canonical / canonical/multipass

Allow users to disable sync

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Description

I'm currently on a plane, and multipass decided to start syncing an image sync in the background, starving all my other processes of network.

Currently, I've just had to run `snap disable multipass`, but I'd prefer to just be able to disable the sync (so that I could continue using multipass with the previously-downloaded images locally, for example).

(Even better would be if I could also defer the sync for a certain amount of time; I know I'll be home in N hours, and that would save me from having to remember to reenable the sync in the future.)

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. Start by tracing how Multipass image synchronization is initiated and exposed to users, then determine where a disable or deferred-sync setting belongs. Done means users can stop background image syncing while continuing to use already-downloaded images, with a documented way to reenable or defer it.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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