[SOLVED] is there an option to update multipass image version

is there an option to update multipass image version

i am using multipass (version 1.6.2) to launch ubuntu instances. when looking at multipass find output, it lists the version of each image.

$ multipass find
Image                       Aliases           Version          Description
snapcraft:core18                              20201111         Snapcraft builder for Core 18
snapcraft:core20                              20201111         Snapcraft builder for Core 20
snapcraft:core                                20210224         Snapcraft builder for Core 16
16.04                       xenial            20210224         Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
18.04                       bionic            20210224         Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
20.04                       focal,lts         20210223         Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
20.10                       groovy            20210209         Ubuntu 20.10

at the first time an instance is launched, multipass pulls the image and it does so only once, even if the instance is deleted and recreated.

can the images be updated? and if so, how to force multipass to update the images?

Solution

Old question, posting the update as I was searching for it. The images are updated periodically, but can be applied immediately via following command

multipass find --force-update