Improve experience when raven is not installed
Metadata
Current evaluation
Improved missing-raven error UX by showing the full traceback and advising users to include it in bug reports; fixed in snapcore/snapcraft#2242.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: Resolved by snapcore/snapcraft#2242, committed as 4cdf0c6c2 ("reporting: improve messaging on errors"), which added the requested traceback display and bug-report guidance.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
Show the full traceback when raven is not installed. Also adjust the messaging to suggest logging a bug with the traceback that was shown.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Improved missing-raven error UX by showing the full traceback and advising users to include it in bug reports; fixed in snapcore/snapcraft#2242. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #2242 in commit 4cdf0c6c2, adding tracebacks when Raven is unavailable and clarifying that internal errors should be reported. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed as abandoned without implementation; the requested missing-raven traceback and bug-report guidance were not delivered. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | The missing-raven error experience was improved through later reporting and CLI changes, notably #2242 and #2503. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned. The request to display a full traceback and bug reporting guidance when raven is missing was closed without implementation. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Fixed to show full tracebacks and updated error messages when raven is missing, directing users to file bug reports with the output. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without comments. The requested error handling improvements for missing raven were abandoned. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed and fixed. Implemented full traceback display when raven is missing and updated error messaging to prompt users to file a bug report. |
Update history
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
snapcore/snapcraft#2242
(confidence 99%)
The linked PR was committed as 4cdf0c6c2 and addresses the missing-raven error experience.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2242 Error communication improvements | snapcraft | merged | Merged in #2242 via commit 4cdf0c6c2, printing tracebacks when Raven is unavailable and clarifying that internal errors should be reported to Snapcraft. | |
| #1719968 Misleading error messages | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Build failures no longer emitted two confusing Python tracebacks, following snapcore/snapcraft#1512. Maintainers confirmed the change shipped with the Raven work. |