Public bug reported: When removing a bunch of snaps in a single "snap remove" command line results in an apparent deadlock or at least very slow progress (at first), that is then suck to a given situation.
However, removing them in smaller batch (like 5 at a times), allows to
remove all of them very quickly (in less than few minutes)
Here is the initial state:
$ snap list
Name Version Rev Tracking
Publisher Notes
bare 1.0 5 latest/stable
canonical✓ base
core22 20250822 2133 latest/stable
canonical✓ base
core24 20250829 1196 latest/stable
canonical✓ base
gnome-42-2204 0+git.837775c-sdk0+git.7b07595 226 latest/stable
canonical✓ -
go 1.24.6 10938 latest/stable
canonical✓ classic
gtk-common-themes 0.1-81-g442e511 1535 latest/stable
canonical✓ -
prompt-bench 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-100 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-102 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-103 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-104 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-105 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-106 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-107 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-108 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-109 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-11 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-110 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-111 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-112 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-113 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-114 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-115 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-116 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-117 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-118 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-119 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-12 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-120 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-121 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-122 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-123 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-124 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-125 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-126 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-127 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-128 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-129 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-13 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-130 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-131 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-133 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-134 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-135 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-136 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-137 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-138 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-139 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-14 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-140 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-141 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-142 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-143 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-144 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-145 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-146 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-147 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-148 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-149 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-15 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-150 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-151 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-152 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-153 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-154 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-155 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-156 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-157 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-158 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-16 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-160 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-161 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-162 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-163 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-164 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-165 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-166 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-167 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-168 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-169 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-17 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-170 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-171 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-172 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-173 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-174 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-175 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-176 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-177 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-178 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-179 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-18 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-180 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-181 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-182 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-184 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-185 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-186 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-187 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-188 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-189 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-19 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-190 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-191 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-192 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-193 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-194 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-195 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-196 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-197 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-198 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-199 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-2 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-20 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-21 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-22 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-23 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-25 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-26 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-27 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-28 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-29 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-3 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-30 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-31 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-32 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-33 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-34 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-35 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-36 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-37 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-38 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-39 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-4 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-40 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-41 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-42 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-43 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-44 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-45 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-46 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-48 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-49 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-5 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-50 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-52 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-53 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-54 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-55 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-56 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-57 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-58 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-59 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-6 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-60 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-61 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-62 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-63 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-64 0.1 x2 -
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prompt-bench-65 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-66 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-67 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-68 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-69 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-7 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-70 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-71 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-72 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-73 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-74 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-75 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-76 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-77 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-78 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-79 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-8 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-80 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-81 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-82 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-83 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-84 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-85 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-86 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-87 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-88 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-89 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-9 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-90 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-91 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-92 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-93 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-94 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-95 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-96 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-97 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-98 0.1 x1 -
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prompt-bench-99 0.1 x1 -
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prompting-client 0+git.0bed714 x6 1/stable/…
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snapd 2.71 25202 latest/stable
canonical✓ snapd
snapd-desktop-integration 0.9 315 latest/stable
canonical✓ -
I am trying to remove the 200 prompt-bench snap with the following command:
$ snap list | grep prompt-bench | cut -f1 -d' ' | xargs sudo snap remove
This ends up with:
2025-10-09T12:35:59+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T12:36:01+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T12:36:02+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T12:36:04+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T12:36:43+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T12:37:26+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T12:42:07+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T12:51:20+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T12:55:22+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T13:15:30+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T13:21:16+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T13:31:27+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T13:37:17+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T14:08:12+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T14:09:34+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T14:14:09+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T14:17:23+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T14:25:22+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T14:43:41+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T14:44:12+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
2025-10-09T14:48:03+02:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
Disconnect interfaces of snap "prompt-bench" -
And this is running forever and blocked on prompt-bench.
I did run `sudo snap debug stacktraces` at 2 occurences (one few minutes after
the start, one a couple of hours afterwards) and this results in the 2
stacktraces files I attached.
I also did run `sudo snap debug state /var/lib/snapd/state.json
--change=<change_id>` at the same time and I attached the 2 state files too.
** Affects: snapd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Attachment added: "state1.log"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2127185/+attachment/5916603/+files/state1.log
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Removing too many in a shot results to some apparent deadlock
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