it's not possible to close a channel for only one architecture

Metadata

Project: snapcraft (launchpad)
Number: #1732501
Type: issue
State: open
Author: ~elopio
Labels: —
Created: 2017-11-15 05:20 PM UTC
Updated: 2017-11-15 05:20 PM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

Feature request: snapcraft close command lacks an architecture argument, so closing a channel affects all architectures. No maintainer response, no labels, no comments. Related Launchpad bug #1752459 also open with no activity.

Suggested action: needs triage

Reason: The issue was filed by a maintainer (~elopio) as a feature request with no labels, no comments, and no activity in ~8.8 years. It has never been triaged, assigned, or acknowledged by other maintainers. The related Launchpad bug #1752459 is also open with zero engagement. While the feature (per-architecture channel close) is a reasonable CLI enhancement, it requires a store API change and CLI argument addition, making it non-trivial. No evidence it was implemented or superseded.

Impact: 30 Quick Win: 18.0 Staleness: 90 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 55 Support Request: 10

Issue body

This is the signature for the close command: snapcraft close [OPTIONS] <snap-name> <channel>... It doesn't have an architecture argument. So if you close a channel, it's closed for all the architectures. That might be ok as a default, but it would be nice to be able to select only one architecture.

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-09-01 08:00 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	Impact: 30 Quick Win: 18.0 Staleness: 90 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 55 Support Request: 10	needs triage	Feature request: snapcraft close command lacks an architecture argument, so closing a channel affects all architectures. No maintainer response, no labels, no comments. Related Launchpad bug #1752459 also open with no activity.
2026-07-23 11:53 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 35 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 10	close stale	Feature request to add architecture filtering to the snapcraft close command. Open for ~9 years with zero maintainer engagement or comments.
2026-07-22 12:19 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 35 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 15	close stale	Feature request to add architecture-specific channel closing to the snapcraft CLI. Unaddressed for over 8 years with no maintainer interaction or labels.
2026-07-09 10:05 PM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 30 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 10	close stale	Feature request to add architecture-specific channel closing to the snapcraft close CLI command. Issue is over 8 years old with zero maintainer engagement or comments.
2026-06-21 12:14 PM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-moe-q4	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 30 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 5	close stale	Feature request to add architecture-specific filtering to the snapcraft close command. Unaddressed for nearly 9 years with no maintainer engagement or labels.

Update history

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Related work

Duplicate Of: snapcraft (launchpad)#1752459 (confidence 85%)
Same feature request: close a snap channel for a specific architecture only. Both are open with no activity.

Related issues

Issue	Project	State	Summary	Similarity
#1752459 Not possible to close a channel for only a specific architecture	snapcraft (launchpad)	open	Request to close a snap channel for a specific architecture only (e.g. undo accidental stable release on arm64). Open ~8.5 years, zero comments, no labels, no maintainer engagement. Related Launchpad bug #1732501 still open.	86%