Bug 169709 - The snap's `latest/beta` is older than its `latest/candidate`.
Summary: The snap's `latest/beta` is older than its `latest/candidate`.
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.2.6.2 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL: https://snapcraft.io/libreoffice
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Reported: 2025-11-27 14:57 UTC by Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart (RJLB)
Modified: 2025-11-29 00:08 UTC (History)
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Description Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart (RJLB) 2025-11-27 14:57:28 UTC
Description:
This means that those tracking `latest/edge` are automatically downgraded to an outdated build, as are those manually tracking `/beta` (per `snap info`):

> ~~~
> publisher: Canonical✓
> store-url: https://snapcraft.io/libreoffice
> snap-id:      CpUkI0qPIIBVRsjy49adNq4D6Ra72y4v
> tracking:     latest/edge
> refresh-date: today at 14:28 GMT
> channels:
>   latest/stable:    25.2.6.2 2025-09-26 (358) 1GB -
>   latest/candidate: 25.8.3.2 2025-11-07 (362) 1GB -
>   latest/beta:      25.2.6.2 2025-09-19 (356) 1GB -
>   latest/edge:      ↑                             
> ~~~

Steps to Reproduce:
Invoke `sudo snap install libreoffice --channel=latest/edge`.

Actual Results:
> ~~~
> libreoffice (beta) 25.2.6.2 from Canonical✓ installed
> Channel latest/edge for libreoffice is closed; temporarily forwarding to latest/beta.
> ~~~

Expected Results:
`/beta` should also be disabled, if it's not utilised, so that the user is automatically downgraded to `/edge`.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
`/beta` returns:

> ~~~
> Version: 25.2.6.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
> Build ID: 0b720ef5e7394b1db407719d7da75840109af140
> ~~~

Ascertained when attempting to respond to https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149938#c5.
Comment 1 Werner Tietz 2025-11-28 09:23:21 UTC
seems youre barking the wrong tree?

why should someone use snap to install libreoffice?
Comment 2 Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart (RJLB) 2025-11-29 00:08:50 UTC
I don't understand why you mentioned barking and trees, but I do understand your question. However, I don't understand why you asked me that; you've the entirety of Google to answer that question, including the Snapcraft forums. To prevent this issue tracker becoming a discussion forum about a tangent, perhaps ask a more specific question, with some actionable context about why you're asking that here. Though, to be as assistive as I am able to be, https://unix.stackexchange.com/revisions/632658/3 explains well.