Multipass & libvirt services not restarted after snapcraft 3.0 installation
Metadata
Current evaluation
Snapcraft 3.0 left Multipass/libvirt daemons stopped, breaking multipass list after installation. Maintainers rejected unsafe automatic restarts and suggested pre-flight checks; no resolving change is identified.
Suggested action: keep open
Reason: The report provides the exact "list failed: Connect Failed" symptom and commands that restore both daemons. Sergiusens explicitly said a pre-flight check was possible but automatic restarts would not be done because they can kill existing workloads. Current code delegates to MultipassProvider.ensure_provider_is_available(), but no commit or release was identified as fixing this exact Snapcraft 3.0 scenario.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Impact:
39
Quick Win:
14
Complexity:
48
Confidence:
87
Actionability:
68
Issue body
After installing snapcraft 3.0, multipass and libvirt services are not restarted, resulting in a failure:
multipass list
list failed: Connect Failed
Requires service restart to fix:
systemctl stop snap.multipass.libvirt-bin.service
systemctl stop snap.multipass.multipassd.service
systemctl start snap.multipass.libvirt-bin.service
systemctl start snap.multipass.multipassd.service
Expected behavior:
- Automatic service restart
- Check if service is running and warn
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
39
Quick Win:
14
Complexity:
48
Confidence:
87
Actionability:
68
|
keep open | Snapcraft 3.0 left Multipass/libvirt daemons stopped, breaking multipass list after installation. Maintainers rejected unsafe automatic restarts and suggested pre-flight checks; no resolving change is identified. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
22
Quick Win:
6
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
62
Actionability:
48
|
keep open | Multipass/libvirt daemons left stopped after Snapcraft 3.0 install (2018); asks for auto-restart plus pre-flight warning. Maintainer declined auto-restart, offered pre-flight checks; today delegated to craft-providers. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
48
Quick Win:
22
Complexity:
32
Confidence:
86
Actionability:
68
|
keep open | Snapcraft 3.0 can leave Multipass and libvirt stopped, breaking `multipass list`; manual systemd restarts recover access. Maintainer supports a preflight warning but rejects automatic restarts. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Impact:
20
Quick Win:
3
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
70
Actionability:
20
|
close stale | Multipass and libvirt services not restarted after snapcraft 3.0 installation, requiring manual systemctl restart | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
15
Quick Win:
9
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
45
|
close stale | Snapcraft 3.0 install reportedly stops multipass/libvirt services, breaking 'multipass list' until manual restart. 7.75 years old, zero comments, no labels, author account deactivated, no maintainer interaction. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Snapcraft 3.0 installation breaks multipass and libvirt services, requiring manual restart. Issue has zero maintainer engagement and is over seven years old. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
95
Support Request:
15
|
close stale | Reports multipass/libvirt services failing after snapcraft 3.0 installation, requiring manual restart. Open for ~7.6 years with no maintainer response or labels. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Issue reports multipass and libvirt services failing after snapcraft 3.0 installation, requiring manual restart. Unlabeled, zero comments, and over seven years old with no maintainer engagement. |
Update history
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1807125 After snapcraft refresh, old multipass containers no longer work | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Snapcraft 3.0.1 could reuse incompatible Multipass VMs after a 3.0.0 refresh, causing a misleading missing-project error until snapcraft clean; the report is untriaged. | |
| #1806083 snapcraft fails to locate multipass (inside a multipass session) | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Snapcraft 3.0.1 falsely reported Multipass missing inside a Multipass guest; Darwin-only detection in e9ae8d29f addressed the old path, but the Launchpad record remains open. |