Snapcraft build fails, because multipass cannot download cloudimg
Metadata
Current evaluation
Snapcraft core20 builds were disrupted by Multipass cloud-image download failures; Launchpad closed the report without documenting a fix, resolving PR, commit, or follow-up.
Resolution: closed stale
Reason: Launchpad records show bug #1975468 was closed without a resolving PR, commit, or maintainer explanation. Discussion ended in May 2022 after several users reported the same failure.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
As of today, a build that was working perfectly fine three days ago fails (without any changes at all).
It currently affect all of my builds, and those of my collegues as well.
Multipass is giving following error:
2022-05-23T10:47:42+02:00 multipassd[172386]: Cannot retrieve headers for https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/buildd/daily/jammy/current/jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk.img: Error transferring https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/buildd/daily/jammy/current/jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk.img - server replied: Forbidden
2022-05-23T10:47:42+02:00 multipassd[172386]: Could not update manifest: failed to download from 'https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/buildd/daily/jammy/current/jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk.img': Error transferring https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/buildd/daily/jammy/current/jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk.img - server replied: Forbidden
Problam A: At that location, there is no "current" folder/symlink
Problem B: I'm building using core20, why is multipass trying to download a cloudimg based on 22.04?
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Snapcraft core20 builds were disrupted by Multipass cloud-image download failures; Launchpad closed the report without documenting a fix, resolving PR, commit, or follow-up. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed without a documented fix; Multipass could not fetch Ubuntu cloud images needed for core20 builds. No resolving PR, commit, or maintainer explanation was recorded. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Snapcraft core20 builds were disrupted by Multipass failing to download Ubuntu cloud images. The report was closed with no documented Snapcraft fix, PR, commit, or follow-up. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | The 2022 Multipass cloud-image download failure was closed without a documented fix, linked PR, or follow-up. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. The Multipass cloud image download failure was likely addressed by upstream URL updates or abandoned due to inactivity. No comments or follow-up actions recorded. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution or comments. The Multipass cloud image download failure was not addressed, indicating the issue was abandoned or resolved externally. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution, likely abandoned due to inactivity. The Multipass cloud image download failure and core20/jammy mismatch remain unresolved. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Abandoned and closed without resolution or comments. The Multipass cloud image download failure remains unresolved. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #5145 snapcraft fails to launch multipass instance when multipass isn't pre-installed | snapcraft | open | Snapcraft emits cryptic 'Remote "snapcraft" is unknown or unreachable / exit code 2' when Multipass can't launch the build instance; maintainer traced it to image-server unavailability or non-amd64 hosts, fix tracked in craft-providers#211 | |
| #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. | |
| #1866300 snapcraft fails to build core20 snap | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without a documented fix after core20 Multipass/LXD failures; core20 build-base support was unavailable and the workaround was destructive mode. | |
| #1947914 concurrent snapcraft builds with multipass provider | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Snapcraft 5/Core 18 Multipass builds reportedly shared 10.30.202.6 and terminated silently; the old report has no maintainer assessment and needs triage against current versions. | |
| #2258 build providers: snapcraft images for multipass | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #2258 as commit 5ffefbf96, adding Snapcraft build images for Multipass and a Darwin launch workaround for LP #1791821. | |
| #1813979 snapcraft cleanbuild wants to install multipass but it's already installed | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Deb-packaged Snapcraft 2.43.1 failed while Multipass worked in 3.0.1. Legacy cleanbuild was later removed because builds are clean by default. | |
| #211 multipass: better error handling when images are unavailable | craft-providers | open | Multipass launch gives generic errors when Snapcraft images are unreachable or unsupported on arm64; this acknowledged enhancement remains open with a downstream report and internal ticket. | |
| #4106 Error 2 on snapcraft on linux with multipass: | snapcraft | closed | Multipass's Snapcraft image remote recovered; CI and the reporter succeeded again, and the reporter closed the report as solved without a Snapcraft code change. | |
| #1996511 snapcraft try with multipass provider crashes | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Snapcraft try with Multipass and core22 was fixed by snapcore/snapcraft#3981 (commit 2691262b8) and shipped in Snapcraft 7.3. | |
| #2012074 snapcraft cannot build snap by default on aarch64 | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | ARM64 default builds failed on Snapcraft 7.3.1 because core20 selected amd64-only Multipass images; later defaults use core22/LXD on Linux, addressing the reported path. |