Snapcraft auth does not create dir needed and errors out
Metadata
Current evaluation
macOS Snapcraft 8.6.3 legacy remote-build authentication failed because the ~/Library/Application Support/snapcraft directory was absent; the affected legacy builder was removed in Snapcraft 9.0, leaving this report stale.
Suggested action: close stale
Reason: The traceback is concrete: Snapcraft 8.6.3's snapcraft_legacy.cli.remote authentication fails with FileNotFoundError for the missing macOS credentials directory, and manually creating it works. Current release notes state that the legacy remote builder was removed in Snapcraft 9.0, corroborated by commit b08f1a66e and PR #5994, so this reproducible but obsolete report has little current impact.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Impact:
18
Quick Win:
12
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
95
Actionability:
92
Issue body
Here is the log listing. ~/Library/Application\ Support/snapcraft is not being created. Seems to run after manual creation.
$ tools/makesnap arm64
/Users/ken/workspace/venv312/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ptr/__init__.py:81: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: The test command is disabled and references to it are deprecated.
!!
********************************************************************************
Please remove any references to `setuptools.command.test` in all supported versions of the affected package.
This deprecation is overdue, please update your project and remove deprecated
calls to avoid build errors in the future.
********************************************************************************
!!
class PyTest(orig.test):
tools/makesnap of 3.0.5.dev on arm64
version: 3.0.5.dev
Using build ID snapcraft-duplicity-36c31ac34fa501dff1b98d2dabdfbc9f
The authorization page:
(https://launchpad.net/+authorize-token?oauth_token=Hjj1JsJnqKB1f7pr3bCD&allow_permission=DESKTOP_INTEGRATION)
should be opening in your browser. Use your browser to authorize
this program to access Launchpad on your behalf.
Waiting to hear from Launchpad about your decision...
Sorry, an error occurred in Snapcraft:
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Users/ken/Library/Application Support/snapcraft/launchpad-credentials'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/snapcraft/cli.py", line 242, in run
global_args = dispatcher.pre_parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/craft_cli/dispatcher.py", line 517, in pre_parse_args
raise ArgumentParsingError(help_text) from None
craft_cli.errors.ArgumentParsingError: Usage: snapcraft [options] command [args]...
Try 'snapcraft -h' for help.
Error: no such command 'remote-build'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/cli/legacy.py", line 27, in legacy_run
run()
~~~^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1161, in __call__
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1082, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1697, in invoke
return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1443, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py", line 788, in invoke
return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/cli/remote.py", line 149, in remote_build
lp = LaunchpadClient(
project=project,
...<2 lines>...
deadline=deadline,
)
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/internal/remote_build/_launchpad.py", line 117, in __init__
self._lp: Launchpad = self.login()
~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/snapcraft_legacy/internal/remote_build/_launchpad.py", line 275, in login
return Launchpad.login_with(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
"snapcraft remote-build {}".format(snapcraft_legacy.__version__),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<3 lines>...
version="devel",
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/launchpadlib/launchpad.py", line 693, in login_with
return cls._authorize_token_and_login(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
authorization_engine.consumer,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<8 lines>...
version,
^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/launchpadlib/launchpad.py", line 444, in _authorize_token_and_login
credentials = authorization_engine(credentials, credential_store)
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/launchpadlib/credentials.py", line 607, in __call__
credential_store.save(credentials, self.unique_consumer_id)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/launchpadlib/credentials.py", line 293, in save
raise e
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/launchpadlib/credentials.py", line 288, in save
self.do_save(credentials, unique_consumer_id)
~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/launchpadlib/credentials.py", line 453, in do_save
credentials.save_to_path(self.filename)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/snapcraft/8.6.3/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lazr/restfulclient/authorize/oauth.py", line 272, in save_to_path
os.open(
~~~~~~~^
path,
^^^^^
(os.O_CREAT | os.O_TRUNC | os.O_WRONLY),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(stat.S_IREAD | stat.S_IWRITE),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
),
^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Users/ken/Library/Application Support/snapcraft/launchpad-credentials'
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
18
Quick Win:
12
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
95
Actionability:
92
|
close stale | macOS Snapcraft 8.6.3 legacy remote-build authentication failed because the ~/Library/Application Support/snapcraft directory was absent; the affected legacy builder was removed in Snapcraft 9.0, leaving this report stale. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
42
Quick Win:
21
Complexity:
38
Confidence:
86
Actionability:
82
|
needs triage | Snapcraft 8.6.3 on macOS/arm64 fails to save Launchpad credentials because the parent directory is absent; manual creation works. The reported legacy path was removed, but current behavior is unverified. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
20
Quick Win:
14
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
60
Support Request:
20
|
close stale | Snapcraft auth fails to create credentials directory on macOS, causing FileNotFoundError. Issue is 560 days old with no maintainer response. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
92
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
5
|
needs triage | Snapcraft authentication fails with FileNotFoundError when the credentials directory is missing. Untriaged with no maintainer response for over 1.5 years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Snapcraft auth crashes with FileNotFoundError because it fails to create the credentials directory. The issue has no maintainer comments, lacks labels, and has been inactive for 516 days. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Snapcraft auth fails with FileNotFoundError when the credentials directory does not exist. Issue has been inactive for over 1.3 years with no maintainer response. |
Update history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| created |
Related work
-
Superseded By:
snapcraft#5994
(confidence 98%)
PR #5994 / commit b08f1a66e removed the legacy remote builder that appears in the traceback.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #6328 Snapcraft 9: cannot create directory '/snap/command-chain': Permission denied Edit | snapcraft | closed | Confirmed as a Snapcraft 9 destructive-mode regression and moved to internal SNAPCRAFT-1366, but no public fixing PR or commit was recorded before closure. |