I can confirm the bug when running in UEC (with eucalyptus 1.6.2~bzr1189-0ubuntu1):
ubuntu@cempedak:~$ euca-create-volume --size 1 --zone UEC-TEST1 test1 VOLUME vol-5F220658 1 creating 2010-02-12T21:42:52.872Z
ubuntu@cempedak:~$ euca-describe-snapshots
ubuntu@cempedak:~$ euca-create-snapshot vol-5F220658 SNAPSHOT snap-5945061F vol-5F220658 pending 2010-02-12T21:43:52.297Z 0%
ubuntu@cempedak:~$ euca-describe-snapshots invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'n/a'
I can confirm the bug when running in UEC (with eucalyptus 1.6.2~bzr1189- 0ubuntu1) :
ubuntu@cempedak:~$ euca-create-volume --size 1 --zone UEC-TEST1 test1 12T21:42: 52.872Z
VOLUME vol-5F220658 1 creating 2010-02-
ubuntu@cempedak:~$ euca-describe- snapshots
ubuntu@cempedak:~$ euca-create- snapshot vol-5F220658 12T21:43: 52.297Z
SNAPSHOT snap-5945061F vol-5F220658 pending 2010-02-
0%
ubuntu@cempedak:~$ euca-describe- snapshots
invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'n/a'