Unable to enable spread verbose with `charmcraft test`
Metadata
Current evaluation
charmcraft test cannot forward -vv to spread for verbose CI output. Custom test command was removed in #2385 in favor of the upstream spread-based command, and PR #1988 proposing a --verbose flag was closed as superseded by that migration.
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: The issue is unlabelled with 0 comments and no maintainer response, so it has not been triaged. The custom test command it targets was removed in #2385 (switch to upstream), and PR #1988 for a --verbose flag was closed as superseded by that migration, so a maintainer needs to confirm whether the upstream command now supports -vv before closing or reworking it.
Impact:
40
Quick Win:
28.0
Staleness:
70
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
10
Issue body
### Bug Description
#### Expected behavior
When running `charmcraft test`, it is possible to pass `-vv` to spread to always see output
> you'll see the output locally since the task failed (`-vv` to see the output nevertheless).
from https://github.com/canonical/spread?tab=readme-ov-file#hello-world
On GitHub Actions, spread is always run with a single job so we always want to see output of that job
#### Actual behavior
It is not possible to pass `-vv` to spread when using `charmcraft test`
### To Reproduce
```
charmcraft test 'github-ci:ubuntu-latest:tests/spread/test' -vv
charmcraft test -- 'github-ci:ubuntu-latest:tests/spread/test' -vv
charmcraft test 'github-ci:ubuntu-latest:tests/spread/test' -- -vv
```
### Environment
Ubuntu 24.04 github runner
### charmcraft.yaml
```yaml
N/A
```
### Relevant log output
```shell
N/A
```
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
40
Quick Win:
28.0
Staleness:
70
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | charmcraft test cannot forward -vv to spread for verbose CI output. Custom test command was removed in #2385 in favor of the upstream spread-based command, and PR #1988 proposing a --verbose flag was closed as superseded by that migration. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Bug report: Unable to pass verbose flags to spread via charmcraft test. Issue is unlabelled, has no maintainer response, and has been inactive for over a year. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
15
|
needs triage | User reports inability to pass verbose flag to spread via charmcraft test. Unlabeled, no maintainer comments, inactive for over ten months. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
85
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
15
|
needs triage | charmcraft test does not forward the -vv flag to spread for verbose output. The report includes expected vs actual behavior and reproduction attempts but remains unlabelled and unassessed by maintainers after over 14 months. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
85
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | charmcraft test fails to forward the -vv verbose flag to spread, blocking detailed CI output. The report remains open with zero comments and no assignee, requiring triage and a fix to properly pass the flag through the CLI. |
Update history
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Related work
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Related To:
charmcraft#1988
(confidence 85%)
PR proposing a --verbose flag to pass -vv to spread; closed as superseded by migration to the upstream test command.
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Related To:
charmcraft#2130
(confidence 70%)
Same class of problem: charmcraft test cannot pass extra spread flags (artifacts) through.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1988 feat: add --verbose flag to pass -vv to spread from charmcraft test | charmcraft | closed | Superseded by migration to the upstream test command. The proposed --verbose flag was closed without review or merge after maintainers determined the upstream solution better addresses CI verbosity requirements. | |
| #2130 Unable to use spread artifacts with `charmcraft test` | charmcraft | open | charmcraft test cannot pass -artifacts to spread; unlabelled, 0 comments, last activity 381 days ago, similar to #2105 (verbose flag). No maintainer triage. | |
| #2482 `charmcraft test` v4.0.1 lost `--list` support | charmcraft | open | charmcraft test --list was dropped in v4.0.1 when the custom test command was replaced by upstream spread (PR #2385); reporter requests restoring the --list wrapper for CI use. No maintainer response or labels yet. |