use new multipass snapcraft remote
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Closed without resolution or comments. The request to configure the new multipass snapcraft remote and default missing bases to core16 was likely abandoned or superseded.
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Issue body
snapcraft:core16 and snapcraft:core18 are the new images offered by the new multipass remote "snapcraft" which translate to actual base names.
For backwards compatibility we should translate no base as using core16
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution or comments. The request to configure the new multipass snapcraft remote and default missing bases to core16 was likely abandoned or superseded. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation. The proposal to use the new multipass snapcraft remote and default to core16 for backwards compatibility was abandoned or superseded by later multipass updates. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Abandoned. The request to configure the multipass snapcraft remote for core16/core18 images and backwards compatibility was closed without implementation. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1791821 multipass should use snapcraft defined environments | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without discussion or resolution, indicating the feature request was likely abandoned or superseded. The proposal to align multipass with snapcraft-defined build images received no further action. | |
| #1996511 snapcraft try with multipass provider crashes | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. The multipass provider crashed on core22 due to missing base mappings in the legacy codebase. Superseded by newer snapcraft releases that added core22 support. | |
| #1813979 snapcraft cleanbuild wants to install multipass but it's already installed | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. Likely abandoned or superseded by newer snapcraft and multipass versions that resolved the detection and launch failures. | |
| #4106 Error 2 on snapcraft on linux with multipass: | snapcraft | closed | Resolved as fixed after a temporary Multipass remote image unavailability cleared. The reporter closed the issue. | |
| #1904774 Snapcraft runs multipass setup but fails | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Abandoned. Snapcraft failed during multipass VM cleanup after reporting a missing instance. Closed without comments or fixes. | |
| #2293 build providers: use the new snapcraft: remote for multipass | snapcraft | merged | Merged into master. Updates the multipass build provider to use the new snapcraft: remote, removing static base mappings and delegating error handling to multipass. Approved by reviewers and passed CI. | |
| #5145 snapcraft fails to launch multipass instance when multipass isn't pre-installed | snapcraft | open | Snapcraft fails to launch a multipass VM with 'Remote snapcraft is unknown or unreachable' when multipass is installed on-demand. Maintainer triaged it as an image-server availability issue and linked craft-providers#211 for better error messaging; still open. |