`snapcraft login` authentication failure message could be friendlier
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Current evaluation
Suggestion to improve snapcraft login error messaging was abandoned. The authentication failure message remains unchanged due to age and lack of activity.
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Issue body
A `snapcraft login` failure can result in the rather unfriendly "Authentication error: Failed to get unbound discharge." I can't imagine that this would be meaningful to many users, and it might be nice to suggest that perhaps they typed their password incorrectly.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Suggestion to improve snapcraft login error messaging was abandoned. The authentication failure message remains unchanged due to age and lack of activity. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation due to inactivity. The suggestion to replace the cryptic authentication error with a user-friendly message was not addressed or merged. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Improvements to the snapcraft login authentication error message were closed without implementation. With no comments or activity over eight years, the request appears abandoned or superseded by updated authentication flows. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | The request to improve the snapcraft login error message was closed without implementation. No code changes were made, indicating the suggestion was abandoned or deprioritized. |
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| #1856502 Obscure error message from snapcraft release when not logged in correctly | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | snapcraft release prints an obscure 401 macaroon error when not logged in; user suggests a friendlier message pointing to 'snapcraft login'. No labels, no comments, ~6.5 years inactive. Same problem class tracked in craft-store#97 and LP 1834469. | |
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