create-key with no passphrase with pop-up loop
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Current evaluation
snapcraft create-key cannot be run without a passphrase on a headless VM (Ubuntu 18.04 EC2); pressing enter at the passphrase prompts triggers a looping pop-up. Open ~6.4 years with zero comments, no labels, and no maintainer interaction.
Suggested action: close not a bug
Reason: The body is phrased as a support question ('Is there a way around this?') about GPG passphrase prompting in a headless environment, and the current code confirms snapcraft create-key simply delegates to `snap create-key` (snapcraft/commands/keys.py:162), so the prompt/loop behavior is owned by gpg/snapd, not a snapcraft defect. It has had zero comments, no labels, and no maintainer response in ~6.4 years on an EOL platform (18.04), and a workaround (gpg-agent / creating the key on a machine with a display) exists.
Issue body
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
25
Quick Win:
15.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
85
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close not a bug | snapcraft create-key cannot be run without a passphrase on a headless VM (Ubuntu 18.04 EC2); pressing enter at the passphrase prompts triggers a looping pop-up. Open ~6.4 years with zero comments, no labels, and no maintainer interaction. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
20
|
close stale | snapcraft create-key loops requesting a passphrase when run without one in a VM. Unlabeled, no maintainer response, inactive for over six years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
25
|
close stale | Bug report from 6+ years ago describing a passphrase prompt loop when running snapcraft create-key without a passphrase in a VM. No maintainer response or labels. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
70
|
close stale | snapcraft create-key triggers a passphrase pop-up loop in headless VMs. The report is over six years old, has no maintainer interaction, and references an unsupported Ubuntu version. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
25
|
close stale | Passphrase prompt loop when running snapcraft create-key in a headless VM. Issue is 6 years old with zero maintainer response or comments. |
Update history
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Related work
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Duplicate Of:
snapcraft#1827217
(confidence 75%)
Launchpad bug 'create-key without a passphrase is not possible using multipass' reports the same no-passphrase headless-VM prompt loop; also open with no interaction.
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Related To:
snapcraft#1917919
(confidence 60%)
Launchpad bug on gpg passphrase operations failing on remote/headless systems; same underlying gpg headless-prompting concern.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1827217 create-key without a passphrase is not possible using multipass | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | 2018 report that snapcraft create-key cannot be run without a passphrase in a multipass VM: pressing return loops back to the confirm-password prompt. Open ~7.3 years with zero comments, no labels, and no maintainer interaction. | |
| #1629978 create-key prints no progress | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | snapcraft create-key prints no progress output and can appear stuck while collecting entropy; issue is open, unlabelled, and has no maintainer response. |