snap install process creates empty dirs on Home folder
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Current evaluation
Closed as not a Snapcraft issue. Maintainer redirected the report to snapd or individual maintainers, noting the behavior depends on specific snap configurations. Issue remains unresolved.
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Issue body
After installing snaps like Firefox or Telegram, empty folders are created in the user's home according to `/etc/xdg/user-dirs.default`. The expected behaviour is the creation of folders (if needed) according to `$HOME/.config/user-dirs.dirs`.
This issue is also described [here](https://askubuntu.com/questions/989751/ubuntu-is-creating-empty-folders-in-home-directory) and reported also in the [Telegram snap repository](https://github.com/3v1n0/telegram-snap/issues/4).
Tested sytems:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- snap 2.31.2
- snapd 2.31.2
- series 16
- ubuntu 17.10
- kernel 4.13.0-37-generic
- Elementary OS
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed as not a Snapcraft issue. Maintainer redirected the report to snapd or individual maintainers, noting the behavior depends on specific snap configurations. Issue remains unresolved. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed and rejected. Maintainer clarified the behavior is not a Snapcraft issue but likely specific to individual snaps or snapd, advising the reporter to file a bug against snapd instead. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed and rejected as not a Snapcraft issue. Maintainer redirected the report to snapd or individual snap maintainers, noting the behavior varies per package. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Rejected as out of scope. Maintainer clarified the behavior stems from snapd or individual snaps, not Snapcraft, and directed the author to file a bug report on the snapd project instead. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Rejected as out of scope. The maintainer determined the directory creation behavior originates from snapd or individual snap packages, not Snapcraft. Users were directed to file bugs against snapd instead. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Rejected as out of scope. The empty home directory creation is not a Snapcraft issue, but likely specific to individual snaps or snapd. Redirected to the snapd bug tracker. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1660890 An empty snap directory ends up in the snap | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Reported unintended inclusion of the snap directory in the build output. Closed without comments or resolution, indicating the report was abandoned. |