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snapcraft points to wrong entry in apps as being invalid.

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Metadata

Project
snapcraft (launchpad)
Number
#1986624
Type
issue
State
open
Author
~djacobs98
Labels
craft-1293 snapcraft
Created
Updated
Closed
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Current evaluation

Snapcraft 6.1 validation error misreports the first app ('runtests') as invalid when the actual offending app name ('get_cache_info', with an underscore) is the real problem. No maintainer interaction; zero comments; ~4 years old.

Suggested action: keep open

Reason: The issue is a genuine bug in error-message reporting (validation flags the wrong app name), not a support request — the reporter correctly identified that 'get_cache_info' (underscore) is the invalid name, not 'runtests'. It has zero comments and no maintainer interaction in ~4 years, but there is no evidence it has been fixed, and two closely related Launchpad bugs (1996525, 1851003) describe the same misreporting behavior and remain open. Closing as stale would be premature without confirmation the fix landed; it needs triage to confirm whether current snapcraft still exhibits this.

Impact: 25 Quick Win: 17.5 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 30 Confidence: 70 Support Request: 20

Issue body

snapcraft version 6.1 I'm building a snap from a github repository that produces a bunch of small binaries, and a shell script called "run_tests.sh" that executes them all. I wish to make this script, as well as each individual binary, available from the snap. In my snapcraft.yaml, I started a section for apps: apps: # provided script that runs all tests runtests: command: perf_event_tests/run_tests.sh # individual test binaries get_cache_info: command: perf_event_tests/utils/get_cache_info events: command: perf_event_tests/sysfs/events However I'm getting this error from snapcraft: Issues while validating snapcraft.yaml: The 'apps' property does not match the required schema: 'runtests' is not a valid app name. App names consist of upper- and lower-case alphanumeric characters and hyphens. They cannot start or end with a hyphen. However, runtests isn't invalid - get_cache_info is.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Impact: 25
Quick Win: 17.5
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 30
Confidence: 70
Support Request: 20
keep open Snapcraft 6.1 validation error misreports the first app ('runtests') as invalid when the actual offending app name ('get_cache_info', with an underscore) is the real problem. No maintainer interaction; zero comments; ~4 years old.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 20
Confidence: 85
Support Request: 30
close stale snapcraft 6.1 incorrectly reports 'runtests' as an invalid app name in snapcraft.yaml. The report lacks maintainer interaction, has no comments, and is over 3.5 years old.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 30
Confidence: 85
Support Request: 0
close stale snapcraft v6.1 incorrectly flags 'runtests' as an invalid app name instead of 'get_cache_info'. No maintainer interaction in over 3.9 years.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 20
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 0
needs triage Snapcraft v6.1 validation incorrectly flags valid app names as invalid while ignoring actually invalid ones. Issue remains unassessed by maintainers with zero comments after nearly four years.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 10
Confidence: 85
Support Request: 40
close stale snapcraft misreports validation errors for app names, flagging valid entries as invalid while ignoring actually invalid ones. The error message does not match schema rules. Open, zero comments, awaiting triage.

Update history

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Related work

  • Duplicate Of: snapcraft (launchpad)#1996525 (confidence 75%)

    Same misreporting behavior: misformatted app name flags the first app instead of the actual offending entry; reported on snapcraft 7.2.7, still open.

  • Duplicate Of: snapcraft (launchpad)#1851003 (confidence 70%)

    Same root cause: validation reports the first app name instead of the actual invalid app in multi-app configurations; open with zero maintainer interaction.

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#1851003 Error message displays name of first application when a secondary application fails name validation snapcraft (launchpad) open Snapcraft schema validation names the first app instead of the actually invalid app when a secondary app name fails validation. Open ~6.8 years, no labels, zero maintainer interaction, no fix; a similar report (LP 1996525) is also open.
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