build providers: use the new snapcraft: remote for multipass
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Merged into master. Updates the multipass build provider to use the new snapcraft: remote, removing static base mappings and delegating error handling to multipass. Approved by reviewers and passed CI.
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Issue body
Multipass now offers a new remote, as support for new bases comes
it will grow into multipass on its own. Due to this, we now also
delegate the error message handling to multipass itself as we no
longer keep a static mapping in snapcraft for this.
LP: #1794361
Signed-off-by: Sergio Schvezov <sergio.schvezov@canonical.com>
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged into master. Updates the multipass build provider to use the new snapcraft: remote, removing static base mappings and delegating error handling to multipass. Approved by reviewers and passed CI. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged into master. Updates the multipass build provider to use the new snapcraft: remote, delegating error handling to multipass and removing static image mappings. All tests passed. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged into master. Replaces static base mappings with the new snapcraft: remote in the multipass build provider. Delegates error handling to multipass to support evolving base architectures. Passed unit tests and code coverage checks. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2100 build_providers: new build provider using multipass | snapcraft | merged | Merged pull request introducing the build_providers package and MVP multipass integration for snapcraft. Approved by two reviewers despite reported naming inconsistencies and a launch crash, accepted as initial implementation. | |
| #2258 build providers: snapcraft images for multipass | snapcraft | merged | Implemented snapcraft build images for multipass environments with a Darwin workaround. Merged after reviewer approval and passing CI checks, adding 239 lines across 7 files to resolve LP #1791821. | |
| #491 providers: introduce multipass support (CRAFT-409) | charmcraft | merged | Merged. Adds Multipass provider support with detection via env var, snap config, or platform default. Updates execute_run() to use pathlib.Path and adds tests. Approved by two reviewers, passed CI, and modified 10 files. | |
| #2869 build providers: use multipass from stable | snapcraft | merged | Merged update to consume Multipass 1.0 from the stable channel for build providers. Approved by one reviewer, modifying four files with minimal changes. | |
| #3381 multipass build provider: check if instance exists before deleting | snapcraft | merged | Merged a Snapcraft fix adding an existence check before deleting Multipass instances, preventing errors when missing. Addresses LP #1904774. Reviewers suggested extra features and warnings, but the core fix was approved and merged. | |
| #2174 build_providers: inject snaps when running from a snap | snapcraft | merged | Merged. Updates build providers to inject snapcraft and its base from the host when running inside the snapcraft snap, ensuring parity with non-snap environments. Approved by reviewer and passed CI checks. | |
| #2354 Preflight missing multipass | snapcraft | merged | Merged fix for bug #1792374 adding a preflight check to prompt multipass installation when building snaps with the base keyword. Approved by reviewers and passed CI. | |
| #5145 snapcraft fails to launch multipass instance when multipass isn't pre-installed | snapcraft | open | Snapcraft fails to launch a multipass VM with 'Remote snapcraft is unknown or unreachable' when multipass is installed on-demand. Maintainer triaged it as an image-server availability issue and linked craft-providers#211 for better error messaging; still open. | |
| #1794361 use new multipass snapcraft remote | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution or comments. The request to configure the new multipass snapcraft remote and default missing bases to core16 was likely abandoned or superseded. | |
| #2288 build providers: use multipass automatically when on darwin | snapcraft | merged | Merged. Automatically enables multipass as the build provider on macOS (darwin). Approved by a reviewer, passed CI checks, and successfully integrated. |