Tested gnome-software 3.20.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.12 and was able to install moon-buggy from the command line and gnome-software showed the correct state before and afterwards.
** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-xenial ** Tags added: verification-done-xenial -- 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/1754655 Title: Installing snap from command line confuses GNOME Software Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-software source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in gnome-software source package in Artful: Won't Fix Status in gnome-software source package in Bionic: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] Installing snaps from the command line (or any other client) causes the state in GNOME Software to wrongly represented. [Test Case] 1. Ensure you don't have moon-buggy installed $ sudo snap remove moon-buggy 2. Start GNOME Software 3. Install moon-buggy from the command line: $ sudo snap install moon-buggy 4. Search for "moon" in GNOME Software Expected result: Moon Buggy shows in search results as installed Observed result: Moon Buggy not returned in search results. [Regression Potential] Low, we fix a bug where were reading invalid metadata and a check that makes stops unexpected (but valid) state notification from the snap plugin. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1754655/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp