Snaps that track non-existent channels don't refresh

[Peter]

For example, Firefox somehow tracks "latest/stable/ubuntu-22.10", but there is no such channel. Consequently, Firefox is not updated:

$ snap info firefox
name: firefox
summary: Mozilla Firefox web browser
publisher: Mozilla✓
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/firefox
contact: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/file-bug-report-or-feature-request-mozilla
license: unset
description: |
  Firefox is a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern web application
  technologies.
commands:
  - firefox
  - firefox.geckodriver
snap-id: 3wdHCAVyZEmYsCMFDE9qt92UV8rC8Wdk
tracking: latest/stable/ubuntu-22.10
refresh-date: 19 days ago, at 05:45
channels:
  latest/stable: 107.0-2 2022-11-15 (2088) 249MB -
  latest/candidate: 107.0-2 2022-11-11 (2088) 249MB -
  latest/beta: 107.0b9-1 2022-11-04 (2062) 187MB -
  latest/edge: 109.0a1 2022-11-15 (2101) 193MB -
  esr/stable: 102.5.0esr-1 2022-11-15 (2077) 183MB -
  esr/candidate: 102.5.0esr-1 2022-11-08 (2077) 183MB -
  esr/beta: ↑
  esr/edge: 102.2.0esr-2 2022-09-02 (1793) 182MB -
installed: 106.0-1 (1969) 250MB -
$ sudo snap refresh firefox
snap "firefox" has no updates available

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

In fact there is a latest/stable/ubuntu-22.10 channel, it is currently open (expires 2022-11-17T13:04:56Z) and it contains version 106.0-1. It sounds like we simply forgot to close it. I've gone ahead and done that now, so your installation should be refreshed to the version in latest/stable now. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[Peter (vp2177)]

Hmm, it looks like that didn't help. That snap still won't update (this is on a different machine as I switched to the "latest/stable" channel on the first one):

$ snap info firefox
name: firefox
summary: Mozilla Firefox web browser
publisher: Mozilla✓
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/firefox
contact: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/file-bug-report-or-feature-request-mozilla
license: unset
description: |
  Firefox is a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern web application
  technologies.
commands:
  - firefox
  - firefox.geckodriver
snap-id: 3wdHCAVyZEmYsCMFDE9qt92UV8rC8Wdk
tracking: latest/stable/ubuntu-22.10
refresh-date: 19 days ago, at 04:18
channels:
  latest/stable: 107.0-2 2022-11-15 (2088) 249MB -
  latest/candidate: 107.0-2 2022-11-11 (2088) 249MB -
  latest/beta: 107.0b9-1 2022-11-04 (2062) 187MB -
  latest/edge: 109.0a1 2022-11-16 (2106) 193MB -
  esr/stable: 102.5.0esr-1 2022-11-15 (2077) 183MB -
  esr/candidate: 102.5.0esr-1 2022-11-08 (2077) 183MB -
  esr/beta: ↑
  esr/edge: 102.2.0esr-2 2022-09-02 (1793) 182MB -
installed: 106.0-1 (1969) 250MB -
$ sudo snap refresh firefox
snap "firefox" has no updates available

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Olivier, I couldn't update either. I tried several times before and after you wrote comment #1. I also had to manually switch the channel to 'latest/stable' in order to get Firefox 107.0-2.

[Peter (vp2177)]

Now it automatically upgraded from 106 to 107, even though it was still set to track "latest/stable/ubuntu-22.10". Closing.