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dropping privs did not work: No data available

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Project
snapcraft (launchpad)
Number
#1772885
Type
issue
State
open
Author
~edo.red
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Current evaluation

User reports 'dropping privs did not work: no data available' when running sudo lxd init while setting up snapcraft. It is a support question about LXD (an external tool), not a snapcraft bug. Open 8+ years with zero comments, labels, or maintainer interaction.

Suggested action: close stale

Reason: The error 'dropping privs did not work: no data available' originates from LXD, not snapcraft — the user is asking for help configuring LXD, not reporting a snapcraft defect. The issue has had zero comments, zero labels, and no maintainer interaction for 3022 days (~8.3 years), and the user's 2016 LXD environment is long gone, so the original problem is no longer reproducible or applicable.

Impact: 5 Quick Win: 4.5 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 10 Confidence: 75 Support Request: 90

Issue body

I am trying to configure snapcraft but when i do sudo lxd init i get: dropping privs did not work: no data available i am pretty new on ubuntu so if you need any information just let me know. pleas help

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Impact: 5
Quick Win: 4.5
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 10
Confidence: 75
Support Request: 90
close stale User reports 'dropping privs did not work: no data available' when running sudo lxd init while setting up snapcraft. It is a support question about LXD (an external tool), not a snapcraft bug. Open 8+ years with zero comments, labels, or maintainer interaction.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 98
Complexity: 10
Confidence: 95
Support Request: 95
close not a bug User reports an error when running sudo lxd init while configuring snapcraft and requests troubleshooting help. The issue is over eight years old with no activity or maintainer response.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 100
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 95
close not a bug User reports LXD init failure with 'dropping privs did not work: no data available' error while configuring snapcraft. Unlabeled, no maintainer response, inactive for ~8 years.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 98
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 85
Support Request: 90
close not a bug User reports an LXD initialization error while configuring snapcraft and requests help. Issue is 8 years old, has no maintainer response, and appears to be a support request rather than a bug.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 10
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 95
close not a bug User reports an LXD privilege dropping error during snapcraft configuration. The issue is a support request from 8 years ago with no maintainer interaction or labels.

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Related work

  • Related To: snapcraft (launchpad)#1772885 (confidence 70%)

    Identical report exists on Launchpad (bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1772885), also open with no activity.

Related issues

Issue Project State Summary Similarity
#1865230 snapcraft --use-lxd should have message about requring sudo snapcraft (launchpad) open snapcraft 3.x --use-lxd (LXD provider, a technology preview) left LXD in a broken state when run without sudo; reporter suggests failing early. 6.5 years old, zero comments, no labels or maintainer interaction; LXD preview since superseded by Multipass.
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