Changelog¶

8.4.0 (2024-Sep-10)¶

Note

8.4.0 includes changes from the 7.5.6 release.

Core¶

Fix a bug where Snapcraft would fail to inject itself into the build environment when not running as a snap (canonical/charmcraft#406). If an app isn’t running from snap, the installed app will now install the snap in the build environment using the channel in the CRAFT_SNAP_CHANNEL environment variable, defaulting to latest/stable if none is set.
Fix a regression where icons wouldn’t be configured and installed for snaps with no apps defined in their snapcraft.yaml.

Bases¶

core24¶

Raise an error if the build plan is empty and no snaps will be built (canonical/craft-application#225).
Fix a regression where https_proxy, https_proxy, and no_proxy were not forwarded into the build environment.

Plugins¶

Fix a bug where snapcraft list-plugins --base core20 would fail in a core24 project directory (#5008).

Components¶

Allow numbers and hyphens in component names (LP#2069783).
Fix a bug where stage-packages can’t be used when components are defined (canonical/craft-parts#804).

Command line¶

Improve error messages when parsing a snapcraft.yaml file (#4941).
Improve error messages when using an ESM base.
Improve error messages for missing files (canonical/craft-parts#802).
Improve error messages when a build fails because it matches multiple platforms (canonical/craft-application#382).
Fix a bug where multi-line error messages would overwrite the previous line (canonical/craft-cli#270).

Remote build¶

Add “Pending” status for queued remote builds.
Add documentation links to remote-build errors.
Improve error messages when multiple snaps can be built on a single build-on architecture (#4995).
Improve error messages when using the wrong remote builder.
Fix a regression where --platform or --build-for could be used when platforms or architectures were defined in the snapcraft.yaml file (#4881).
Fix a regression where --platform could be used for core22 snaps (#4881).
Fix a bug where SNAPCRAFT_REMOTE_BUILD_STRATEGY would be validated when running commands other than remote-build.
Fix a bug where SNAPCRAFT_REMOTE_BUILD_STRATEGY was ignored for core24 snaps.

Documentation¶

Add changelog notes for all Snapcraft 8.x releases
Add reference, explanation, and how-to for components.
Add reference, explanation, and how-to for bases.

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.4.0 release on GitHub.

7.5.6 (2024-Aug-15)¶

Core¶

Bases¶

core22¶

Fix a regression where icons would not be configured and installed for snaps with no apps defined in their snapcraft.yaml.

For a complete list of commits, check out the 7.5.6 release on GitHub.

8.3.2 (2024-Aug-05)¶

Core¶

Bases¶

core24¶

Fix a bug where classic snaps with a Python virtual environment would attempt to use the system’s Python intepretter (#4942).

Plugins¶

Kernel¶

Fix a bug where removing a missing symlink would cause the kernel plugin to fail.

Store¶

Fix a bug where edit-validation-sets would fail when editing a validation sets with snap revisions (#4909).

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.3.2 release on GitHub.

8.3.1 (2024-Jul-08)¶

Core¶

Bases¶

core24¶

Support all as a target with build-for: [all] (#4854).
Ensure Craft Providers provider (LXD or Multipass) is available before launching a build environment.
Improve presentation of snapcraft.yaml model errors.

Metadata¶

Validate that update_contact, donation, vcs-browser, bugtracker, and homepage fields adopted from an appstream metadata file are valid URLs or email addresses.
Ensure that contact, donation, source-code, issues, and website fields in a snapcraft.yaml take priority over appstream metadata (#4890).

Remote build¶

Require core20 snaps to use the legacy remote builder (#4886).
Allow building core22 snaps with build-for: [all].
Support reading Launchpad credentials from the previous location (#4889). If launchpad credentials do not exist in the new location ($XDG_DATA_DIR/snapcraft/launchpad-credentials) introduced in 8.2.0, then load credentials from the previous location ($XDG_DATA_DIR/snapcraft/provider/launchpad/credentials) and emit a deprecation notice.

Note

This behavior applies to the new and legacy remote builders.

Documentation¶

Add an explanation for the remote builders (#4842).
Update reference, how-to, and explanation for platforms and architectures.

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.3.1 release on GitHub.

8.3.0 (2024-Jun-27)¶

Core¶

Improve logging to show which package is being fetched.
Add support for parts to source 7z archives.
Improve error messages when sources cannot be fetched.

Bases¶

core24¶

Add support for core24-desktop snaps (#4818).

core22¶

Warn when multiple snaps are going to be built in destructive mode because it may cause unexpected behavior (#4685, #4356).
Fix a regression where core22-desktop could not be built (#4818).

Plugins¶

Flutter¶

Add curl as a build-package for flutter parts (#4804).

ROS 2 Jazzy¶

Add support for the new ROS 2 Jazzy extension which lets you snap ROS 2 applications on core24 (#4791).
Similar to ROS 2 Humble for core22, content-sharing is supported (#4828).

For more information, see https://snapcraft.io/docs/ros2-jazzy-extension and https://snapcraft.io/docs/ros2-jazzy-content-extension.

NPM¶

Various improvements for the core22 and core24 NPM plugins:

Accept NVM-style version identifiers for npm-node-version.
Verify SHA256 checksums after node.js download (canonical/craft-parts#717).
Use new-style npm-install commands if the npm version is newer than 8.x.
Set NODE_ENV to production by default.

List plugins¶

Fix a bug where snapcraft list-plugins would fail to run in a core24 project directory (#4830).
Update snapcraft list-plugins to show a list of core24 plugins instead of core22 plugins when not in a project directory (#4830).

Extensions¶

Gnome¶

Make gnome extension stable for core24.
Fix GI_TYPELIB_PATH and XDG_DATA_DIRS paths in the build environment (#4798).
Integrate with the gpu-2404 SDK (#4744).

For more information, see the gpu 2404 interface docs.

KDE Neon 6¶

Fix paths to QtWebEngineProcess in the desktop launcher (#4745).

Expand extensions¶

Fix a bug where snapcraft expand-extensions could not parse a snapcraft.yaml file containing the platforms keyword.

Components¶

Include the provenance keyword in a component’s metadata from a snapcraft.yaml file (#4827).

Metadata¶

Add support for adopting more metadata fields from a project’s appstream file:

license
contact
source-code
issues
websites
donations

Metrics¶

Add support for snapcraft metrics to retrieve the metrics installed_base_by_architecture and weekly_installed_base_by_architecture (#4735).

Names¶

Add output formatting to snapcraft names with --format. Supported formats are table and json (#4778).

Init¶

Update snapcraft init to create a core24 project instead of a core22 project (#4830)

Documentation¶

Update Snapcraft’s documentation to use the canonical-sphinx theme.

Add reference documentation for more plugins (#4811):

ant
autotools
cmake
dotnet
go
make
meson
nil
npm
qmake
scons

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.3.0 release on GitHub.

8.2.12 (2024-Jun-12)¶

Core¶

Bases¶

core24¶

Fix a bug where snaps would stage Python packages already included in the core24 base snap (#4865).

Store¶

Fix a bug where store-related error messages would be presented as an internal Snapcraft error.
Add a resolution and link to documentation for keyring errors.

Documentation¶

Fix Snapcraft’s version in the readthedocs documentation.

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.2.12 release on GitHub.

8.2.11 (2024-Jun-12)¶

Core¶

Plugins¶

Dotnet¶

Fix a regression where the dotnet plugin could not be used for core22 snaps (#4825).

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.2.11 release on GitHub.

8.2.10 (2024-Jun-03)¶

Remote builder¶

Fix a bug where comma-separated architectures in --build-for could not be parsed (#4780).
Fix a bug where core22 snaps with a top level architectures keyword could not be parsed (#4780).
Fix a bug where remote build log files were incorrectly named (#4781).
Retry more API calls to Launchpad (canonical/craft-application#355).
Add an exponential backoff to API retries with a maximum total delay of 62 seconds (canonical/craft-application#355).
Fix a bug where the remote builder would not fail if no artefacts were created (#4783).

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.2.10 release on GitHub.

8.2.9 (2024-May-28)¶

Core¶

Extensions¶

KDE Neon 6¶

Fix multiple issues to allow web processes to work correctly (#4823).
Expose the libplas and liblapack provided by the kf6-core22{-sdk} snaps (#4823).

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.2.9 release on GitHub.

8.2.8 (2024-May-17)¶

Core¶

Bases¶

core24¶

Fix a behavior where shared libraries from the host were loaded for classically confined snaps.

Note

This is implemented with patchelf --no-default-lib when enable-patchelf is defined.

Plugins¶

Dotnet¶

Disable the dotnet plugin for core24 snaps due to a pending rewrite.

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.2.8 release on GitHub.

8.2.7 (2024-May-09)¶

Core¶

Add support for ignore-running in apps.<app-name>.refresh-mode in a snapcraft.yaml file (#4747).

Remote build¶

Fix a regression where remote build would fail to parse some architectures definitions (#4780).

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.2.7 release on GitHub.

8.2.6 (2024-May-09)¶

Core¶

Fix a regression where a directory could not be packaged as a snap (#4769).

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.2.6 release on GitHub.

8.2.5 (2024-May-07)¶

Store¶

Fix the same cryptography regression addressed in 8.2.4 but for store-related operations.

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.2.5 release on GitHub.

8.2.4 (2024-May-05)¶

Fix a regression where Snapcraft would fail to run on some architectures due to a cryptography dependency that attempted to load legacy algorithms (LP#2064639).

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.2.4 release on GitHub.

8.2.3 (2024-May-01)¶

Core¶

Bases¶

core24¶

Fix a bug where project variables were evaluated before extensions were applied (#4771).
Fix a bug where build-for project variables were evaluated based on the host architecture (#4770).

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.2.3 release on GitHub.

8.2.2 (2024-Apr-30)¶

Core¶

Bases¶

core24¶

Fix a bug where advanced grammar could not be combined with other data (#4764, LP#2061603).

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.2.2 release on GitHub.

8.2.1 (2024-Apr-25)¶

Core¶

Bases¶

core24¶

Fix a bug where project variables were not evaluated inside a snapcraft.yaml file and were not available as environment variables in the build environment.
Fix a bug where advanced grammar was not evaluated in root-level part keywords build-packages and build-snaps.
Fix a bug where local key assets in snap/keys/ were not used when installing package repositories.

Remote build¶

Fix a bug where core24 snaps could not use package repositories because gpg and dirmngr were not installed in the remote build environment.

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.2.1 release on GitHub.

8.2.0 (2024-Apr-17)¶

Core¶

Bases¶

core24¶

Drop requirement for build-base: devel for core24 snaps.

core22¶

Extend advanced grammar for all part keywords except plugin-specific keywords.

Remote build¶

Migrate to the upstream remote builder in Craft Application.
Allow only one remote build is allowed per project.
Remove support for build-id with snapcraft remote-build --recover.
Remove support for deprecated --build-on argument in favor of --build-for.
Move Launchpad credentials file from $XDG_DATA_DIR/snapcraft/provider/launchpad/credentials to $XDG_DATA_DIR/snapcraft/launchpad-credentials.
Fail if snapcraft is in a shallowly-cloned git repository instead of falling back to the legacy remote builder.

Note

Reminder: Legacy remote-build behavior can be used for bases core22 and older with the environment variable SNAPCRAFT_REMOTE_BUILD_STRATEGY="force-fallback". See more information in the remote build documentation.

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.2.0 release on GitHub.

8.1.0 (2024-Apr-10)¶

Core¶

Bases¶

core24¶

Finalize internal refactor to use Craft Application to build core24 snaps.

For more information on deprecations and changes, see the core24 migration guide.

Plugins¶

Matter SDK¶

Add new Matter SDK plugin for core22.

For more information, see the Matter website and the Matter on Ubuntu docs.

Maven¶

Add support for the Maven plugin for core22 snaps.

For more information, see Maven plugin.

QMake¶

Add support for the QMake plugin for core22 snaps.

For more information, see https://snapcraft.io/docs/qmake-plugin.

Colcon¶

Set build type to RELEASE if it is not defined by colcon_cmake_args: ["-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=<build type>"]).

Extensions¶

KDE Neon 6¶

Add new kde-neon-6 extension for core22 snaps that use Qt6 or the KDE Neon 6 framework.

Components¶

Add support for creating components.
Components are parts of a snap that can be built and uploaded in conjunction with a snap and later optionally installed beside it.

For more information, see the reference, explanation, and how-to documentation pages.

Remote build¶

Add support for user-defined Launchpad projects projects, including private projects.
This is configured via snapcraft remote-build --project <project-name>.

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.1.0 release on GitHub.

8.0.5 (2024-Mar-18)¶

Core¶

Fix a bug where LXD versions with an “LTS” suffix could not be parsed.

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.0.5 release on GitHub.

8.0.4 (2024-Mar-04)¶

Core¶

Bases¶

Fix a bug where devel bases may not be fully validated.
Bump the LXD compatibility tag to v7.

core24¶

Use buildd daily images instead of ubuntu images for core24 bases and build-base: devel.
Fix a bug where creating core24 base images would fail because apt would install packages interactively.

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.0.4 release on GitHub.

8.0.3 (2024-Feb-09)¶

Core¶

Add a warning that when a part uses override-prime it cannot use enable-patchelf (#4547).

Bases¶

Bump the LXD compatibility tag to v6.
Stop updating apt source config files when build-base: devel is defined.

core24¶

Use the core24 alias instead of the devel alias when retrieving LXD images.

Plugins¶

Ant¶

Use the proxy environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy.

Remote build¶

Fix a bug where --build-for and --build-on were not mutually exclusive options.
Improve error messages and provide links to documentation when remote builds fail (#4517).
Fix a regression where comma-separated architectures in --build-on and --build-for were not accepted (#4516).

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.0.3 release on GitHub.

8.0.2 (2024-Jan-23)¶

Core¶

Fix a bug where Snapcraft fails to run on platforms where SSL_CERT_DIR is not set (#4510, #4520).
Fix a decoding bug when logging malformed output from other processes, typically during the build step (#4515).

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.0.2 release on GitHub.

8.0.1 (2024-Jan-03)¶

Remote build¶

Fix a bug where Snapcraft would not fail if the Launchpad build itself failed for new and legacy remote builders (#4142).
Fix a bug where large repos could not be pushed with the new remote builder (#4478).
Fallback to the legacy remote builder if the project is shallowly cloned (#4479).

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.0.1 release on GitHub.

8.0.0 (2023-Dec-04)¶

Core¶

Bases¶

core22¶

Add new environment variables for build-on and build-for architectures:

CRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET_BUILD_FOR, supersedes CRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET
CRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET_BUILD_ON
CRAFT_ARCH_BUILD_FOR, supersedes CRAFT_TARGET_ARCH
CRAFT_ARCH_BUILD_ON

For more information, see Architectures.

core20¶

Add new environment variables for build-on and build-for architectures:

SNAPCRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET_BUILD_FOR, supersedes SNAPCRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET
SNAPCRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET_BUILD_ON
SNAPCRAFT_ARCH_BUILD_FOR, supersedes SNAPCRAFT_TARGET_ARCH
SNAPCRAFT_ARCH_BUILD_ON

For more information, see Architectures.

core18¶

Deprecate building snaps using the core18 base.

For more information on how to continue building snaps with the core18 base, see this page.

Stage packages¶

Support chiseled stage-packages. This is useful for reducing the size of the snap when creating base snaps or using a bare base.

For more information about chisel, see https://github.com/canonical/chisel

Plugins¶

Rust¶

Use default rust toolchain with rustup.
Add option rust-ignore-toolchain-file.
Add option rust-inherit-ldflags.
Add list rust-cargo-parameters.

For more information about the new options, see Rust plugin.

Kernel¶

Generate kernel configs for Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy).

Python¶

Add support for Python projects driven by a pyproject.toml.

For more information, see the PEP 518 spec.

ROS 2¶

Add support for content sharing for core20 & core22 bases (ROS Noetic, Foxy, Humble) and the colcon, catkin, and catkin-tools plugins

For more information on ROS architecture, see the ROS architectures with snaps.

More information on content-sharing, see:

Command line¶

Stream messages in the default brief mode
Improve presentation of build step prefixes

Linter¶

Suggest packages to add to stage-packages to satisfy a potential missing library.

Remote build¶

Introduce a new remote-builder for core24 snaps:

Does not modify the project’s snapcraft.yaml
Does not fetch and tarball remote sources before sending the project to Launchpad
Require projects to be in the top-level of a fully-cloned (non-shallow) git repository
Allow switching between the new and legacy remote builders with the environment variable SNAPCRAFT_REMOTE_BUILD_STRATEGY.

For more information on the new remote-builder, how to switch between the new and legacy remote builders, see Remote build.

Store¶

Add a fallback to a file-based keyring when the system keyring cannot be initialized, is not fully configured, or is otherwise not available.

For more information on the file-based keyring, see https://snapcraft.io/docs/snapcraft-authentication.

For a complete list of commits, check out the 8.0.0 release on GitHub.