The cause of this is the Polkit failure is reported back via snapd as a general unauthorized failure. GNOME Software then attempts to do a snap login which is the old method of gaining authorization.
There seem to be two solutions to this: 1. snapd should report the auth failure with an error code so that GNOME Software can tell this is a Polkit failure and not a login credentials failure. James said this change was unlikely to be done in time for artful. 2. GNOME Software could stop attempting to login on an auth failure. This would mean that the Ubuntu One dialog is never shown for snaps, which is probably appropriate as Polkit covers this case. It means we can't see private snaps from GNOME Software (since we never prompt for login), but this was always going to be the case after we switched to Polkit. To handle private snaps we will have to rethink the UI to support optional login support. I think the most appropriate solution is 2 with a versioned dependency on snapd. We probably can't do this until snapd lands in the archive? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1721735 Title: UbuntuOne auth dialog is displayed when polkit auth dialog is dismissed Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in gnome-software source package in Artful: Triaged Bug description: With snapd 16-2.28.1 from the candidate channel Test Case 1. With gnome-software, install a snap 2. When the polkit auth dialog is displayed, click "Cancel" Actual result The Ubuntu One authentication dialog is displayed Expected result The polkit authentication dialog is dismissed and the user returns to the main screen of gnome-software. The U1 dialog is not displayed ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-software 3.26.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-12.13-generic 4.13.3 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Oct 6 12:05:54 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-03 (1493 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130902) InstalledPlugins: gnome-software-plugin-flatpak N/A gnome-software-plugin-limba N/A gnome-software-plugin-snap 3.26.0-0ubuntu3 ProcEnviron: TERM=screen-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-software UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1721735/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
