The snapd roadmap

snapd 2.55.3

Fix refresh layout construction (fixes Firefox crash)
Support for the “piboot” bootloader
Interface operations are faster by using more batched operations
New mount-control interface (topic)
New polkit interface (topic)

Schedule

	beta	Mar 21
	candidate	Apr 08
	stable	Apr 20

snapd 2.54.2

New shared-memory interface (topic)
Allow sideload of multiple snaps via the API
riscv64 support for snap-seccomp
fixes/improvements for various interfaces

Schedule

	beta	Jan 07
	candidate	Jan 13
	stable	Jan 24

snapd 2.51

New swap.size system config setting for Ubuntu Core devices
Full kernel command line customization for UC20 pc/grub gadgets
REST API support for creating recovery systems on UC20
New raw-input interface
New dsp interface
New sd-control interface (2.51.3)
New netlink-driver interface (2.51.1)
New install-device gadget hook to be executed during install mode on UC20
New snapctl reboot --poweroff|--halt command to be used in install-device hook to shut device off after install mode (but before first boot seeding in run mode)
New snapctl reboot system-mode command to be report what mode a UC20 system is in.
New kernel FDE hook V2 for UC20 devices
Experimental quota resource groups support

Schedule

	beta	May 27
	candidate	June 3
	stable	June 7

snapd 2.50

Make /etc/ssl available for snaps on Ubuntu classic (PR)
Support for DTBs from the kernel snap
Snap service units are now re-written when snapd is refreshed as necessary
New dsp interface

Schedule

	beta	May 19
	candidate	May 21
	stable	June 2

snapd 2.49

Express encryption preferences for UC20
Devmode snaps in dangerous model UC20 seeds
Support for LK bootloader for UC20
Detection/abort of very slow downloads
Fix snap try inside lxd containers
Add “Tegra” and RPi “MMAL” support
Add new “install-mode: disable” option

Schedule

	beta	Jan 26
	candidate	Feb 25
	stable	Mar 04

snapd 2.48

Support for the “ubuntu-save” partition
More versatile UC20 recovery booting in “degraded” situations
Bulk assertion refresh for snap-declarations
New snap recovery --show-keys command
Improve notification UI for app-refresh-awareness
New PTP hardware clock interface
New snap import-snapshot command

Schedule

	beta	Sep 17
	candidate	Nov 19
	stable	Nov 30

snapd 2.47

better portal support with GLib (PR) add cups interface and update cups-control for cups as a strict snap (PR) disable console-conf from gadget with core setting (PR) Improve disk-space awareness of snapd (topic) New “snap reboot” command

Schedule

	beta	Sep 17
	candidate	Sep 29
	stable	Oct 21

snapd 2.46

uinput interface (PR) system-source-code interface (PR) system-packages-doc interface (PR) snaps can now set default-url-scheme-handler system-user assertions can be limited to specific serial assertions experimental user session daemons with daemon-scope (PR) experimental gdbserver support with snaps (topic)

Schedule

	beta	Aug 12
	candidate	Aug 25
	stable	Sep 14

snapd 2.45

Ubuntu Core 20 beta Generic serials for third parties Use xdg desktop portal from snapctl user-open Custom SSL cert support for store interactions (topic).

Schedule

	beta	May 13
	candidate	May 12
	stable	Jul 15

snapd 2.44

Switch within tracks with risk-only channel specification (old topic, new topic) Support for default tracks (topic) Plug/slot rules: plug-names/slot-names constraints (topic) snap remove-user support

Schedule

	beta	Feb 21
	candidate	Mar 16
	stable	March 31

snapd 2.43

snapctl is-connected plug|slot (topic) Remodel: gadget support Plug/slot declaration rules: greedy plugs (topic) system-backup interface (PR) Speedup seccomp backend setup (PR)

Schedule

	beta	Nov 12th
	candidate	Feb 13th
	stable	Feb 19th

snapd 2.42

Little-Kernel bootloader support Improve performance in lxd when snapfuse is used (topic) Work with cgroup v2 only systems Improved icon-theme support (topic)

Schedule

	beta	Sep 18th
	candidate	Oct 2st
	stable	Oct 10th

snapd 2.41

Daemon user support (topic, older topic) Gadget asset updates (topic) Remodel: transition to a new store (topic) Remodel: re-registration (topic) Health checks phase 1 (topic)

Schedule

	beta	Aug 22th
	candidate	Sep 3th
	stable	Sep 9th

snapd 2.40

Cohort support (topic) Much improved performance measure (topic) Refresh awareness - Part 1 (topic) Support for “base: none”

Schedule

	beta	July 2nd
	candidate	July 17th
	stable	Aug 12th

snapd 2.39

Automatic snapshots on removal (topic) Auto install snpad for non-core base snaps Remodel API/cli with support for switching kernel tracks/required-snaps within the same model Use the “core” snap as a fallback for “core16” Retain only 2 snap revision on classic systems Optimize seccomp bpf compilation

Schedule

	beta	Apr 18th
	candidate	May 03th
	stable	May 14th

snapd 2.38

snap connections command (topic) Epochs (stepped upgrades) (topic) Improved prepare-image channel selection support (topic) Support for apparmor 2.13 Minimal go version switch to 1.9 New intel-mei,multipass-support,network-manager-observe, u2f-devices,block-devices interfaces Initial performance measures available (topic)

Schedule

	beta	Mar 05th
	candidate	Mar 20th
	stable	Mar 28th

snapd 2.37

Snapshots (topic) Interface hooks (topic) Parallel snap installs for confined snaps (topic) Show the date the snap was released to a channel in snap info (topic) The personal-files and system-files interfaces (topic) and (topic) Add new snap run --trace-exec <snap>.<app> support (topic)

Schedule

	beta	Jan 10
	candidate	Jan 16th
	stable	Jan 30h

snapd 2.36

Warnings pipeline infrastructure (topic) Go into socket activtion mode no snaps are installed Much improved snap help output Support core config proxy on classic Support rate-limit of background refreshes via core.refresh.rate-limit core config option Honor core config proxy.http{,s} settings on classic as well Warn when prerequisites to run snapd (like minimal kernel version) are not met

Schedule

	beta	Oct 02h
	candidate	Nov 12th
	stable	Nov 20th

snapd 2.35

Support to build/seed core18 based images Interface improvements: i2c (sysfs-name support) apt install hook integration, apt may suggest snaps Allow building amazon linux rpm packages Show verified publishers with a green check mark

Schedule

	beta	Aug 08h
	candidate	Aug 21th
	stable	Aug 29th

snapd 2.34

Interface connection via gadget (topic) Hardware watchdog on Ubuntu Core New dvb interface (topic) New {contacts,calendar}-service interfaces Snapd selftest check on startup (topic) New can-bus interface Support to disable ipv6 via snap set system network.disable-ipv6

Schedule

	beta	Jun 29th
	candidate	Jul 30th
	stable	Aug 6th

snapd 2.33

Reboot experience on core or kernel refresh Service watchdog support (topic) Support for appstream ID Selftest support to ensure squashfs can be mounted New juju-client-observer interface Snap refresh over metered connections Snapd support for xdg-desktop-portal

Schedule

	beta	May 24th
	candidate	Jun 08th
	stable	Jun 18th

snapd 2.32

Auto install of content snap dependencies Versionized profiles Layouts (custom mount points) (topic) Support to pass options to strace (topic) Support for service timers (topic) Support for CDNs that are cloud aware (topic) Support for snap run --gdb Service survival across refreshes (topic) Timer services (topic) Refresh hold option (topic) Autostart desktop applications (topic) Support for stop-mode (topc)

Schedule

	beta	Feb 23th
	candidate	Mar 22th
	stable	Apr 10th

snapd 2.31

Snap service start ordering (topic) Refresh snaps with needed credentials (topic) Use snapcraft export-login data in snap {download,prepare-image} Additional coherence check on installs (topic) Monthly refresh scheduling (topic) Command-not-found support on core (topic) Support xdg-settings set default-web-browser from within snaps (topic) Support snap run --strace (topic) Support for snap refresh --amend local-snap Content interface improvements (topic)

Schedule

	beta	Jan 22th
	candidate	Feb 05th
	stable	Feb 19th

snapd 2.30

Service control on snapctl (start/stop/etc) (topic) Tab-completion for aliases too (topic) Add support for socket activation (topic) Pre-refresh hook support (topic) Allow to configure core before it is installed Run configuration of core internally
Support for Nvidia Vulkan/32-it NVIDIA drivers

Schedule

	beta	Nov 30th
	candidate	Dec 11th
	stable	Jan 02th

snapd 2.29

Improved configuration get output (topic) Automatic download of base snaps (topic) Support $ variables in command: (topic) Fix classic flag on reverts (topic) Cache downloaded snaps (topic) Repair capability phase 1 (topic) Make –ignore-validation sticky and send the flag over (topic) Improved progress information on long operations

Schedule

	beta	Oct 23th
	candidate	Oct 30th
	stable	Dec 04th

snapd 2.28

Internal xdg-open implementation (topic) Post-refresh hook support (topic) Lazy registrations on classic (topic) Service control on snap command (start/stop/etc) (topic) Tab-completion for snaps (topic) Polkit-based authorizations (topic) Initial support for base snaps (topic) Snap switch command (topic) Proxy configuration for core devices (topic) Support for /snap as symlink (topic)

Schedule

	beta	Sep 4th
	candidate	Sep 25th
	stable	Oct 9th

snapd 2.27

See release notes topic for details.

Dynamic filesystem updates (snap-update-ns) Android boot support General snapctl support New title field Install --unaliased parameter Seccomp argument filtering Configuration defaults on first boot New or updated interfaces, 17 in total

Schedule

	stable	Sep 5th