Snap does not show list of channels

I noticed something like this too, when using snap info in a directory containing subdirs matching snap names. It doesn’t seem to require that the subdir contain an unpacked snap. Starting in an empty directory:

$ ls
$ snap info core
name:      core
summary:   snapd runtime environment
publisher: Canonical✓
contact:   snaps@canonical.com
license:   unset
description: |
  The core runtime environment for snapd
type:         core
snap-id:      99T7MUlRhtI3U0QFgl5mXXESAiSwt776
tracking:     stable
refresh-date: 23 days ago, at 22:34 AWST
channels:
  stable:    16-2.40                 2019-08-12 (7396) 92MB -
  candidate: 16-2.41                 2019-09-03 (7713) 93MB -
  beta:      16-2.41                 2019-08-30 (7713) 93MB -
  edge:      16-2.41+git1466.1d14c09 2019-09-04 (7742) 93MB -
installed:   16-2.40                            (7396) 92MB core
$ mkdir core
$ snap info core
name:      core
summary:   snapd runtime environment
publisher: Canonical✓
contact:   snaps@canonical.com
license:   unset
description: |
  The core runtime environment for snapd
type:         core
snap-id:      99T7MUlRhtI3U0QFgl5mXXESAiSwt776
tracking:     stable
refresh-date: 23 days ago, at 22:34 AWST
installed:    16-2.40 (7396) 92MB core
$ 
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