The snapd roadmap

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 sanity 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