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Multipass: Use native mounts where available

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Project
craft-providers
Number
#517
Type
issue
State
open
Author
lengau
Labels
Type: Enhancement
Created
Updated
Closed

Current evaluation

Enhancement to use native mounts instead of sshfs for faster performance when using Multipass drivers. Awaiting maintainer triage.

Suggested action: needs triage

Reason: The issue is labeled 'Type: Enhancement' and clearly requests switching to `--type native` mounts for faster 9p/cifs performance over sshfs. However, it lacks maintainer acknowledgment or prioritization, requiring triage to assess feasibility and add it to the backlog.

Impact: 50 Quick Win: 35.0 Staleness: 70 Complexity: 30 Confidence: 70 Support Request: 0

Issue body

### What needs to get done Multipass offers [native mounts](https://multipass.run/docs/mount) on the hyperv, qemu and lxd drivers. These are the default drivers on all supported platforms. If Multipass [uses](https://multipass.run/docs/local-driver) one of these drivers (`multipass get local.driver`), mounting should set `--type native`. ### Why it needs to get done The default (`classic` mounting) uses sshfs, which can be slow. Native mounts use 9p or cifs, which are significantly faster.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Impact: 50
Quick Win: 35.0
Staleness: 70
Complexity: 30
Confidence: 70
Support Request: 0
needs triage Enhancement to use native mounts instead of sshfs for faster performance when using Multipass drivers. Awaiting maintainer triage.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 75
Complexity: 20
Confidence: 70
Support Request: 0
needs triage Enhancement to use Multipass native mounts instead of sshfs for better performance. Currently awaiting human triage after automated Jira ticket creation.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 80
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 75
Support Request: 0
needs triage Enhancement to use Multipass native mounts instead of sshfs for improved performance on supported drivers. Currently unassessed by maintainers with no discussion or implementation progress.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 20
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 10
close stale Enhancement to use Multipass native mounts instead of sshfs for faster performance when supported drivers are active. Currently unassessed by maintainers, with only an automated Jira sync comment present.

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