Snapcraft API not answering
Metadata
Current evaluation
User reports intermittent API failures from api.snapcraft.io causing build issues. No maintainer response after 67 days.
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: Issue has no labels, no maintainer response, and no assignee after 67 days. While it appears to be a support request about external API availability rather than a code bug, it should be formally triaged before closing. The reporter's curl examples show intermittent 70% success rate, but this is infrastructure-level rather than application code.
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
24.0
Staleness:
75
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
90
Issue body
oHi,
Since several days the Snapcraft API is not always answering, resulting in problems in snapcraft builds.
e.g.
Command:
curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
Github remote build log with no answer:
curl -sL -H 'Snap-Device-Series: 16' 'https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version'
:: ++ sed -nre 's/^.*"stable"\,"track"\:"latest"\}\,"version"\:"([^"]*)".*/\1/p'
[30/Jun/2026:10:12:20 +0000] "CONNECT api.snapcraft.io:443 HTTP/1.1" 200 4037 "-" "curl/8.18.0"
:: + snap_last_version=
Quick Local tests: 70% (10/14) answering
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
24.0
Staleness:
75
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
90
|
needs triage | User reports intermittent API failures from api.snapcraft.io causing build issues. No maintainer response after 67 days. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
45
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Reports intermittent failures when querying the Snapcraft API for version info, causing build timeouts. No maintainer response or labels after 23 days. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
45
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
95
|
needs triage | Reports intermittent failures and timeouts when querying the Snapcraft API during builds. No maintainer response or labels after 22 days. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
25
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | External contributor reports intermittent timeouts when querying the Snapcraft API during builds. No maintainer response or labels yet. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
5
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
20
|
needs triage | Reports intermittent failures in the Snapcraft API v2 endpoint causing build timeouts. Submitted today with no maintainer response or labels. |
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