just do it

pkg/api/dtos/frontend_settings.go

@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ type FrontendSettingsSqlConnectionLimitsDTO struct {
 	ConnMaxLifetime int `json:"connMaxLifetime"`
 }
 
+type DependencyInfo struct {
+	PluginID      string `json:"pluginId"`
+	PluginName    string `json:"pluginName"`
+	PluginType    string `json:"pluginType"`
+	PluginVersion string `json:"pluginVersion"`
+}
+
 type FrontendSettingsDTO struct {
 	DefaultDatasource  string                           `json:"defaultDatasource"`
 	Datasources        map[string]plugins.DataSourceDTO `json:"datasources"`
@@ -236,6 +243,7 @@ type FrontendSettingsDTO struct {
 	SnapshotEnabled                  bool                           `json:"snapshotEnabled"`
 	SecureSocksDSProxyEnabled        bool                           `json:"secureSocksDSProxyEnabled"`
 	ReportingStaticContext           map[string]string              `json:"reportingStaticContext"`
+	PluginDependencies               map[string][]DependencyInfo    `json:"pluginDependants"`
 
 	Azure FrontendSettingsAzureDTO `json:"azure"`
 

pkg/api/frontendsettings.go

@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) getFrontendSettings(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) (*dtos.Fro
 		LocalFileSystemAvailable:            hs.Cfg.LocalFileSystemAvailable,
 		ReportingStaticContext:              hs.Cfg.ReportingStaticContext,
 		ExploreDefaultTimeOffset:            hs.Cfg.ExploreDefaultTimeOffset,
+		PluginDependencies:                  pluginDependencyMap(c.Req.Context(), hs.pluginStore),
 
 		BuildInfo: dtos.FrontendSettingsBuildInfoDTO{
 			HideVersion:   hideVersion,
@@ -765,3 +766,24 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) getEnabledOAuthProviders() map[string]any {
 	}
 	return providers
 }
+
+// pluginDependencyMap returns a map of dependant plugin IDs to their parent.
+func pluginDependencyMap(ctx context.Context, pluginStore pluginstore.Store) map[string][]dtos.DependencyInfo {
+	dependencies := make(map[string][]dtos.DependencyInfo)
+
+	for _, plugin := range pluginStore.Plugins(ctx) {
+		for _, dep := range plugin.Dependencies.Plugins {
+			if _, exists := dependencies[dep.ID]; !exists {
+				dependencies[dep.ID] = []dtos.DependencyInfo{}
+			}
+			dependencies[dep.ID] = append(dependencies[dep.ID], dtos.DependencyInfo{
+				PluginID:      plugin.ID,
+				PluginVersion: plugin.Info.Version,
+				PluginName:    plugin.Name,
+				PluginType:    string(plugin.Type),
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	return dependencies
+}