Trying to run the update with success.
Ubuntu Version: 25.04
Went to run the update offered here, and got this:
Quick update:
I restarted computer, and it looks like “it took”.
Any idea why it would show as failed at first? Also, it looked like it just did one of those recently. Were these back to back, one on top of the other?
There is a broad variety of possibilities.
Unless you have additional data, it seems unlikely to be worthwhile to so fret.
I have encountered this problem before the issue is with the snap store it’s self you can work around it however by opening up the terminal and using sudo snap refresh command and it should be updated.
You can see the most recent logs for updates that have been applied as snaps with the snap changes command:
For example, here’s what it looks like on my laptop, where everything is fine:
snap changes
ID Status Spawn Ready Summary
2697 Done 4 days ago, at 18:17 BST 4 days ago, at 18:17 BST Auto-refresh snap "firefox"
2698 Done yesterday at 16:06 BST yesterday at 16:06 BST Install "fab-agon-emulator" snap from file "./fab-agon-emulator_0.9.96_amd64.snap"
2699 Done yesterday at 16:19 BST yesterday at 16:20 BST Refresh snaps "blender", "core24", "discord", "grype", "rustscan", "sdlpop"
2700 Done today at 00:47 BST today at 00:47 BST Auto-refresh snaps "musicpod", "snapcraft"
2701 Done today at 10:47 BST today at 10:47 BST Auto-refresh snaps "aws-cli", "node"
By way of an example, I just triggered an error by starting to install something (josm) then pressing CTRL+C to “kill” the install while it ran.
snap install josm
Download snap "josm" (143) from channel "stable" 6% 22.6MB/s 4.54serror: cannot perform the following tasks:
- Download snap "josm" (143) from channel "stable" (the download has been cancelled: context canceled)
^C
Now see how the output has changed:
snap changes
ID Status Spawn Ready Summary
2697 Done 4 days ago, at 18:17 BST 4 days ago, at 18:17 BST Auto-refresh snap "firefox"
2698 Done yesterday at 16:06 BST yesterday at 16:06 BST Install "fab-agon-emulator" snap from file "./fab-agon-emulator_0.9.96_amd64.snap"
2699 Done yesterday at 16:19 BST yesterday at 16:20 BST Refresh snaps "blender", "core24", "discord", "grype", "rustscan", "sdlpop"
2700 Done today at 00:47 BST today at 00:47 BST Auto-refresh snaps "musicpod", "snapcraft"
2701 Done today at 10:47 BST today at 10:47 BST Auto-refresh snaps "aws-cli", "node"
2702 Error today at 11:58 BST today at 11:58 BST Install "josm" snap
We can dig into that error with the snap change (ID) command, where “(ID)” is the number in the ID column, in my case, 2702.
snap change 2702
Status Spawn Ready Summary
Done today at 11:58 BST today at 11:58 BST Ensure prerequisites for "josm" are available
Error today at 11:58 BST today at 11:58 BST Download snap "josm" (143) from channel "stable"
Hold today at 11:58 BST today at 11:58 BST Fetch and check assertions for snap "josm" (143)
Hold today at 11:58 BST today at 11:58 BST Mount snap "josm" (143)
Hold today at 11:58 BST today at 11:58 BST Copy snap "josm" data
Hold today at 11:58 BST today at 11:58 BST Setup snap "josm" (143) security profiles
Hold today at 11:58 BST today at 11:58 BST Make snap "josm" (143) available to the system
Hold today at 11:58 BST today at 11:58 BST Automatically connect eligible plugs and slots of snap "josm"
Hold today at 11:58 BST today at 11:58 BST Set automatic aliases for snap "josm"
Hold today at 11:58 BST today at 11:58 BST Setup snap "josm" aliases
Hold today at 11:58 BST today at 11:58 BST Run install hook of "josm" snap if present
Hold today at 11:58 BST today at 11:58 BST Run default-configure hook of "josm" snap if present
Hold today at 11:58 BST today at 11:58 BST Start snap "josm" (143) services
Hold today at 11:58 BST today at 11:58 BST Run configure hook of "josm" snap if present
Hold today at 11:58 BST today at 11:58 BST Run health check of "josm" snap
......................................................................
Download snap "josm" (143) from channel "stable"
2025-07-16T11:58:18+01:00 ERROR the download has been cancelled: context canceled
As you can see it was killed “the download has been cancelled”. But that could be some other reason.
Hope that helps future debugging.
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Is this Yoda?
A reboot seemed to cure it. Thank you, though.
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