It's a known issue, for example https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,96031.0.h...

jmillikin on Aug 5, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Error Beneath the WAVs (follow-up to “Why I Ripped...

It's a known issue, for example https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,96031.0.html from 2012 discusses it. You can render Audacity safe for lossless audio editing by changing the default "quality" settings to match your data format and disabling dithering.

Here's the settings I use for lossless editing of CD audio: https://i.imgur.com/a7VqOuj.png

stuaxo on Aug 5, 2018 [–]

That is interesting, it, would be good if there was a lossless mode that automated this.