Assertion error message with no useful end user information
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Abandoned and closed without resolution due to inactivity. The unhelpful snapcraft sign-build error message was never improved.
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Issue body
When trying out snapcraft sign-build <snap> I get a message that tells me nothing or even where to run to:
$ snapcraft sign-build spongeshaker_0_amd64.snap
Your account lacks information to sign build assertions for this snap.
What information? How can I solve this? Where to?
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned and closed without resolution due to inactivity. The unhelpful snapcraft sign-build error message was never improved. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution due to inactivity. The cryptic error message in snapcraft sign-build remains unaddressed, leaving users without guidance on resolving the assertion signing failure. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | An unhelpful error message for snapcraft sign-build was reported. The ticket closed without comments or resolution, indicating it was abandoned. No fix or documentation update was implemented. |
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