snapcraft snap doesn't have an icon
Metadata
Current evaluation
Snapcraft’s logo was added as the snap icon via PR #3702, merged as commit 2ccd3bdf5.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: The icon asset setup was merged in PR #3702 as commit 2ccd3bdf5, and Launchpad marked bug #1759090 fixed.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
The snapcraft snap doesn't have an icon (either in the store or in snap/meta/icon.png). This means a graphical client doesn't have any icon to show for it. Snapcraft has a nice logo now, we should use that.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Snapcraft’s logo was added as the snap icon via PR #3702, merged as commit 2ccd3bdf5. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Added Snapcraft’s logo as the snap icon through asset setup in PR #3702, merged as commit 2ccd3bdf5. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed without implementation after more than 300 days of inactivity. The missing icon for Snapcraft’s own snap was not addressed and received no comments or follow-up work. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned due to inactivity. The missing snapcraft snap icon was never addressed, and the report was closed after over 300 days with zero comments or follow-up actions. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | The issue requesting an icon for the snapcraft snap was closed without comments or explicit resolution details. |
Update history
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
snapcraft#3702
(confidence 100%)
Added Snapcraft’s logo as the snap icon through asset setup.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1567041 snapcraft init creates icon entry | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Fixed by merged ubuntu-core/snapcraft#433 (commit af86cddce): snapcraft init no longer generates an icon entry. | |
| #1662034 Adding "icon" filed in the snapcraft.yaml template to define a package icon | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | The current `snapcraft init` template still omits icon guidance; the maintainer suggested a commented-out icon option, but no implementation followed. | |
| #4936 snapcraft 7 ignores icon path in snapcraft.yaml | snapcraft | closed | Regression in core22 Snapcraft 7 (icon not copied when no apps section) was fixed by merged PR #4950 (commit c9d9cc227, 'fix: configure icon for snaps without apps'), backported and released in 7.5.6 to 7.x/stable. |