removing parts should clean stage and prime… stages?

Metadata

Project: snapcraft (launchpad)
Number: #1834207
Type: issue
State: open
Author: ~saviq
Labels: —
Created: 2019-06-25 02:14 PM UTC
Updated: 2019-10-03 08:52 PM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

Bug report from 2017: removing a part from snapcraft.yaml does not clean its contents from stage/prime, so the built snap still includes the removed part's files. No labels, no comments, no maintainer activity in ~7 years.

Suggested action: close stale

Reason: The issue is 2624 days old (~7 years) with zero comments, no labels, and no maintainer interaction. It references a specific commit (7f4e951) and PR #850 from the multipass project circa 2017. The snapcraft codebase has undergone major rewrites since then (the current repo layout shows a modern parts/ directory structure), making it highly likely this behavior has been addressed or the reproduction is no longer valid. However, without tool access to verify whether the fix landed, confidence is moderate — a maintainer should confirm before closing.

Impact: 30 Quick Win: 18.0 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 55 Support Request: 10

Issue body

Steps to reproduce: - build https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/multipass/commit/7f4e951f98f492832c100ca26208d087a4a5ab74 - build https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/multipass/pull/850 which removes the `libvirt` part Expected: - the snap does not have the `libvirt` part's contents Current: - the snap includes the old `libvirt` part's contents

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-09-01 06:45 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	Impact: 30 Quick Win: 18.0 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 55 Support Request: 10	close stale	Bug report from 2017: removing a part from snapcraft.yaml does not clean its contents from stage/prime, so the built snap still includes the removed part's files. No labels, no comments, no maintainer activity in ~7 years.
2026-07-23 11:39 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 35 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 10	close stale	Reports that removing a snapcraft part fails to clean stage and prime directories, leaving stale contents in the built snap. Issue is 7 years old with no maintainer response or activity.
2026-07-22 01:25 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 95 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 10	close stale	Bug in snapcraft where removing a part from the configuration fails to clean previously staged and primed contents, leaving old artifacts in the final snap. Issue remains open with no maintainer response or comments.
2026-07-09 02:05 PM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 45 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 5	close stale	Bug report stating that removing a snapcraft part fails to clean the stage and prime directories, leaving old contents in the built snap. Open for over 7 years with no maintainer response or activity.
2026-06-20 06:24 AM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 55 Confidence: 80 Support Request: 5	close stale	Removing a snapcraft part fails to clean stage and prime stages, leaving stale contents in the built snap. Open, zero comments, inactive for 100 days. Needs triage.

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