snapcraft fails to build core20 snap
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Closed without comments or resolution after 74 days. The core20 build failure involving multipass hangs and LXD tracebacks was abandoned.
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Issue body
I've tried:
$ snapcraft
=> which seems to be stuck on launching multipass snapcraft:core20
Also tried:
$ snapcraft --use-lxd
=> which fails with a traceback (see attached)
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without comments or resolution after 74 days. The core20 build failure involving multipass hangs and LXD tracebacks was abandoned. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Snapcraft core20 build failures via multipass and lxd were closed without resolution. With zero comments and no fix, the report was abandoned, likely superseded by newer snapcraft releases or core20 deprecation. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Snapcraft core20 build failures with multipass and LXD were closed without resolution or comments, indicating the report was abandoned. No fix was implemented. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed without a documented resolution. The multipass hang and LXD traceback were likely abandoned or resolved by upstream environment changes. |
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