snapcraft upload forbidden for user without signed agreement
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Current evaluation
Closed as won't fix: 'snapcraft upload' returned Forbidden for users lacking a signed store agreement. By 2017 store login enforced the terms and namespace, so the error was no longer reachable.
Resolution: closed not a bug
Reason: Marked 'won't fix' by ~sergiusens on 2017-01-17 because logging in now requires accepting the store agreement and choosing a namespace, making the bare 'Forbidden' error unreproducible; ~elopio agreed on 2017-01-23 that affected users simply need to run login again. No code change was made in the snapcraft repository.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
No scores available.
Issue body
I tried to upload a snap with a user that has never signed in to the store.
I got this error:
Uploading basic_0.1_amd64.snap [=========================================] 100%
There was an error uploading the application.
Reason: Forbidden
Text:
Upload did not complete.
Some errors were detected:
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed not a bug | Closed as won't fix: 'snapcraft upload' returned Forbidden for users lacking a signed store agreement. By 2017 store login enforced the terms and namespace, so the error was no longer reachable. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed not a bug | Closed as won't fix: login now requires store terms and a namespace; affected users only needed to log in again. No code fix was made. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed not a bug | Closed as expected behavior: users must sign the Snap Store agreement before uploading; no code changes were made. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed as expected behavior. No code changes were made. Users must sign the Snap Store agreement before uploading snaps to resolve the forbidden error. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. The forbidden upload error report for unsigned store accounts was abandoned due to prolonged inactivity and zero comments. No fix or merge details were provided. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1967722 snapcraft upload --release fails for registered snap | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Upload succeeded after store registration/account access was confirmed; no Snapcraft code change was needed. | |
| #1622635 Cryptic error message for store access failure. | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Request for a clearer 401 error suggesting 'snapcraft login' was closed as unnecessary after PR canonical/snapcraft#903 (commit 603948e1d) removed the login requirement for Store part downloads, fixing LP #1606903. |