Provide an asynchronous API for starting and handling instances
Metadata
Current evaluation
Enhancement to add asynchronous API for starting and handling instances in craft-providers to enable parallel builds. Triaged but inactive for 352 days.
Suggested action: keep open
Reason: The issue is triaged and represents a valid enhancement request for async instance handling to enable parallel builds. It remains relevant as the feature hasn't been implemented elsewhere and the use case (parallel builds for multi-base charms) is still valid per the referenced charmcraft#861.
Impact:
75
Quick Win:
18.75
Staleness:
65
Complexity:
75
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
0
Issue body
### What needs to get done
We should have an asynchronous API (be that actually using `async` or just non-blocking) that allows the starting and handling of instances to occur without blocking.
### Why it needs to get done
To enable parallel builds. https://github.com/canonical/charmcraft/issues/861
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
75
Quick Win:
18.75
Staleness:
65
Complexity:
75
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
0
|
keep open | Enhancement to add asynchronous API for starting and handling instances in craft-providers to enable parallel builds. Triaged but inactive for 352 days. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
30
Complexity:
70
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
0
|
keep open | Request for an asynchronous API to start and handle instances without blocking, enabling parallel builds. Issue is triaged and linked to a Jira ticket. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
82
Complexity:
75
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
10
|
keep open | Enhancement to add a non-blocking API for instance management, enabling parallel builds. Triaged but inactive for ~10 months with no maintainer follow-up. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
75
Complexity:
70
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
10
|
keep open | Enhancement to add an asynchronous API for starting and handling instances to enable parallel builds. Triaged but inactive for approximately nine months with no implementation progress. |
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Related work
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Related To:
charmcraft#861
(confidence 90%)
The issue body explicitly references this charmcraft issue about parallel builds for multi-base charms as the motivating use case.
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