Action parameters and config options represent integers in two different ways (`int` vs `integer`) in charmcraft.yaml

Metadata

Project: charmcraft
Number: #2067
Type: issue
State: open
Author: gruyaume
Labels: —
Created: 2025-01-07 05:27 PM UTC
Updated: 2025-08-15 03:17 PM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

Config options accept `type: int` while action params accept `type: integer` in charmcraft.yaml. Maintainer confirmed charmcraft won't change values until upstream Juju accepts `integer` in config.yaml; upstream Juju issue filed.

Suggested action: keep open

Reason: Maintainer @lengau explicitly triaged this: "the `config` and `actions` items are based on Juju's `config.yaml` and `actions.yaml` files, so we don't want to change the values", and reported the change upstream at juju/juju#19979. Charmcraft's model still enforces the split (charmcraft/models/config.py: `type: Literal["int"]` for JujuIntOption, while action param docs/tests use `type: integer`), so nothing has changed in-repo and the issue remains valid — it is simply blocked on upstream, not stale or invalid.

Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot

Impact: 25 Quick Win: 7 Complexity: 45 Confidence: 80 Actionability: 50

Issue body

### What needs to get done ## Description Action parameters and config options represent integers in two different ways in charmcraft.yaml. Configuration option accept the type `int`, while action parameters accept the type `integer`. We're talking about the same concept here, there is no good reason to have two ways of talking about integers. ## Reference ```charmcraft.yaml ... config: options: subscriber-count: type: int default: 1 description: Number of subscribers to simulate actions: my-action: description: Run my action params: timeout: type: integer description: Time to wait for the simulation to complete (in seconds). The more subscribers, the longer the simulation will take. default: 300 ``` ### Why it needs to get done The same concept is represented in two different ways, unnecessarily confusing users.

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-10-02 03:20 PM UTC	stealth/space-bunny-alpha	Impact: 25 Quick Win: 7 Complexity: 45 Confidence: 80 Actionability: 50	keep open	Config options accept `type: int` while action params accept `type: integer` in charmcraft.yaml. Maintainer confirmed charmcraft won't change values until upstream Juju accepts `integer` in config.yaml; upstream Juju issue filed.
2026-09-18 03:03 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Impact: 30 Quick Win: 11 Complexity: 10 Confidence: 85 Actionability: 40	keep open	Inconsistent integer type naming (int vs integer) between charmcraft config options and action parameters, currently blocked by Juju's upstream schema.
2026-09-01 12:17 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	Impact: 25 Quick Win: 14 Staleness: 55 Complexity: 45 Confidence: 82 Support Request: 10	keep open	charmcraft.yaml uses 'int' for config options but 'integer' for action params. Maintainer confirmed this mirrors Juju's config.yaml/actions.yaml and reported the change to Juju (juju/juju#19979). Blocked on Juju accepting 'integer' in config.yaml.
2026-07-22 12:38 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 70 Complexity: 15 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 10	keep open	Inconsistency between int and integer types in charmcraft.yaml config vs actions. Maintainer acknowledged it is tied to Juju upstream and reported the change there; currently waiting on Juju.
2026-07-07 08:56 PM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 80 Complexity: 15 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 5	keep open	Inconsistency between config.options using int and actions.params using integer in charmcraft.yaml. Acknowledged by maintainers but blocked on upstream Juju changes to unify the type names.
2026-07-05 02:45 AM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 75 Complexity: 35 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 0	keep open	Inconsistency between config.options using int and actions.params using integer in charmcraft.yaml. Maintainer notes it is dictated by Juju upstream and has been reported there. Awaiting upstream resolution.

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Related work

Blocked By: juju#19979 (confidence 90%)
Cited directly by @lengau in the 2025-06-13 comment as the upstream request for Juju to accept `integer` in config.yaml; until it lands, charmcraft cannot unify the two spellings without breaking Juju compatibility.

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