I noticed that after snap login I could run snap install for a private snap but snap download wouldn’t be able to download and give me the file. I suppose this unexpected behavior is a bug, but the similar pull requests are closed in the past without being considered seriously for a merge (so I assume this is another “It is what it is” from Snap team). I would like to know if there are workarounds at least. I imagine I could directly request it from the Store, but I don’t know the details of the HTTP request that I should send, specifically on the login information. Using snap install and stealing from /var/lib/snapd/snaps is not an option since the files are only readable by root, but the target user is not allowed to elevate the privileges.
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We tried to fix this but the fix encountered backward compatibility issues and was paused. Hopefully it can be revisited at some point.
Workarounds are described here: Improvements in snap download
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