Snapcraft should verify namespace before uploading
Metadata
Current evaluation
Requests a pre-upload check that the logged-in user has a short namespace, avoiding expensive uploads that the Snap Store rejects afterward; the issue remains untriaged.
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: The body specifically identifies the current failure occurring only after an expensive upload and asks for validation beforehand. The issue has no labels, maintainer comments, assignee, or activity since creation, and the current tree exposes account/whoami and store-upload functionality but no namespace check, so it remains a plausible valid enhancement requiring investigation rather than closure.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Impact:
35
Quick Win:
10
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
70
Actionability:
50
Issue body
Rather than be told about this after uploading (read expensive) verify that the user's profile has a short namespace.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
35
Quick Win:
10
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
70
Actionability:
50
|
needs triage | Requests a pre-upload check that the logged-in user has a short namespace, avoiding expensive uploads that the Snap Store rejects afterward; the issue remains untriaged. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
11
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
60
Actionability:
60
|
needs triage | Feature request to validate user's namespace before snap upload to prevent expensive post-upload failures. Unlabelled, no maintainer response after 10 years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
25
Quick Win:
18
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
60
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Feature request from 2016 asking snapcraft to verify the user's namespace before uploading, to avoid expensive post-upload failures. Open for ~10 years with zero comments, no labels, and no maintainer interaction. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
100
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
95
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Snapcraft should verify namespace length before upload to prevent expensive post-upload failures. The issue has been completely inactive for nearly a decade with no maintainer response or labels. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
100
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Feature request to verify a user's profile has a short namespace before uploading a snap, rather than failing after upload. Unaddressed for nearly 10 years with no maintainer interaction. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
100
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
0
|
close stale | Feature request to verify namespace availability before snap upload instead of after. Issue has been inactive for nearly 10 years with no maintainer response or labels. |
Update history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| created |
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1714916 snapcraft login should check namespace status | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Confirmed login failure for accounts without a namespace: the Store returns a useful 403 error_list, but Snapcraft displays only a generic account-information error. No linked fix is known. |