App Center can't update within itself (snap-store is currently running).

[grumblingdev]

Bug Description

Reproduced on a virtual machine.

The App Center doesn't seem to be able to update within itself, since it is currently running, and it just gives out this error.
This is pretty annoying since a beginner, who just installed Ubuntu, could probably be stumped from this!

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. On a fresh installation of Ubuntu, open the App Center app.
2. Go to the Manage tab for updates.
3. Run "Update All"

Expected behavior

Updating without giving the user any errors.

Ubuntu release

24.04 LTS

What architecture are you using?

amd64

System info

6.8.0-48-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Sep 27 14:04:52 UTC 2024
name:    snap-store
summary: Snap Store is a graphical desktop application for discovering,
  installing and managing snaps on Linux.
publisher: Canonical\u2713
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/snap-store
contact:   https://bugs.launchpad.net/snap-store/
license:   unset
description: |
  Snap Store showcases featured and popular applications with useful
  descriptions, ratings, reviews and screenshots.
  
  Applications can be found either through browsing categories or by
  searching.
  
  Snap Store can also be used to switch channels, view and alter snap
  permissions and view and submit reviews and ratings.
  
  Snap Store is based on GNOME Software, optimized for the Snap experience.
commands:
  - snap-store.show-updates
  - snap-store
snap-id:      gjf3IPXoRiipCu9K0kVu52f0H56fIksg
tracking:     2/stable/ubuntu-24.04
refresh-date: oggi alle 21:17 CET
channels:
  2/stable:          0+git.4fcd62b7   2024-09-19 (1218) 11MB -
  2/candidate:       \u2191                                       
  2/beta:            \u2191                                       
  2/edge:            0+git.0c59e797   2024-11-14 (1242) 11MB -
  latest/stable:     41.3-72-g80e7130 2024-09-22 (1216) 12MB -
  latest/candidate:  \u2191                                       
  latest/beta:       \u2191                                       
  latest/edge:       0+git.0c59e797   2024-11-14 (1242) 11MB -
  preview/stable:    \u2013                                       
  preview/candidate: 0.2.7-alpha      2023-02-02  (864) 10MB -
  preview/beta:      \u2191                                       
  preview/edge:      0.3.0-alpha      2023-08-14 (1017) 11MB -
  1/stable:          41.3-72-g80e7130 2024-09-22 (1216) 12MB -
  1/candidate:       \u2191                                       
  1/beta:            \u2191                                       
  1/edge:            41.3-72-g80e7130 2024-09-16 (1216) 12MB -
installed:           0+git.4fcd62b7              (1218) 11MB -
---
name:      snapd
summary:   Daemon and tooling that enable snap packages
publisher: Canonical\u2713
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/snapd
license:   GPL-3.0
description: |
  Install, configure, refresh and remove snap packages. Snaps are
  'universal' packages that work across many different Linux systems,
  enabling secure distribution of the latest apps and utilities for
  cloud, servers, desktops and the internet of things.
  
  Start with 'snap list' to see installed snaps.
type:         snapd
snap-id:      PMrrV4ml8uWuEUDBT8dSGnKUYbevVhc4
tracking:     latest/stable
refresh-date: 2024-08-27
channels:
  latest/stable:    2.63                   2024-10-09 (21759) 40MB -
  latest/candidate: 2.66.1                 2024-11-07 (23258) 46MB -
  latest/beta:      2.66.1                 2024-10-22 (23258) 46MB -
  latest/edge:      2.66.1+git126.ge899805 2024-11-16 (23443) 46MB -
installed:          2.63                              (21759) 40MB snapd

Additional context

No response

[d-loose]

Thanks for your report! The fact that the app center cannot refresh itself is well-known (#1643) and we've landed some UI improvements to address this (#1751, #1755).
Unfortunately these changes didn't make it into the 24.04.1 ISO, which ships with snap-store revision 1173 (e3dd562). From your attached snap info output I can tell that the app center already been automatically updated to the latest version, which includes those fixes. The ISO for the next point release will include them as well.

[grumblingdev]

Thanks for your report! The fact that the app center cannot refresh itself is well-known (#1643) and we've landed some UI improvements to address this (#1751, #1755).
Unfortunately these changes didn't make it into the 24.04.1 ISO, which ships with snap-store revision 1173 (e3dd562). From your attached snap info output I can tell that the app center already been automatically updated to the latest version, which includes those fixes. The ISO for the next point release will include them as well.

Oh, great! Thanks for all the efforts on this OS!