error: cannot install "steam": snap "steam" assumes unsupported features: snapd2.62

[pblottiere]

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Current Behavior

steam cannot be installed with snap because snapd2.62 is not available in channels anymore

Expected Behavior

steam should be installable with snap

Steps To Reproduce

$ snap install steam
error: cannot install "steam": snap "steam" assumes unsupported features: snapd2.62

Environment

`snap run steam.report` cannot be run because `steam` is not installed

gaming-graphics-core22 version

No response

Anything else?

$ snap info snapd
name:      snapd
summary:   Daemon and tooling that enable snap packages
publisher: Canonical✓
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/snapd
contact:   https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/issues
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: today at 23:24 CEST
channels:
  latest/stable:    2.63                  2024-05-23 (21759) 40MB -
  latest/candidate: 2.65.1                2024-09-04 (22830) 46MB -
  latest/beta:      2.65.1                2024-08-24 (22830) 46MB -
  latest/edge:      2.65.2+git92.g6d1aacd 2024-09-07 (22944) 46MB -
installed:          2.63                             (21759) 40MB snapd

[ashuntu]

snapd 2.62 should just be the minimum required version of snapd for Steam to be installed, so something else is likely going on. Does switching to a different channel of snapd change anything (e.g. snap refresh snapd --candidate)?

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