snapd only refreshes "core" from the snap store when I install a new snap, instead of running it when I run "snap refresh"

[Seija K.]

When I run "snap refresh", instead of updating itself, snap updates the gnome desktop. However, it should refresh itself first, not just when I run "snap install --classic code".

However, when I ran the snap refresh first, snap refreshed the GNOME desktop.

This is a problem, as snap refresh should have updated snap, not just when I install a new snap.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: snapd 2.44.3+20.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Apr 26 15:42:00 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-26 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: snapd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.sudoers.d.99-snapd.conf: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/sudoers.d/99-snapd.conf']
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-26 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
Package: snapd 2.44.3+20.04
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
Tags: focal
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

_MarkForUpload: True

[Seija K. (rose128)]

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[Seija K. (rose128)]

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[Ian Johnson (anonymouse67)]

Hi, can you be more clear about the issue that you are seeing? Are you saying that you expected `snap refresh` to refresh the snapd or core snaps, thus upgrading to a newer version of snapd?

[Seija K. (rose128)]

Yes I am Ian

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[Ian Johnson (anonymouse67)]

Hi, does this issue still happen for you? Before running snap refresh, please run `snap list`, and `snap refresh --list` and then after running `snap refresh` please run `snap list` again to show what snaps were refreshed. If there are no available updates for the channel of the snapd or core snaps, run `snap switch snapd --channel=edge` to follow the edge channel which will definitely have a refresh available.

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