snapcraft login should guide towards account creation
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Current evaluation
Login prompt now points users to account creation. Fixed by merged PR #1616 (commit cbaf2990e, "store: guide to account creation upon login"); later refined by #2280 to use snapcraft.io/account.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: Closing comment from kyrofa (2017-10-12) links PR snapcore/snapcraft#1616; commit cbaf2990e "store: guide to account creation upon login (#1616)" adds a dashboard.snapcraft.io registration link to the `snapcraft login` SSO prompt, later polished in #2280.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
$ snapcraft login
Enter your Ubuntu One SSO credentials.
Email:
What if I don't have an Ubuntu One SSO account? In the case of MailHog, I had to separately point them at the developer portal from fear of them failing at `snapcraft login` and walking away:
https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog/pull/130
So I've updated the spec with a suggestion for handling this:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HhJWEBj13xmVSva9MEllr36_CSdJaKRAY-7-oBBGeZs/edit#heading=h.fpxudirb9nxa
$ snapcraft login
Please enter your Ubuntu One credentials. If you haven’t yet created an account, please visit https://snapcraft.io/login/
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
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| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Login prompt now points users to account creation. Fixed by merged PR #1616 (commit cbaf2990e, "store: guide to account creation upon login"); later refined by #2280 to use snapcraft.io/account. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Fixed by merged PR snapcore/snapcraft#1616 (commit cbaf2990e), adding an account-creation link to the snapcraft login prompt. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Closed as fixed: PR #1616 (commit cbaf2990e) merged, adding a registration link (https://dashboard.snapcraft.io) to the store login prompt; referenced by closing comment from kyrofa in Oct 2017. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Implemented in merged PR #1616 (commit cbaf2990e): snapcraft login now directs users without an Ubuntu One account to create one. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | The UX suggestion to add an account creation link to snapcraft login was closed without implementation. No associated pull request was opened, and the issue remains abandoned due to lack of engagement and priority. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation or discussion. The feature request to guide users to account creation during snapcraft login was abandoned or superseded, with no resolution or merge details provided. |
Update history
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
snapcraft#1616
(confidence 98%)
Merged commit cbaf2990e "store: guide to account creation upon login (#1616)" cited in the closing comment.
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Related To:
snapcraft#2280
(confidence 80%)
Commit 1a837ea18 "cli: use the better snapcraft.io/account URL (#2280)" improved the URL used in the same login guidance.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1539208 snapcraft login fails if account does not require two factor authentication | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Merged PR #274 fixed login by including OTP only when non-empty (commit cd3f46aa1; merge 1fc4fdffc). | |
| #1621710 snapcraft login does not match the UX spec | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Fixed by merged snapcore/snapcraft PR #804 (commit bee0b41ba), aligning snapcraft login with the UX spec, including conditional 2FA and MFA guidance. |