"snapcraft release" chokes given an invalid revision value
Metadata
Current evaluation
Issue about confusing error when 'snapcraft release' receives invalid revision. Stale for 1366 days with no maintainer response. The release command appears to have been removed or deprecated.
Suggested action: close stale
Reason: The issue is 1366 days old with zero comments or maintainer interaction. The 'release' command referenced in the issue appears to have been removed or deprecated (the issue body itself shows 'No such command release'), and snapcraft has undergone significant CLI restructuring via craft-application migration since then. The reported error handling issue is no longer applicable to the current codebase.
Impact:
10
Quick Win:
8.5
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
20
Issue body
If you provide an invalid revision value as below, you can see that "snapcraft release" does not even acknowledge the command it's running:
$ snapcraft release mysnap fubar
Usage: snapcraft [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Try 'snapcraft -h' for help.
Error: No such command 'release'.
$
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
10
Quick Win:
8.5
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
20
|
close stale | Issue about confusing error when 'snapcraft release' receives invalid revision. Stale for 1366 days with no maintainer response. The release command appears to have been removed or deprecated. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
70
|
close stale | User reports snapcraft release fails with No such command release when passing an invalid revision. Issue is 3.6 years old with no maintainer interaction or comments. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | snapcraft release command fails with invalid revision, showing generic error instead of specific feedback. Issue is over 3 years old with no activity. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
20
|
close stale | Report of snapcraft release command failing with an unhelpful error message when given invalid arguments. Issue is over 3.5 years old with no maintainer interaction or updates. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | snapcraft release command fails with invalid revision argument, printing a missing command error instead of proper validation. Unaddressed for over 3.5 years. |
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Related work
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Related To:
canonical/snapcraft#5117
(confidence 60%)
Similar issue about removed CLI command (extension), suggesting pattern of command removal during craft-application migration
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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