Plugins: Install Grafana Pathfinder behind a feature flag (#109909)

Co-authored-by: Jack Baldry <jack.baldry@grafana.com>

docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ Most [generally available](https://grafana.com/docs/release-life-cycle/#general-
 | `azureMonitorLogsBuilderEditor` | Enables the logs builder mode for the Azure Monitor data source                                        |
 | `localeFormatPreference`        | Specifies the locale so the correct format for numbers and dates can be shown                          |
 | `logsPanelControls`             | Enables a control component for the logs panel in Explore                                              |
+| `grafanaPathfinder`             | Enables Pathfinder app                                                                                 |
 | `azureResourcePickerUpdates`    | Enables the updated Azure Monitor resource picker                                                      |
 
 ## Development feature toggles

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

@@ -1166,6 +1166,10 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   */
   teamFolders?: boolean;
   /**
+  * Enables Pathfinder app
+  */
+  grafanaPathfinder?: boolean;
+  /**
   * Enables the alerting triage feature
   * @default false
   */

pkg/services/featuremgmt/codeowners.go

@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ const (
 	growthAndOnboarding                         codeowner = "@grafana/growth-and-onboarding"
 	grafanaDatasourcesCoreServicesSquad         codeowner = "@grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services"
 	grafanaBackendGroup                         codeowner = "@grafana/grafana-backend-group"
+	grafanaPathfinderSquad                      codeowner = "@grafana/pathfinder"
 )

pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go

@@ -2024,6 +2024,12 @@ var (
 			Owner:        grafanaFrontendSearchNavOrganise,
 			Expression:   "false",
 		},
+		{
+			Name:        "grafanaPathfinder",
+			Description: "Enables Pathfinder app",
+			Stage:       FeatureStagePublicPreview,
+			Owner:       grafanaPathfinderSquad,
+		},
 		{
 			Name:              "alertingTriage",
 			Description:       "Enables the alerting triage feature",

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv

@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ favoriteDatasources,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,false,t
 newLogContext,experimental,@grafana/observability-logs,false,false,true
 newClickhouseConfigPageDesign,privatePreview,@grafana/partner-datasources,false,false,false
 teamFolders,experimental,@grafana/grafana-search-navigate-organise,false,false,false
+grafanaPathfinder,preview,@grafana/pathfinder,false,false,false
 alertingTriage,experimental,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,true
 graphiteBackendMode,privatePreview,@grafana/partner-datasources,false,false,false
 azureResourcePickerUpdates,preview,@grafana/partner-datasources,false,false,true

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go

@@ -1050,6 +1050,10 @@ const (
 	// Enables team folders functionality
 	FlagTeamFolders = "teamFolders"
 
+	// FlagGrafanaPathfinder
+	// Enables Pathfinder app
+	FlagGrafanaPathfinder = "grafanaPathfinder"
+
 	// FlagAlertingTriage
 	// Enables the alerting triage feature
 	FlagAlertingTriage = "alertingTriage"

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json

@@ -1816,6 +1816,21 @@
         "hideFromDocs": true
       }
     },
+    {
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "grafanaPathfinder",
+        "resourceVersion": "1760434668782",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2025-08-20T12:30:29Z",
+        "annotations": {
+          "grafana.app/updatedTimestamp": "2025-10-14 09:37:48.782577 +0000 UTC"
+        }
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "description": "Enables Pathfinder app",
+        "stage": "preview",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/pathfinder"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "grafanaconThemes",
@@ -2274,6 +2289,19 @@
         "requiresRestart": true
       }
     },
+    {
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "kubernetesStars",
+        "resourceVersion": "1759149842036",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2025-09-29T12:44:02Z"
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "description": "Routes stars requests from /api to the /apis endpoint",
+        "stage": "experimental",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad",
+        "requiresRestart": true
+      }
+    },
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "kubernetesZanzanaPopulate",
@@ -2289,19 +2317,6 @@
         "hideFromDocs": true
       }
     },
-    {
-      "metadata": {
-        "name": "kubernetesStars",
-        "resourceVersion": "1759149842036",
-        "creationTimestamp": "2025-09-29T12:44:02Z"
-      },
-      "spec": {
-        "description": "Routes stars requests from /api to the /apis endpoint",
-        "stage": "experimental",
-        "codeowner": "@grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad",
-        "requiresRestart": true
-      }
-    },
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "localeFormatPreference",
@@ -3204,7 +3219,8 @@
       "metadata": {
         "name": "queryServiceWithConnections",
         "resourceVersion": "1756367172351",
-        "creationTimestamp": "2025-08-28T07:46:12Z"
+        "creationTimestamp": "2025-08-28T19:28:26Z",
+        "deletionTimestamp": "2025-08-29T12:49:57Z"
       },
       "spec": {
         "description": "Adds datasource connections to the query service",

pkg/setting/setting_plugins.go

@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ func (cfg *Cfg) readPluginSettings(iniFile *ini.File) error {
 		if cfg.IsFeatureToggleEnabled("grafanaAdvisor") { // Use literal string to avoid circular dependency
 			preinstallPluginsAsync["grafana-advisor-app"] = InstallPlugin{"grafana-advisor-app", "", ""}
 		}
+		if cfg.IsFeatureToggleEnabled("grafanaPathfinder") { // Use literal string to avoid circular dependency
+			preinstallPluginsAsync["grafana-pathfinder-app"] = InstallPlugin{"grafana-pathfinder-app", "", ""}
+		}
 		cfg.processPreinstallPlugins(rawInstallPluginsAsync, preinstallPluginsAsync)
 
 		rawInstallPluginsSync := util.SplitString(pluginsSection.Key("preinstall_sync").MustString(""))