inaccurate error for a misformatted app name
Metadata
Current evaluation
Snapcraft reports error on wrong app when a misformatted app name uses underscore instead of hyphen. Issue is 1389 days old with no maintainer engagement or labels.
Suggested action: close stale
Reason: The issue is 1389 days (~3.8 years) old with zero maintainer interaction, no labels, and no comments. The reported snapcraft version (7.2.7) is likely obsolete. While the bug itself (error message pointing to wrong app) is legitimate, the extreme staleness and lack of any follow-up suggest it should be closed as stale rather than kept open indefinitely.
Impact:
40
Quick Win:
28.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
60
Support Request:
10
Issue body
inaccurate error for a misformatted app name
snapcraft version: 7.2.7
Following snapcraft.yaml has a wrong name of the last app. Reported error somehow insist on wrong name of the first app.
name: test
version: '0.1'
summary: test
description: |
Test
base: core20
grade: stable
confinement: devmode
apps:
aaa-aaa:
command: usr/bin/aaa
bbb-bbb:
command: usr/bin/bbb
ccc_ccc:
command: usr/bin/ccc
daemon: simple
parts:
prebuilt:
plugin: dump
source: .
organize:
'*' : usr/
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
40
Quick Win:
28.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
60
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Snapcraft reports error on wrong app when a misformatted app name uses underscore instead of hyphen. Issue is 1389 days old with no maintainer engagement or labels. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
5
|
close stale | Reports an inaccurate error message in snapcraft 7.2.7 where a misformatted app name incorrectly flags the first app instead of the actual offending entry. Untriaged and inactive for over 3 years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
5
|
close stale | Snapcraft reports an incorrect error location when validating a misformatted app name in snapcraft.yaml. The error points to the first app instead of the actual invalid one. No maintainer response or activity in ~3.7 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Inaccurate error message in snapcraft v7.2.7 for a misformatted app name in snapcraft.yaml. The validation error incorrectly references the first app instead of the malformed one. No maintainer response or activity in over 3.5 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | snapcraft v7.2.7 validation incorrectly reports errors for misformatted app names, pointing to the first app instead of the actual invalid entry. No maintainer interaction or comments in over 3.5 years. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1798205 Underscores in app names not reported properly | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Snapcraft reports the wrong app name in validation errors when an app name contains an underscore: with apps 'one' and 'two_three', the error blames the valid app 'one' instead of 'two_three'. Open since 2014, no labels, comments, or maintainer activity. | |
| #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. | |
| #1986624 snapcraft points to wrong entry in apps as being invalid. | snapcraft (launchpad) | 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. |