snapcraft init with parts fails with required options
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Migrated to Launchpad bug tracker https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapcraft/+bug/1516775. Closed and superseded by upstream tracking due to the missing required options handling in snapcraft init.
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When running snapcraft init with a part specified, there's no way right I can see to specify the required options. Rather than prefilling these options with some sort of placeholder, we get an exception:
example:
$ snapcraft init make
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/lifecycle.py", line 65, in **init**
self._load_code(plugin_name, properties)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/lifecycle.py", line 91, in _load_code
options = _make_options(properties, plugin.schema())
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/lifecycle.py", line 247, in _make_options
jsonschema.validate(properties, schema)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/jsonschema/validators.py", line 432, in validate
cls(schema, _args, *_kwargs).validate(instance)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/jsonschema/validators.py", line 117, in validate
raise error
jsonschema.exceptions.ValidationError: 'source' is a required property
Failed validating 'required' in schema:
{'$schema': 'http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#',
'properties': {'source': {'type': 'string'},
'source-branch': {'default': '', 'type': 'string'},
'source-tag': {'default': '', 'type:': 'string'},
'source-type': {'default': '', 'type': 'string'}},
'required': ['source'],
'type': 'object'}
On instance:
{}
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/snapcraft", line 33, in <module>
snapcraft.main.main()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/main.py", line 147, in main
args.func(args)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/cmds.py", line 58, in init
part = lifecycle.load_plugin(part_name, part_name)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/lifecycle.py", line 274, in load_plugin
return PluginHandler(plugin_name, part_name, properties)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/lifecycle.py", line 68, in **init**
part_name, e.message))
snapcraft.lifecycle.PluginError: properties failed to load for make: 'source' is a required property
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Migrated to Launchpad bug tracker https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapcraft/+bug/1516775. Closed and superseded by upstream tracking due to the missing required options handling in snapcraft init. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Reported crash during snapcraft init with required part options was migrated to Launchpad bug 1516775 and closed. The report was superseded by the upstream tracker migration. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Reporting a crash when snapcraft init processes parts with required options was closed and superseded by migration to Launchpad bug 1516775. No code changes were applied. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Superseded by migration to Launchpad bug 1516775. The report details a crash when running snapcraft init with a part due to missing required properties. No code changes were applied. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Superseded by migration to Launchpad bug 1516775. Tracking moved externally after the report highlighted a crash when snapcraft init lacked required part options. Closed without a GitHub fix. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1516775 snapcraft init with parts fails with required options | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Running snapcraft init with parts requiring options triggers a jsonschema validation error. The report was closed without comments or documented resolution, indicating it was abandoned or superseded by newer versions. | |
| #1816 snapcraft update won't fetch from `SNAPCRAFT_PARTS_URI` | snapcraft | closed | Closed without resolution or comments. Likely superseded by the linked Launchpad bug report. No fixes or code changes were applied. | |
| #1803776 snapcraft init missing a base | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. The base requirement for snapcraft init was later implemented in subsequent releases, superseding this report. |