Connection to snap store failed in 18.04 -> 20.04.1 upgrade

[Colin Law]

On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 at 13:43, sandman42 via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> today I've got the notice a new version is finally available.
>
> I've tried the update but I've got a prompt saying "Connection to snap store failed. Your system does not have a connection to the snap store. For the best upgrade experience make sure your system can connect to api.snapcraft.io. Do you still want to continue with the upgrade?"
>
> I haven't ever used snap: I prefer the good ole apt.

Well you are going to now, some components are installed as snaps as
standard, I believe.

Can you access that url?  Click on the url you posted or ping it.  If
you can then try the upgrade again, it may have been a temporary
connection issue.

Colin