aws ec2 import-snapshot does not set the snapshot description

[rgl]

Describe the bug

when using the

aws_region='eu-west-1'
vmimport_role='arn to a role like the one from https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/required-permissions.html#vmimport-role'
talos_version='1.7.2'
s3_bucket='images'
s3_key="talos-$talos_version-aws-amd64.vmdk"
aws ec2 import-snapshot \
    --region "$aws_region" \
    --role-name "$vmimport_role" \
    --description "Talos Linux $talos_version" \
    --disk-container "Description=Talos Linux $talos_version,Format=VMDK,UserBucket={S3Bucket=$s3_bucket,S3Key=$s3_key}"

Notice the --disk-container "Description=Talos Linux $talos_version, argument.

I would expect that to set the snapshot description. But it does not.

Expected Behavior

I would expect --disk-container "Description=Talos Linux $talos_version, to set the snapshot description.

Current Behavior

It sets the snapshot description to Created by AWS-VMImport service for ... instead of the expected value.

Here's a screenshot of the aws management console while listing the created snapshot:

Reproduction Steps

execute the command as described earlier.

Possible Solution

No response

Additional Information/Context

No response

CLI version used

2.15.53

Environment details (OS name and version, etc.)

ubuntu 22.04

[RyanFitzSimmonsAK]

Hi @rgl, thanks for reaching out. The EC2 service team is aware of this behavior; only the task description is making it to the resulting snapshot, as opposed to both the task description and snapshot description. They have a backlog item to address this issue, and I've reached out to them for an update. As this is a service team issue (not CLI specific), I'm going to move this issue to our cross-SDK repository. Thanks again for opening this.

Ticket # for internal use : D1088854

[RyanFitzSimmonsAK]

Thanks for your patience. The EC2 acknowledged the issue and clarified the current behavior.

--description sets the description of the job.
--disk-container Description sets the description of the disk image, but at this time, this option doesn't work. They're currently investigating this behavior.

Neither option sets or is intended to set the description of the snapshot.

If you'd like, I'd be happy to forward this as a feature request to be able to set snapshot descriptions with ImportSnapshot. Otherwise, please let me know if you have any follow-up questions.

[rgl]

@RyanFitzSimmonsAK, thanks for the update and clarifications!

Please do forward the request, as having a way to set the snapshot description is the most important part, as that is what we can actually see at the Amazon Console (as depicted in the screenshot from above).

[RyanFitzSimmonsAK]

Sure thing!

Ticket # for internal use : P151539240