Snap store shows inaccurate snap package sizes

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I’m not sure if this is a store backend issue or the snap cli frontend issue.

I’ve seen that many snap packages larger than 1GB only shows as 1GB.

For example, intellij-idea-community, when you run snap info intellij-idea-community, got like this

snap-id:      KSPcSedMkvhgEjkg3Ki1PdjX2Ylm2aOy
tracking:     latest/stable
refresh-date: today at 14:13 JST
channels:
  latest/stable:    2025.3.3   2026-02-20 (725)   1GB classic
  latest/candidate: 2025.3.3   2026-02-20 (725)   1GB classic
  latest/beta:      2025.3.3   2026-02-20 (725)   1GB classic
  latest/edge:      2026.1-EAP 2026-02-20 (723)   1GB classic
  2026.1/stable:    –                                 
  2026.1/candidate: –                                 
  2026.1/beta:      –                                 
  2026.1/edge:      2026.1-EAP 2026-02-20 (723)   1GB classic
  2025.3/stable:    2025.3.3   2026-02-20 (725)   1GB classic
  2025.3/candidate: 2025.3.3   2026-02-20 (725)   1GB classic
  2025.3/beta:      2025.3.3   2026-02-20 (725)   1GB classic
  2025.3/edge:      2025.3.3   2026-02-20 (725)   1GB classic
  2025.2/stable:    2025.2.6.1 2026-01-11 (703)   1GB classic
  2025.2/candidate: 2025.2.6.1 2026-01-11 (703)   1GB classic
  2025.2/beta:      2025.2.6.1 2026-01-11 (703)   1GB classic
  2025.2/edge:      2025.2.6.1 2026-01-11 (703)   1GB classic

Then use snap download intellij-idea-community to download the actual binary, the actual package size is 1.6GB.

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It seems a snap cli frontend issue. I found the size in snap store is accurate today.

Bug report: Bug #2142655 “snap info shows inaccurate snap package size” : Bugs : snapd