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Issue	Title	Author	Age	Action	Impact ↓	Actionability	Quick Win	Summary
imagecraft issue #305	Generate sparse images	alderic-coroir	217d	needs triage	65	50	15	Feature request to generate sparse images (via img2simg) for Ubuntu Core, arguing raw images undermine footprint and delta updates; no triage or comments yet.
imagecraft issue #363	Overlay debconf configuration Related work	lengau	127d	keep open	65	72	20	Triaged enhancement requesting a plugin to apply package debconf selections to image overlays, replacing chroot-based override scripts; it remains open and unimplemented.
imagecraft issue #303	Gadget snap extension Related work	lengau	218d	keep open	60	52	9	Maintainer feature request: an extension that reads a local gadget snap's gadget.yaml and applies its values to imagecraft.yaml, removing duplicated partition config. Blocked on an extensions mechanism that still does not exist in the codebase.
imagecraft issue #379	[Feature] Support non-EFI ARM and RISC-V booting via U-Boot (extlinux.conf /...	lengau	100d	needs triage	58	58	7	Maintainer request for non-EFI U-Boot configuration and raw SPL/U-Boot flashing on armhf, arm64, and riscv64; current code supports only EFI/BIOS and remains untriaged.
imagecraft issue #381	[Feature] Support s390x bootloader installation using zipl	lengau	100d	needs triage	58	70	16	Add s390x bootloader support via zipl, skipping GRUB and generating /etc/zipl.conf; the feature is open, unlabeled, and awaiting maintainer triage.
imagecraft issue #258	Support using gadget.yaml volumes as a source for imagecraft.yaml volume definitions Related work	alderic-coroir	286d	keep open	58	55	5	Importing gadget.yaml volume layouts into imagecraft.yaml remains open under design discussion, with gadget/snapd consistency and import semantics unresolved.
imagecraft issue #300	Race condition when mounting loop devices Related work	lengau	220d	keep open	56	70	13	Loop partition nodes can disappear during asynchronous udev processing, intermittently breaking mounts. Although the code now waits for initial node creation, the race remains triaged and open.
imagecraft issue #253	Support the LXD provider Related work	lengau	294d	keep open	55	55	6	Feature request to add an LXD provider to imagecraft for parity with other crafts. Triaged and actively discussed; plan shifted to an LXD VM provider after FUSE/ublk/nbd workarounds were ruled out.
imagecraft issue #366	Correctly restore resolv.conf Related work	lengau	127d	needs triage	55	70	21	Maintainer request to preserve edits to /etc/resolv.conf during mount teardown; it remains open, unlabelled, and lacks a reproducer or follow-up discussion.
imagecraft issue #280	Support for SBOM generation	rthill91	245d	needs triage	55	60	13	Feature request to add a create_sbom option to imagecraft.yaml and emit an SBOM build artifact for CPC images; it is unlabelled, has no maintainer response, and no implementation is present.
imagecraft issue #380	[Feature] Support ppc64el bootloader installation via Open Firmware...	lengau	100d	needs triage	55	82	14	Adds a scoped design for booting ppc64el images with GRUB Open Firmware and PReP partitions; code still lacks ppc64el GRUB/PReP support, and the issue has no triage.
imagecraft issue #362	Declarative way to add users and groups	lengau	127d	keep open	52	68	16	Triaged enhancement for declarative user and group creation, likely through an overlay plugin; the proposed design remains under discussion and is not implemented.
imagecraft issue #260	Native ability to specify image kernel variant	rthill91	276d	keep open	52	56	12	Enhancement to select a cloud-specific kernel and purge unintended kernels; acknowledged by a maintainer, but unexpected-kernel cases and the native API design remain unresolved.
imagecraft issue #372	Improve support for preseeding in managed builds Related work	jahn-junior	119d	keep open	52	66	13	Managed Multipass builds still require exporting and importing a GPG signing key with interactive unlocks for preseeding; this triaged request remains open as IMAGECRAFT-178.
imagecraft issue #361	[DISCUSS] Auto-generated base files?	lengau	127d	keep open	50	45	7	Design discussion on generating missing base files such as /etc/hosts, with opt-out support; templating was proposed, but behavior and interface remain undecided.
imagecraft issue #304	Support multiple volumes in imagecraft.yaml	lengau	218d	keep open	50	75	21	Enhancement request to allow multiple second-level volume entries under volumes; current model restricts VolumeDictT to max_length=1. Triaged with internal ticket.
imagecraft issue #285	Support the Discoverable Partition Standard for GPT partitions Related work	lengau	232d	keep open	48	86	29	Discoverable Partition Specification GUID support is incomplete: BIOS boot, XBOOTLDR, and AMD64 root are allowed, but GPT types remain restricted to a six-entry GptType enum.
imagecraft issue #364	"Always Delete" files	lengau	127d	keep open	48	58	10	Proposed opt-out cleanup of overlay artifacts remains under discussion; machine-id must remain present but empty, and deletion of user-modified files needs warnings.
imagecraft issue #279	Support for manifest generation Related work	rthill91	245d	keep open	45	58	13	Feature request to generate a .manifest (and related zsync/signed checksum) artifact from imagecraft builds via a create_manifest option; triaged as IMAGECRAFT-116, no implementation yet.
imagecraft pr #497	fix(bootloader): stage unicode font for grub	lengau	15d	needs review	45	65	25	Stages the guest's unicode.pf2 font alongside GRUB modules for correct menu glyph rendering. Open, 0 reviewers, most CI passing.
imagecraft issue #442	Skip repacking when project files are not changed Related work	cmatsuoka	45d	keep open	45	75	17	Maintainer request to adopt craft-application's package mediation API so imagecraft skips repacking unchanged projects; implementation merged in PR #444, but issue stays open/triaged pending the wider testing-workflow requirement.
imagecraft issue #504	Create "per-base" init templates	lengau	9d	keep open	45	74	14	Open feature request to add per-base init templates and a --base option defaulting to the latest LTS, with simple-pack spread tests initializing the selected base before packing.
imagecraft issue #312	Support adding or removing PPAs to the image Related work	dilyn-corner	216d	keep open	45	60	8	Enhancement requesting declarative PPA/archive management in imagecraft.yaml, including build-only vs final-image repos. Triaged; workaround documented via #355, native support still open.
imagecraft issue #311	Add support for suite components to mmdebstrap plugin Related work	dilyn-corner	216d	keep open	45	58	13	Feature request to let the mmdebstrap plugin specify APT suite components (e.g. universe), since only main is bootstrapped; maintainer steinbro noted mmdebstrap's own limitation and suggested a future chisel-style plugin instead.
imagecraft issue #284	Support recommended dependencies in overlay-packages Related work	rthill91	234d	needs triage	45	64	20	Feature request to make recommended dependencies for overlay packages configurable; Imagecraft documents only overlay-packages, and the unlabelled issue has no maintainer response.
imagecraft issue #276	Support human-friendly GPT partition types Related work	steinbro	258d	keep open	44	80	20	Triaged feature request to support readable aliases for common GPT partition types in imagecraft.yaml while retaining arbitrary GUID support; aliases remain unimplemented.
imagecraft issue #148	Keep overlayfs mounted when running with --debug and something fails	toabctl	528d	keep open	42	78	14	Debug shells start after a failed overlay's fuse-overlayfs mount is already unmounted; the requested behavior remains unresolved and may require craft-parts support.
imagecraft issue #365	Clean the overlay	lengau	127d	needs triage	42	58	13	Open, unlabeled maintainer request to automate pre-prime overlay cleanup, including APT caches and /tmp, /var/tmp, and /run; scope remains incomplete and untriaged.
imagecraft issue #460	Formatting virtual partition devices fails with I/O error on Ubuntu 26.04... Related work	lengau	28d	keep open	40	75	10	imagecraft pack fails on Ubuntu 26.04: fusefile 2.0/libfuse3 enables splice reads and returns -EIO on FUSE_BUF_IS_FD writes, breaking mkfs.vfat/mke2fs on virtual partition devices. Root cause and repro provided; maintainer marked low priority, no fix yet.
imagecraft issue #95	Incorporate `mount` and `umount` from `imgmount.py` into `imagecraft` itself Related work	mattculler	615d	needs triage	38	48	9	Feature proposal to package tools/imgmount.py as imagecraft.mount and imagecraft.umount entrypoints; it remains unimplemented and untriaged, with the exact CLI design awaiting maintainer direction.
imagecraft issue #283	Imagecraft cannot create i386 images without cross-building	lengau	234d	keep open	35	25	1	Maintainer-filed tracking issue documenting a known limitation: imagecraft's snap has no i386 build (core24 base unavailable for i386), so i386 images require cross-building. No plan to fix stated.
imagecraft issue #431	[QUESTION] Cache directory?	lengau	59d	needs triage	32	25	4	Maintainer-opened design question: whether to mount /var/cache out of the overlay (keeping it host-local across pack runs) and what other caching improvements exist. Unlabelled, no comments or decisions yet.
imagecraft issue #505	Document the volumes environment variables Related work	lengau	7d	keep open	30	80	22	Documentation request to add CRAFT_VOLUME_* environment variables to the step execution environment reference page. A related PR (#506) exists but is awaiting review.
imagecraft pr #506	docs: document volume environment variables Related work	copilot-swe-agent	7d	needs review	20	80	15	Adds documentation for CRAFT_VOLUME_* environment variables to the step execution environment reference, fixing #505. Clean +14/-0 doc-only change, CI passing, awaiting review.