Plugins: Add feature toggle for plugins auto-update (#103993)

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

@@ -1032,4 +1032,8 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   * Enables creating metrics from profiles and storing them as recording rules
   */
   metricsFromProfiles?: boolean;
+  /**
+  * Enables auto-updating of users installed plugins
+  */
+  pluginsAutoUpdate?: boolean;
 }

pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go

@@ -1775,6 +1775,14 @@ var (
 			Owner:        grafanaObservabilityTracesAndProfilingSquad,
 			FrontendOnly: true,
 		},
+		{
+
+			Name:         "pluginsAutoUpdate",
+			Description:  "Enables auto-updating of users installed plugins",
+			Stage:        FeatureStageExperimental,
+			FrontendOnly: false,
+			Owner:        grafanaPluginsPlatformSquad,
+		},
 	}
 )
 

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv

@@ -232,3 +232,4 @@ localizationForPlugins,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,fals
 unifiedNavbars,GA,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,false,true
 logsPanelControls,preview,@grafana/observability-logs,false,false,true
 metricsFromProfiles,experimental,@grafana/observability-traces-and-profiling,false,false,true
+pluginsAutoUpdate,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,false,false

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go

@@ -938,4 +938,8 @@ const (
 	// FlagMetricsFromProfiles
 	// Enables creating metrics from profiles and storing them as recording rules
 	FlagMetricsFromProfiles = "metricsFromProfiles"
+
+	// FlagPluginsAutoUpdate
+	// Enables auto-updating of users installed plugins
+	FlagPluginsAutoUpdate = "pluginsAutoUpdate"
 )

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json

@@ -2449,6 +2449,18 @@
         "frontend": true
       }
     },
+    {
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "pluginsAutoUpdate",
+        "resourceVersion": "1744729584489",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2025-04-15T15:06:24Z"
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "description": "Enables auto-updating of users installed plugins",
+        "stage": "experimental",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/plugins-platform-backend"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "pluginsCDNSyncLoader",