Admin plugin catalog lists deprecated and archived plugins
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- Feature
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- Tech stack
- typescript
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- tooling
Research direction
Start in src/static/js/pluginfw/installer.ts, especially getAvailablePlugins and the code that reads ${settings.updateServer}/plugins.json. Trace how catalog entries become the admin “Available plugins” list and check the existing plugin feed shape. Done means deprecated or incompatible plugins such as ep_adminpads2 are no longer offered, with coverage in the relevant installer tests if they exist.
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Description
Found while triaging ether/ep_adminpads2 issues.
getAvailablePlugins (src/static/js/pluginfw/installer.ts) builds the admin "Available plugins" list from ${settings.updateServer}/plugins.json with no filter for deprecated or unmaintained packages. An admin can therefore install a plugin that is known to be broken on current Etherpad.
Concrete example: ep_adminpads2 is archived upstream and obsolete (core's own Manage pads page replaced it). Installing it breaks the working admin page: the plugin registers /admin/pads before core's route, and its old template needs JS files core no longer ships, so the page hangs on "Loading…" with $ is not defined. Reproduced on 3.3.5 with ep_adminpads2@2.1.110.
Suggested fix: have the catalog skip packages npm marks deprecated, and/or let the plugin feed carry a compatibility range so plugins that don't support the running version aren't offered.
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