LXD integration tests incompatible with canonical/setup-lxd

Metadata

Project: craft-providers
Number: #271
Type: issue
State: open
Author: mr-cal
Labels: Type: Bug
Created: 2023-05-17 05:44 PM UTC
Updated: 2026-04-22 02:48 AM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

LXD integration tests fail with canonical/setup-lxd due to user/group permissions. The legacy CI workflow causing this was removed and replaced with starflow workflows, making this issue obsolete.

Suggested action: close stale

Reason: The issue targets the legacy CI workflow which has been removed and replaced with canonical/starflow workflows. The specific canonical/setup-lxd incompatibility is no longer relevant to the current CI setup.

Impact: 20 Quick Win: 14.0 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 30 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 10

Issue body

Using the github action [canonical/setup-lxd](https://github.com/canonical/setup-lxd) causes the LXD integration tests to fail. It is likely related to user permissions. The github workflow [executes the tests as the `lxd` user](https://github.com/canonical/craft-providers/blob/660921e77d155eae512153119f7974d3f93e0b7a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml#L66) where the canonical/setup-lxd action [uses an `adm` user](https://github.com/canonical/setup-lxd/blob/4e959f8e0d9c5feb27d44c5e4d9a330a782edee0/action.yml#L40). Improving craft-providers to be compatible with a common github action would make CI and integration testing simpler.

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-09-05 09:57 AM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Impact: 20 Quick Win: 14.0 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 30 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 10	close stale	LXD integration tests fail with canonical/setup-lxd due to user/group permissions. The legacy CI workflow causing this was removed and replaced with starflow workflows, making this issue obsolete.
2026-07-22 02:47 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 85 Complexity: 45 Confidence: 80 Support Request: 10	close stale	LXD integration tests fail when using canonical/setup-lxd GitHub Action due to user/group permission mismatches. Author investigated but hit CI runner limitations; issue remains unresolved after ~3 years.
2026-07-13 02:15 AM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 85 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 75 Support Request: 10	needs triage	LXD integration tests fail with canonical/setup-lxd due to user/group permission mismatches. Open for over three years with no maintainer response or resolution.
2026-06-26 10:19 PM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 80 Complexity: 65 Confidence: 70 Support Request: 10	keep open	LXD integration tests fail with canonical/setup-lxd due to user/group permission mismatches. Author investigated but hit roadblocks with group membership and runner execution context. Issue remains open and unassigned.

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