Snapcraft API not answering
Metadata
Current evaluation
api.snapcraft.io v2/snaps/info intermittently returns HTTP 200 with no parsable version (~70% failures), breaking version detection in GitHub remote builds; unlabelled, no maintainer reply, awaiting triage on the store API side
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: The issue has no labels, no assignee, and zero comments after 94 days, so it has clearly not been assessed by a maintainer. It does contain a concrete reproducer (repeated curl of /v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak with 'Quick Local tests: 70% (10/14) answering' and an empty snap_last_version in a GitHub Actions log), but it reports the behaviour of api.snapcraft.io — the hosted store service, not client code in this repo — and provides no request IDs, timestamps, or diagnostic headers, so ownership and root cause still need routing.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Impact:
55
Quick Win:
10
Complexity:
60
Confidence:
62
Actionability:
45
Issue body
oHi,
Since several days the Snapcraft API is not always answering, resulting in problems in snapcraft builds.
e.g.
Command:
curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
Github remote build log with no answer:
curl -sL -H 'Snap-Device-Series: 16' 'https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version'
:: ++ sed -nre 's/^.*"stable"\,"track"\:"latest"\}\,"version"\:"([^"]*)".*/\1/p'
[30/Jun/2026:10:12:20 +0000] "CONNECT api.snapcraft.io:443 HTTP/1.1" 200 4037 "-" "curl/8.18.0"
:: + snap_last_version=
Quick Local tests: 70% (10/14) answering
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
> curl -sL -H "Snap-Device-Series: 16" "https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/readarr-tak?architecture=amd64&fields=version" | sed -nre "s/^.*\"stable\"\,\"track\"\:\"latest\"\}\,\"version\"\:\"([^\"]*)\".*/\1/p"
0.4.18.2805-v4
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
55
Quick Win:
10
Complexity:
60
Confidence:
62
Actionability:
45
|
needs triage | api.snapcraft.io v2/snaps/info intermittently returns HTTP 200 with no parsable version (~70% failures), breaking version detection in GitHub remote builds; unlabelled, no maintainer reply, awaiting triage on the store API side | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
57
Quick Win:
10
Complexity:
65
Confidence:
72
Actionability:
52
|
needs triage | Snapcraft v2 snaps/info intermittently returns 200 without a parsable version, breaking remote build version detection; report is unlabelled and awaiting maintainer triage | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
24
Staleness:
75
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
90
|
needs triage | User reports intermittent API failures from api.snapcraft.io causing build issues. No maintainer response after 67 days. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
45
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Reports intermittent failures when querying the Snapcraft API for version info, causing build timeouts. No maintainer response or labels after 23 days. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
45
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
95
|
needs triage | Reports intermittent failures and timeouts when querying the Snapcraft API during builds. No maintainer response or labels after 22 days. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
25
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | External contributor reports intermittent timeouts when querying the Snapcraft API during builds. No maintainer response or labels yet. |
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