Snapcraft 8.9 release notes¶
12 May 2025
Learn about the new features, changes, and fixes introduced in Snapcraft 8.9.
Requirements and compatibility¶
See System requirements for information on the minimum hardware and installed software.
What’s new¶
Snapcraft 8.9 brings the following features, integrations, and improvements.
Test command¶
A new command called test, and its accompanying init profile, are available for
testing snaps. They leverage Spread to run tests identically on local and remote
systems.
The command is experimental and subject to change. To try it on an existing snap
project, run snapcraft init --profile=test at the root of your project directory.
For a description of the command and its options, see the test command reference.
Cargo use plugin¶
We added a plugin that sets up a local cargo registry for Rust crates. These crates can then be used by the existing Rust plugin. See the Cargo Use plugin reference for details.
Gradle plugin¶
Previously, Snapcraft supported the Gradle build tool for core18 snaps.
Support for Gradle is now available for core22 and core24 snaps with a new Gradle plugin. See the Gradle plugin reference for details.
Documentation migration and redesign¶
Previously, the main source of Snapcraft documentation was hosted on a Discourse instance at snapcraft.io.
With Snapcraft 8.9, the essential documentation was shifted to ReadTheDocs and is now hosted inside the Snapcraft repository. In the process, much of the documentation was reorganized and rewritten to closely follow the Diátaxis framework.
The documentation now aligns more closely with the learning experience of all Canonical products. It’s also versioned with each Snapcraft release.
We’re working to retire the remaining documentation on snapcraft.io.
Minor features¶
Snapcraft 8.9 brings the following minor changes.
Support for Maven wrappers¶
The Maven plugin now supports the maven-use-wrapper key to indicate that the build
should use the wrapper provided by the source code. See the
Maven plugin reference for details.
Backwards-incompatible changes¶
The following changes are incompatible with previous versions of Snapcraft.
Renaming of confdb schema commands¶
A confdb schema defines the configuration of Linux systems, including storage, access permission, granularity, and sharing between snaps.
The existing confdb schema commands have been renamed as follows:
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Known issues¶
The following issues were reported and are scheduled to be fixed in upcoming patch releases.
See individual issue links for any mitigations.
#5272 The GNOME extension sets the wrong
CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH.
Fixed bugs and issues¶
The following issues have been resolved in Snapcraft 8.9.
Snapcraft 8.9.0¶
#5107 Plugin errors would provide broken links to documentation.
Contributors¶
We would like to express a big thank you to all the people who contributed to this release.
@bepri,
@cmatsuoka,
@jahn-junior,
@lengau,
@medubelko,
@mr-cal,
@sergiusens,
@soumyaDghosh,
@st3v3nmw,
and @tigarmo