Plugins: Add toggle for prioritizing loading plugins from CDN (#111671)

add toggle for loading cdn plugins first

packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts

@@ -1188,4 +1188,9 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   * @default false
   */
   filterOutBotsFromFrontendLogs?: boolean;
+  /**
+  * Prioritize loading plugins from the CDN before other sources
+  * @default false
+  */
+  cdnPluginsLoadFirst?: boolean;
 }

pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go

@@ -2061,6 +2061,14 @@ var (
 			Owner:        grafanaPluginsPlatformSquad,
 			Expression:   "false",
 		},
+		{
+			Name:         "cdnPluginsLoadFirst",
+			Description:  "Prioritize loading plugins from the CDN before other sources",
+			Stage:        FeatureStageExperimental,
+			FrontendOnly: false,
+			Owner:        grafanaPluginsPlatformSquad,
+			Expression:   "false",
+		},
 	}
 )
 

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv

@@ -264,3 +264,4 @@ dskitBackgroundServices,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,tru
 pluginContainers,privatePreview,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,true,false
 tempoSearchBackendMigration,GA,@grafana/oss-big-tent,false,true,false
 filterOutBotsFromFrontendLogs,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,false,true
+cdnPluginsLoadFirst,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,false,false

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go

@@ -1066,4 +1066,8 @@ const (
 	// FlagFilterOutBotsFromFrontendLogs
 	// Filter out bots from collecting data for Frontend Observability
 	FlagFilterOutBotsFromFrontendLogs = "filterOutBotsFromFrontendLogs"
+
+	// FlagCdnPluginsLoadFirst
+	// Prioritize loading plugins from the CDN before other sources
+	FlagCdnPluginsLoadFirst = "cdnPluginsLoadFirst"
 )

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json

@@ -836,6 +836,33 @@
         "frontend": true
       }
     },
+    {
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "cdnPluginsLoadFirst",
+        "resourceVersion": "1758882341746",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2025-09-26T10:25:41Z"
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "description": "Prioritize loading plugins from the CDN before other sources",
+        "stage": "experimental",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/plugins-platform-backend",
+        "expression": "false"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "cdnPluginsLoadedFirst",
+        "resourceVersion": "1758881920003",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2025-09-26T10:18:40Z",
+        "deletionTimestamp": "2025-09-26T10:25:41Z"
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "description": "Prioritize loading plugins from the CDN before other sources",
+        "stage": "experimental",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/plugins-platform-backend",
+        "expression": "false"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "cloudRBACRoles",