There are several things going on: 1. your snap is using this for plugging the ubuntu-app-platform content interface:
plugs: shared1: content: shared1 interface: content target: shared1 default-provider: provider1:shared1 shared2: content: shared2 interface: content target: shared2 default-provider: provider2:shared2 This yaml is using an invalid name for 'default-provider', is specifying a non-existent 'content' value and does not ship /run/consumer/current/shared1 or shared2. See https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/wiki/Interfaces#content for how these interface attributes are to be used. Since the ubuntu-app-platform has this in its yaml: slots: platform: content: ubuntu-app-platform1 interface: content read: - . your snapcraft.yaml should be something like for the ubuntu-app-platform snap: plugs: uap1: content: ubuntu-app-platform1 default-provider: ubuntu-app-platform target: shared1 where 'content' is the same as the 'content' value in the providing snap (ie, ubuntu-app-platform1), 'default-provider' is the name of the providing snap (ie, ubuntu-app-platform) and 'target' is the name of a directory in $SNAP for you snap (this directory *must* exist because it cannot be created for you). 2. 'sudo snap install ./consumer*snap --dangerous' results in autoconnecting ubuntu-app-platfrom despite all of the above issues with your snap.yaml. This is because of a too-lenient snap declaration. 3. Because of the too lenient snap declaration for ubuntu-app-platform, if you have a snap that plugs both ubuntu-app-platform and mir-libs, since mir-libs does not currently have a snap declaration, both plugs would be auto-connected to ubuntu-app-platform and mir-libs skipped. Note that local unasserted snap installs of content snaps don't have a signed snap declaration on the system, so only the base declaration can be consulted. This accounts for differences in behavior with snaps installed with and without --dangerous. I have adjusted the snap declaration for ubuntu-app-platform to have: slots: content: allow-auto-connection: - plug-attributes: content: $SLOT(content) slot-attributes: content: ubuntu-app-platform1 This means that the auto-connection can only happen with the plugging snap that uses "content: ubuntu-app-platform1", which is precisely how it is supposed to work. To fix your snap for ubuntu-app-platform and mir-libs, use this yaml: plugs: uap1: interface: content content: ubuntu-app-platform1 target: shared1 default-provider: ubuntu-app-platform ml0: interface: content content: mir0 target: shared2 default-provider: mir-libs then create the shared1 and shared2 directories beside your snapcraft.yaml file, then snapcraft will generate a snap that will work for you. Specifically, if you install ubuntu-app-platform first, upon install of your snap ubuntu-app-platform will be mounted on $SNAP/shared1 and nothing will be mounted on $SNAP/shared2 (since mir- libs doesn't yet have a snap declaration for auto-connection). When you 'sudo snap connect consumer:ml0 mir-libs:mir-libs', then mir-libs will be mounted on $SNAP/shared2 (after you first 'sudo /usr/lib/snapd/snap- discard-ns consumer'). In summary, there is no bug in snapd, but there are bugs in your snapcraft.yaml and there was a bug in the ubuntu-app-platform's snap declaration. Since the snap declaration is now fixed, marking Fixed Released. ** Changed in: snapd (Ubuntu) Status: New => 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/1674824 Title: Content interface plugs autoconnect to the wrong provider To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1674824/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs