Snap builds on arm are extremely slow causing them to fail
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Current evaluation
Launchpad ARM/US builds timed out at 2h from apt download latency. Root cause was infra (BIND DNS bug on builder proxy) plus snapcraft's lack of connection reuse; wgrant said it isn't a code bug and builds now finish in ~16 min. Referenced _deb.py code path is gone.
Suggested action: close not a bug
Reason: Maintainer wgrant concluded 'No, this isn't a code bug', and the reported symptom was fixed on the Launchpad/IS side — 'IS has applied a workaround for the BIND problem' — after which timo-jyrinki confirmed 'the builds are now working ... now succeeding in 16 minutes'. The snapcraft code implicated by the reporter (snapcraft/internal/repo/_deb.py, e.g. the per-package connection in DebPackageCache) no longer exists in the tree; apt/package handling now lives in the external craft-archives library, so nothing actionable remains in this repository. Closing as not a code bug rather than 'resolved' because the fix was a server-side DNS workaround, not a commit here.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Issue body
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
22
Quick Win:
3
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
82
Actionability:
15
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close not a bug | Launchpad ARM/US builds timed out at 2h from apt download latency. Root cause was infra (BIND DNS bug on builder proxy) plus snapcraft's lack of connection reuse; wgrant said it isn't a code bug and builds now finish in ~16 min. Referenced _deb.py code path is gone. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
48
Quick Win:
10
Complexity:
62
Confidence:
87
Actionability:
55
|
keep open | ARM Launchpad builds timed out from package-download latency; a DNS workaround restored builds to about 16 minutes, but missing HTTP connection reuse still slows US-hosted architectures. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Impact:
55
Quick Win:
7
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
30
Actionability:
20
|
needs triage | ARM snap builds are extremely slow causing timeouts. Issue is 9.5 years old with no maintainer response. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
20
Quick Win:
12
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
60
Support Request:
30
|
close stale | 2016 report that arm snap builds on Launchpad took hours and timed out, suspected network throttling. Tagged 'cache' but never discussed; 0 comments and no activity for ~9.4 years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
95
Support Request:
15
|
close stale | ARM snap builds on Launchpad experience severe slowdowns causing timeouts. No maintainer response or activity for over nine years. The issue likely pertains to outdated CI infrastructure and is no longer relevant. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
99
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
15
|
close stale | Snap builds on ARM architecture are extremely slow and timing out, likely due to throttled GET requests. No maintainer response in over 9 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
100
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
95
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | ARM Snap builds timing out due to extreme slowness, possibly throttled GET requests. Issue is over 9 years old with no maintainer response or activity. |
Update history
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
snapcraft#3009
(confidence 35%)
Commit 7396004d6 'repo: use python-apt's fetch_binary implementation (#3009)' replaced snapcraft's per-package urllib fetches with apt's own downloader, which reuses connections; only indirectly related to the original report.
Related issues
No related issues found above the similarity threshold.