LXD bash completion not working `6/stable/ubuntu-26.04`

nicolasbock · August 26, 2026, 10:41pm

Hi,

Bash completion is broken on a fresh installation of 6/stable/ubuntu-26.04 on Resolute. It is working correctly in 5.21/stable/ubuntu-24.04 on Noble.

Is this a known issue? Are there any known fixes or work-arounds?

Thanks!

tomp · August 27, 2026, 7:01am

Yes this is a known issue since our switch to core26, see:

github.com/canonical/lxd

Bash completion not working on latest/stable, latest/candidate 6.9 streams

opened 03:56PM - 08 Jul 26 UTC

john-cabaj

Jira

### Please confirm - [x] I have searched existing issues to check if an issue a…lready exists for the bug I encountered. ### Distribution Ubuntu ### Distribution version 24.04 ### Output of `snap list --all lxd core20 core22 core24 core26 snapd` ```shell Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes core20 20260211 2769 latest/stable canonical✓ base,disabled core20 20260410 2866 latest/stable canonical✓ base core22 20260225 2411 latest/stable canonical✓ base core24 20260410 1643 latest/stable canonical✓ base core26 20260423 374 latest/stable canonical✓ base,disabled core26 20260531 409 latest/stable canonical✓ base lxd 6.8-5a1a287 39313 latest/stable canonical✓ disabled lxd 6.9-a34e1d7 39858 latest/stable canonical✓ - snapd 2.75.2 26865 latest/stable canonical✓ snapd,disabled snapd 2.76 27406 latest/stable canonical✓ snapd ``` ### System info Kernel version: 6.17.0-1025-oem LXC version: 6.9 LXD version: 6.9-a34e1d7 Storage backend: zfs ### Instance log n/a ### Expected behavior Expected `lxc shell` to provide bash-completion on instances available ### Actual behavior No options are suggested from bash-completion ### Steps to reproduce 1. Run any lxd command meant to use bash-completion ### Information to attach - [ ] Any relevant kernel output (`dmesg`) - [ ] Instance configuration (`lxc config show <instance> --expanded`) - [ ] Main daemon log (at `/var/log/lxd/lxd.log` or `/var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/logs/lxd.log`) - [ ] If a lxc command fails, output of the command with `--debug` - [ ] Output of the daemon with `--debug` (or use `lxc monitor` while reproducing the issue)