This was a bug in snap-confine/snap-run that is fixed now. I verified that it is no longer reproducible.
** Changed in: snapd (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1618198 Title: Cannot start hello-world snap: mkdir: cannot create directory '/home/martin/snap/hello-world': Permission denied -- don't create $HOME/snaps as root To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1618198/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs