Problem Description:
The App Centre was (and is) showing me updates to the same versions that are already installed.
Relevant System Information:
GNOME Software is installed (to have GUI Flatpak integration). I wonder if it could be the case that it installed the updates to these Snaps and App Centre is offering them because they were not installed by App Centre? However, updates were offered and applied by Software Updater shortly before the screenshot below was taken, so it seems likely they were done by it rather than GNOME Software.
If that detail is accurate; then I’d ensure you’ve applied all upgrades as a fully upgraded Ubuntu 22.04 LTS system has reported itself as 22.04.5 for some time.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2024-September/000305.html shows the ISO release date, but installed systems upgraded to 24.04.5 before the ISO release date. Whilst that version detail comes from one package only; the fact that you’ve not upgraded that package maybe a warning sign that you’ve not upgraded other more important fixes.
Whilst I don’t understand what your issue is, and what you’re seeking help after, I will comment on two snap packages in your screenshot
Those are snap packages that will be used by other snap packages; the first being snap packages built on a 22.04 system and the second built on a 24.04 system, but both can be used by any release by having those snap packages installed. You won’t directly use those packages probably, but they’ll be essential for other snap packages you have installed you may rely on.
As example; if you want to see why gnome-42-2204 is installed you could use something like the following; I have that installed on my (stonking or what will be 26.10 on release) and result is
I install updates when the Software Updater notifies me of them. I do not go hunting for updates manually, unless I specifically want to update Firefox through the App Centre before using it.
The issue is that App Centre is and was offering me software updates to the same versions that are listed as being already installed. See below.
It’s offering those as two separate updates, but if you look below the names to the software versions it is offering updates to and from for each of those, they are the same.
(0+git.4982e7b-sdk0+git.69b626a → 0+git.4982e7b-sdk0+git.69b626a for gnome-42–2204
and 0+git.b31ceab-sdk0+git.f0723a0 → 0+git.b31ceab-sdk0+git.f0723a0 for gnome-46-2404)
This is the same for all the packages in the screenshot.
(152.0.6-1 → 152.0.6.1 for firefox 25.2.8-snap288 → 25.2.8-snap288 for mesa-2404 0.9 → 0.9 for snapd-desktop-integration)
As I said, I always install updates that the Software Updater offers me.
How does Ubuntu account for people, such as older people, who do not use CLI?
I’m not saying people shouldn’t use the CLI, I’m just asking, because I know a lot of people only use GUI (such as people coming from Windows, and Mac, where it is what they are taught and accustomed to do – CLI usage is not encouraged). Regardless of the reason why people are not using it, the fact is that there are many people that are not using the CLI.
This doesn’t explain why the App Centre was offering updates to the same versions.
Older people from the MS-DOS era should be familiar with command line prompt…
Such considerations, however, as moot. I’m not saying you should use it let alone that you must, but the fact is you came here asking a question, reporting what seems to be an issue for you. So, the first thing that caught our attention was your system not being up-to-date and, again, it should be. The commands, again, serve two purposes: Fully update your system AND check for eventual errors. Also, again, if any further troubleshooting is needed it should be done after checking the aforementioned conditions. IF there’s something wrong that needs fixing it’ll show up in the output of the commands.
Versions in snaps are rather shallow, they usually refer to the main payload but snaps do bundle their dependencies too, so in the case of the gnome framework snaps there might for example have been a libtiff or libjpeg CVE fix which both of them likely ship inside. In such a case the snap just gets re-built and will pick up the fixed lib, but since the main payload (the respective GNOME SDK) did not change the version will not be bumped …
Sadly the store page you showed in your screenshot does not show from which revision to which revision the update happens, that would be more clear then… you can definitely see the revisions on the cmdline when using something like snap info gnome-42-2204it should show the installed revision in the last line of the output and the available ones above this …
Also note that snaps do update automatically (and roll back on failure automatically in case something goes wrong) so technically that app center page is pointless, if you just let it sit, the updates will just happen anyway (you can turn this off indeed) even if you don’t click the update button …
I have instead run snap info gnome-46-2404, because since taking the screenshot (I didn’t get round to posting to the forum immediately) gnome-42-2204 has disappeared from the list of available updates in the App Centre, and it gives me
I have also run snap info firefox (as another example) and it gives me
latest/stable: 153.0-1 2026-07-23 (8664) 270MB -
installed: 152.0.5-1 (8595) 265MB -.
Could you confirm that the numbers in brackets are the revision numbers?
Also, why does the command-line show installed for Firefox as 152.0.5-1 but the App Centre shows 153.0-1?
This is the line for Firefox in the available updates section of my App Centre currently, just to confirm:
It’s not pointless if someone wants to update Snap packages through the GUI before the App Centre automatically updates them (such as in the case of Firefox, which I think is a reasonable use case in which to do so because it’s a web browser).
Well, it is actually snapd that does this, it checks transparently 4 times per day if there are any snap updates and will just install them quietly if there are no running apps from the snap (else it will ask you to close the app, you might have seen this with Firefox before)… so it is kind of like playing the lottery, if you open the app center in the right moment you see the updates and can enforce them by a click… (else they will automatically happen on the next snapd check)
