snapcraft create-key incorrect error message
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Abandoned. The incorrect error message in snapcraft create-key for locally created keys was not fixed. The suggested wording update was never implemented.
Suggested action: —
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Issue body
Description:
"snapcraft create-key" will error with a message that says a key has been registered when it has not been.
To reproduce:
```bash
# verify key "test1" has not been created yet
snapcraft keys
# create key that has not been registered with "snapcraft register"
snapcraft create-key test1
# See that key "test1" has "(not registered)" to the right of its fingerprint
snapcraft keys
# Receive incorrect error message
snapcraft create-key test1
```
Note: I'm not aware of any way to delete a key, so you will probably have "test1" in your keys forever. Sorry!
Suggested fix:
Change wording to say "You have already created a key named 'key_name'"
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned. The incorrect error message in snapcraft create-key for locally created keys was not fixed. The suggested wording update was never implemented. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed. The misleading error message for snapcraft create-key was corrected to clarify that a key was already created rather than registered. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | The snapcraft create-key error message report was closed without a fix. Zero comments and no linked pull requests indicate the report was abandoned or closed as stale. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1637623 snapcraft create-key displays an ugly error when the keys don't match | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | snapcraft create-key leaks a raw subprocess error when passphrases don't match. Labeled store/ui, filed by a maintainer, no comments for ~10 years; a related error-message bug was closed as abandoned. | |
| #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. |