Snapcraft upload+release not capturing review error

Metadata

Project: snapcraft
Number: #6299
Type: issue
State: open
Author: farshidtz
Labels: —
Created: 2026-06-22 01:56 PM UTC
Updated: 2026-06-22 02:00 PM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

snapcraft upload --release prints "Revision N created ... and released to ..." even when store review failed ("Status: error while processing"), leaving the revision in no channel. Two examples given; no maintainer response yet.

Suggested action: needs triage

Reason: The issue is unlabelled, unassigned and has no maintainer comment — the only comment is the reporter (farshidtz) adding a second reproduction — so it has not yet been assessed by a maintainer. The report is nonetheless concrete: the CLI logs "Status: error while processing" and still prints "Revision 58 created for 'gemma4' and released to 'latest/edge'", while `snapcraft revisions` shows rev 58 with channel "-" and `snap download --revision=58` fails, corroborated by the store dashboard showing "Rejected. Automated components review found issues". Uncertainty remains because the code path is not pinpointed (the status polling may live in craft-store rather than this repo, which I could not inspect — repo tools returned "No pinned SHA available for project 'snapcraft'") and the trigger is described as "seldom"/rare.

Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot

Impact: 55 Quick Win: 17 Complexity: 55 Confidence: 70 Actionability: 68

Issue body

### Check existing issues - [x] I've verified that this bug isn't described by any existing issues. ### Bug description The `snapcraft upload --release` seldom reports a successful release even when the store/security review has failed and blocked that release. ### Steps to reproduce This happens rarely. For example: ``` Status: processing Status: processing Status: error while processing Revision 58 created for 'gemma4' and released to 'latest/edge' ``` The review on the store has failed: ``` Thu 30 April 2026 #58 Rejected. Automated components review found issues: ['Unexpected Error (task-id: b10cb1c2-05c2-4700-822c-b673c9862da3)'] Thu 30 April 2026 #58 request_components_review. Automated review found no issues. Thu 30 April 2026 #58 Updated version by Farshid Tavakolizadeh. Thu 30 April 2026 #58 New version uploaded, v e4b+d10c8b8 (58) ``` The revision can be seen, but it hasn't been released: ``` $ snapcraft revisions gemma4 Rev. Uploaded Arches Version Channels 59 2026-04-30T10:18:23Z arm64 e4b+8351619 - 58 2026-04-30T09:33:45Z amd64 e4b+d10c8b8 - 57 2026-04-29T20:53:42Z amd64 e4b+af8779f latest/edge* 56 2026-04-29T20:53:01Z arm64 e4b+927d4e9 latest/edge/pr-8* ``` Snap download can't find the revision: ``` $ sudo snap download gemma4 --revision=58 Fetching snap "gemma4" error: cannot download snap "gemma4": no snap revision available as specified ``` ### Environment Occured with Snapcraft 8 and 9. ### snapcraft.yaml ```yaml ``` ### Log output ```shell # Additional example $ snapcraft upload gemma4_2.0.0-beta.2+9d70c71_amd64.snap --component llamacpp-cuda=gemma4+llamacpp-cuda.comp --component llamacpp-onemkl=gemma4+llamacpp-onemkl.comp --component llamacpp-rocm=gemma4+llamacpp-rocm.comp --component llamacpp=gemma4+llamacpp.comp --component mmproj-26b-bf16-gguf=gemma4+mmproj-26b-bf16-gguf.comp --component mmproj-e2b-bf16-gguf=gemma4+mmproj-e2b-bf16-gguf.comp --component mmproj-e4b-q8-0-gguf=gemma4+mmproj-e4b-q8-0-gguf.comp --component model-26b-a4b-q4-k-m-1-of-4=gemma4+model-26b-a4b-q4-k-m-1-of-4.comp --component model-26b-a4b-q4-k-m-2-of-4=gemma4+model-26b-a4b-q4-k-m-2-of-4.comp --component model-26b-a4b-q4-k-m-3-of-4=gemma4+model-26b-a4b-q4-k-m-3-of-4.comp --component model-26b-a4b-q4-k-m-4-of-4=gemma4+model-26b-a4b-q4-k-m-4-of-4.comp --component model-e2b-q4-k-m-gguf=gemma4+model-e2b-q4-k-m-gguf.comp --component model-e4b-it-int4-ov-1-of-2=gemma4+model-e4b-it-int4-ov-1-of-2.comp --component model-e4b-it-int4-ov-2-of-2=gemma4+model-e4b-it-int4-ov-2-of-2.comp --component model-e4b-q4-k-m-gguf=gemma4+model-e4b-q4-k-m-gguf.comp --component openvino-model-server=gemma4+openvino-model-server.comp --release=latest/edge/pr-64 Unsquashing snap file 'gemma4_2.0.0-beta.2+9d70c71_amd64.snap'. Uploading... (--->) ... Uploading... (<---) Status: processing ... Status: processing Status: error while processing Revision 223 created for 'gemma4' and released to 'latest/edge/pr-64' # Automated review for version 2.0.0-beta.2+9d70c71: passed Fri 19 June 2026 #223 Rejected. Automated components review found issues: ['error creating resource revisions'] Fri 19 June 2026 #223 request_components_review. Automated review found no issues. Fri 19 June 2026 #223 Updated version by Farshid Tavakolizadeh. Fri 19 June 2026 #223 New version uploaded, v 2.0.0-beta.2+9d70c71 (223) ```

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-10-02 08:10 PM UTC	stealth/space-bunny-alpha	Impact: 55 Quick Win: 17 Complexity: 55 Confidence: 70 Actionability: 68	needs triage	snapcraft upload --release prints "Revision N created ... and released to ..." even when store review failed ("Status: error while processing"), leaving the revision in no channel. Two examples given; no maintainer response yet.
2026-09-24 09:07 PM UTC	stealth/space-bunny-alpha	Impact: 57 Quick Win: 12 Complexity: 67 Confidence: 91 Actionability: 62	needs triage	Snapcraft 8/9 upload --release can report a revision as released after a store review error leaves it out of all channels, falsely indicating successful deployment.
2026-09-04 11:21 PM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Impact: 70 Quick Win: 42 Staleness: 65 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 80 Support Request: 10	needs triage	snapcraft upload --release reports success despite store review failures due to incorrect status handling in notify_upload. Issue is unlabelled and inactive for 74 days.
2026-07-22 02:46 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 45 Complexity: 45 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 10	needs triage	Snapcraft CLI reports successful release after upload even when Snap Store automated review fails. Unlabeled and awaiting maintainer triage.
2026-07-10 11:33 AM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 45 Complexity: 35 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 10	needs triage	snapcraft upload --release reports success despite Snap Store automated review failures blocking the release. Unlabelled, awaiting maintainer triage.

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Related work

Related To: snapcraft (launchpad)#1743587 (confidence 62%)
"snapcraft push returns non exit zero code if snap requires manual review" — same class of defect: upload/release output does not surface a failed review as an error, so automation treats an unreleased revision as success.

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