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# Blog posts tagged *"metadata"*

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[Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical)

7 October 2021

### [Why your snap’s name, description, summary may have been changed, and what we’re doing about it](https://canonical.com/blog/why-your-snaps-name-description-summary-may-have-been-changed-and-what-were-doing-about-it)

Ubuntu

Ubuntu tech blog

As you may be aware, last month, a few users reported seeing some of their snaps’ metadata (description, name, summary) being overwritten by what seemed to be old information. On closer inspection, this affected snaps for which the authors had modified the metadata via the Web publisher interface, and the metadata had reverted to the ...

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[Igor Ljubuncic](https://canonical.com/blog/author/igorljubuncic)

23 April 2021

### [Better snap metadata handling coming your way soon](https://canonical.com/blog/better-snap-metadata-handling-coming-your-way-soon)

Ubuntu

Ubuntu tech blog

Open the Snap Store, click on any application you like – you will now see a page full of useful tidbits – screenshots and videos, application description, last update, license, contact data, and other information. The data shown here is often the first impression the user gets about the software, and can be a deciding ...

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