snapcore/snapcraft image is outdated (again)
Metadata
Current evaluation
Report that snapcore/snapcraft Docker images are outdated, claiming automation to keep them updated may be broken. Issue is 4 years old with no maintainer response or labels.
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: The issue is 1456 days old with zero comments, zero labels, and no maintainer response or assignee. While the age suggests staleness, there is no evidence that the Docker image problem has been resolved or is no longer relevant — the automation mentioned may still be broken, or the project may have changed its image publishing strategy. A maintainer needs to assess whether this is still applicable before any action is taken.
Impact:
40
Quick Win:
32.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
30
Issue body
I'm trying to create a Prometheus Exporter for our snap store metrics. At first I tried installing snapcraft in a docker container myself using apt-get, but that kept hanging during build while trying to contact the snapcraft store. So I switched to using the snapcore/snapcraft docker container, but the version of snapcraft included in those images is a few versions out of date (all channels seem to be in the 4.4.x-4.6.x range).
I found a related issue https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapcraft/+bug/1639112, but that one was closed because some automation was added to keep the images up to date. If that is the case, it seems like that automation may be broken.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
40
Quick Win:
32.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
30
|
needs triage | Report that snapcore/snapcraft Docker images are outdated, claiming automation to keep them updated may be broken. Issue is 4 years old with no maintainer response or labels. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
5
|
close stale | Report that the snapcore/snapcraft Docker image is outdated (v4.4.x-4.6.x) and update automation may be broken. Unlabelled, zero comments, inactive for over three years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Docker image snapcore/snapcraft is significantly outdated (v4.4-4.6). Reported ~4 years ago with no maintainer response. Automation to update images may be broken. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
15
|
close stale | Report that the snapcore/snapcraft Docker image is outdated (v4.4.x-4.6.x), suggesting update automation is broken. No maintainer response or activity for over 3 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
95
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Report that the snapcore/snapcraft Docker image is outdated, citing broken automation. No maintainer response or activity for over 3 years. |
Update history
No update history recorded yet.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1814024 snapcore/snapcraft stable docker images are out of date | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Outdated snapcraft Docker images were reported but the ticket was closed as stale due to inactivity. No fix was implemented. | |
| #2099923 Snapcraft builds are failing: install of snap "snapcraft" failed | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Snapcraft builds failing due to outdated snapd (2.61) on build infrastructure unable to install core20 base. Issue is 556 days old with no maintainer response. |