From bba89fdb42c7fa0a4f5a10a9bb43ad9e287d1c51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Hugo=20H=C3=A4ggmark?= <hugo.haggmark@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:06:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] i18n: fixes translations for plugins before v12.1.0 (#109948)

i18n: fixes translated plugins before 12.1.0
---
 packages/grafana-i18n/src/i18n.tsx | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/grafana-i18n/src/i18n.tsx b/packages/grafana-i18n/src/i18n.tsx
index ac22a766d99..160e02e8dcc 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-i18n/src/i18n.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-i18n/src/i18n.tsx
@@ -89,8 +89,15 @@ export async function initPluginTranslations(id: string, loaders?: ResourceLoade
   return { language };
 }
 
-export function getI18nInstance() {
-  return i18n;
+export function getI18nInstance(): typeof i18n {
+  // in Grafana versions < 12.1.0 the i18n instance is exposed through the default export
+  // used by plugins that support translations from Grafana >= 11.0.0
+  const instance: typeof i18n & { default?: typeof i18n } = i18n;
+  if (instance && instance.default) {
+    return instance.default;
+  }
+
+  return instance;
 }
 
 interface Module {