There is no way to retry a snapcraft autopkgtest run
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Current evaluation
Resolved by snapcore/snapcraft#893, which added a script and instructions for retrying autopkgtest using a pull request number, distribution, and architecture.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: The maintainer linked snapcore/snapcraft#893 as the implementation of the proposed repository script. It replaced the manual process with documented arguments for retriggering autopkgtest.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
Currently, in order to retrigger an autopkgtest execution in a pull request, we have to download a script, ask Sergio for the URL to use, and call the script with arguments that are not hard to build.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Resolved by snapcore/snapcraft#893, which added a script and instructions for retrying autopkgtest using a pull request number, distribution, and architecture. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged canonical/snapcraft#893 (commit 07be82a7e), adding a script for maintainers to retry pull-request autopkgtests using the PR number, distribution, and architecture. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Added a dedicated autopkgtest retry script in snapcore/snapcraft#893 (commit 07be82a7e), replacing the cumbersome manual retrigger process. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. The request for a built-in autopkgtest retry mechanism was abandoned or superseded by newer CI infrastructure. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned. No retry mechanism was added for snapcraft autopkgtest runs, leaving the manual script-based workaround in place. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. The missing retry mechanism for snapcraft autopkgtest runs remains unaddressed. With zero comments and no implementation, the request was abandoned due to inactivity. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Abandoned. The missing retry mechanism for snapcraft autopkgtest runs remains unaddressed, requiring manual script execution and external assistance to retrigger tests. |
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
snapcore/snapcraft#893
(confidence 98%)
The linked PR was cited by the maintainer as the solution to this issue.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1680960 the retry autopkg test script is failing because it can't find the needed script to make the request | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Fixed by merged PR snapcraft#1243 (commit e01c00991), updating the retry autopkgtest helper to use the relocated upstream retry-github-test script. |