44 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - vethc4c263d - Fri Oct 14 2022 23:12:44 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - vethb60bc94 - Sat Oct 15 2022 23:48:41 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth11de70e - Sat Oct 15 2022 15:24:16 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth821b37a - Sat Oct 15 2022 17:03:49 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - vetha46e057 - Sat Oct 15 2022 17:03:49 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth2861451 - Sat Oct 15 2022 17:03:49 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth21909db - Sat Oct 15 2022 17:03:49 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth72091f5 - Mon Oct 17 2022 00:00:59 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth223580d - Mon Oct 17 2022 00:00:59 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth2d1693a - Mon Oct 17 2022 00:00:59 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - br-a96663081d11 - Tue Dec 27 2022 10:09:14 GMT+0100 (CET)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth6f6238e - Mon Oct 17 2022 00:00:59 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - vethfd848c3 - Mon Oct 17 2022 23:45:36 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth611cfb2 - Mon Oct 17 2022 23:45:36 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth395d5f0 - Mon Oct 17 2022 23:45:36 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth55a4365 - Mon Oct 17 2022 23:45:36 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth0073902 - Tue Oct 18 2022 13:42:15 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - vethcea8f6a - Tue Oct 18 2022 13:42:15 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth5aa2890 - Tue Oct 18 2022 13:42:15 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth1cddbc8 - Tue Oct 18 2022 10:06:27 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth8c2eb9f - Tue Oct 18 2022 13:42:15 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - vethcbe3a6a - Tue Oct 18 2022 16:37:32 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - veth5cb5584 - Tue Oct 18 2022 16:37:32 GMT+0200 (CEST)
May 06 10:13:26 hostname gnome-shell[2333]: INFO net/DeviceModel.js::init(49) init - vethb5a622b - Tue Oct 18 2022 16:37:32 GMT+0200 (CEST)

My understanding is that as I restart my computer every work day, docker creates new network interfaces, which pile up in gnome-network-stats storage. Maybe unused interfaces should be removed when resetting stats? Or is it that the extension requests the existing interfaces and that my OS doesn't cleanup its interface list?