I have just observed this when installing chromium-browser (which installs the chromium snap) in a clean 20.04 VM.
ubuntu@focalvm:~$ LANG=C snap changes ID Status Spawn Ready Summary 1 Done today at 18:06 CET today at 18:07 CET Initialize system state 2 Done today at 18:06 CET today at 18:06 CET Initialiser l'appareil ubuntu@focalvm:~$ LANG=C snap known serial type: serial authority-id: generic brand-id: generic model: generic-classic serial: 6b8c7561-201e-4c05-86c9-85210625edd6 device-key: AcbBTQRWhcGAARAA9TLbzFiv+OiBiTOBQPW7miWoCGqDechQB0xRDNkAUKmivGTLLIcev3TnT6Sg RkqBP0JLakScZTdIeZaK5+b/dVaLivAZ81vpkV5xMcpVC76m4Mxa49VETDXX+Nxo9W80ST32qrIJ HasjHgnBR/NFWiA0aVJgzDi3KkId+p9uO2c6r2sIDAEqXZsvUGjPReDS3dq4TkHSVqQOtbMwvqac DSATLZez3+a63/5lPivRWCW0f35N3WaUOAj8DxnhH5WO9yfwJvHjlwh2kfw+KztMAlclVAOU2EjW s1QKK5NRNNFVKvlooCgXGwDK2DXBfeFdqaL27XVqrwPvk+vHJz/F4ypj1yrU+NP6zOzdv+RRhHra BczuxCvQWtMxrs2fAiSL35brbzJ0Xt4a8rVnzRWiyCRQet9eMDoDnfxuWJAARw9fNkKkxLVmrEJO KO33UL//MyeghrqRgUTgiAobx9diM83BtjKrFkrxFpxI2NL/sJtDsLwdxGU1jzI6E/nUueS/NWVT xoiK2kNbeGGN+hxpNabZPHyYzusYiiURGxDPOpE6BOwH0O23EefLW8lQkpN8Xm1zjUwuKARpAcql plFJDrAh75UF7vLiU41sddpJXymEhbt7pxpaBDiL9vvziASrIQn1DE+wZ9U/LrPFxg6JjM+NZG58 Zb/Q9zczFqi7E8MAEQEAAQ== device-key-sha3-384: dhXgUS-CdYDtj9gu9HedfBq1-2k3blHqt9iLpIGpgUwHB6CBxACtTGPMAK1zAeMz timestamp: 2020-01-08T17:06:13.155714Z sign-key-sha3-384: wrfougkz3Huq2T_KklfnufCC0HzG7bJ9wP99GV0FF-D3QH3eJtuSRlQc2JhrAoh1 AcLBUgQAAQoABgUCXhYMBQAAnLUQAKSiC5TKq53Nuykv/lPOCK6k0czH4oowsUoz2Fqlb2zZhhH8 LFMZEBchhy3epGgZryenC5am/THtcLBauex/sWqIf/Bz2vn0n36payDPrOgGHS9/ko+6Aix2CXg6 Psx+wMqBGw++oe+toymex42F7rYDpcduYjyjsy84YwDdSuJfKvSgFd4OOKNW82bT1npRmrMQzBey XLNrN+v+71blg2U4Nou9whid9NQu7P36XMyW7/7LJeaEY4oQXyiYxUBCEppHV/jvwX2Os8fNcwIT ALmIpp3MG7dmr9QChxXxnS9Px1b2XFA8AYUrecnURkz8moP5thDzWJqASTvdWCkUGbasm6rph3AN zy9bSW2aXPE+wVK1j42NRr0oiSn1/Ni9rGwGdeiQRNXaWTOWj4/AG9OGv2+bFJkJuy0sh31/anqM EmrvthoTqqqXDwgg2a/rTZ6ZByJxlp/zuTP0/BT1MkQp2WjYGAJ5E9FQaF3CoJyHkxzE2ABwwwbE BkRfMFwiVgbq7yKkaEbboHKAT3riOZvnGQtsIXVY8Ey0kJ6aKbCehz7rzBqanh5ODA3uG2POHm96 pkT7Ss2RwdbMELSvlUI+aEQD2x5fIkLwuyR3TscDc8E1VYR0PUmg105OFj03MEhyhbGB4ZvQBWDk pIET6DxiLEyoRPVI7OK66xAKAVHx -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1848658 Title: package chromium-browser 77.0.3865.120-0ubuntu1~snap1 failed to install/upgrade: "error: too early for operation, device not yet seeded or device model not acknowledged" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1848658/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs