Plugins: Remove externalCorePlugins feature toggle (#108386)

remove externalCorePlugins feature toggle

pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go

@@ -420,13 +420,6 @@ var (
 			FrontendOnly: false,
 			Owner:        grafanaObservabilityLogsSquad,
 		},
-		{
-			Name:        "externalCorePlugins",
-			Description: "Allow core plugins to be loaded as external",
-			Stage:       FeatureStageGeneralAvailability,
-			Owner:       grafanaPluginsPlatformSquad,
-			Expression:  "true", // enabled by default
-		},
 		{
 			Name:              "externalServiceAccounts",
 			Description:       "Automatic service account and token setup for plugins",

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv

@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ aiGeneratedDashboardChanges,experimental,@grafana/dashboards-squad,false,false,t
 reportingRetries,preview,@grafana/grafana-operator-experience-squad,false,true,false
 sseGroupByDatasource,experimental,@grafana/observability-metrics,false,false,false
 lokiRunQueriesInParallel,privatePreview,@grafana/observability-logs,false,false,false
-externalCorePlugins,GA,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,false,false
 externalServiceAccounts,preview,@grafana/identity-access-team,false,false,false
 panelMonitoring,GA,@grafana/dataviz-squad,false,false,true
 enableNativeHTTPHistogram,experimental,@grafana/grafana-backend-services-squad,false,true,false

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go

@@ -227,10 +227,6 @@ const (
 	// Enables running Loki queries in parallel
 	FlagLokiRunQueriesInParallel = "lokiRunQueriesInParallel"
 
-	// FlagExternalCorePlugins
-	// Allow core plugins to be loaded as external
-	FlagExternalCorePlugins = "externalCorePlugins"
-
 	// FlagExternalServiceAccounts
 	// Automatic service account and token setup for plugins
 	FlagExternalServiceAccounts = "externalServiceAccounts"

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json

@@ -1250,7 +1250,8 @@
       "metadata": {
         "name": "externalCorePlugins",
         "resourceVersion": "1750434297879",
-        "creationTimestamp": "2023-09-22T08:50:13Z"
+        "creationTimestamp": "2023-09-22T08:50:13Z",
+        "deletionTimestamp": "2025-07-21T09:49:02Z"
       },
       "spec": {
         "description": "Allow core plugins to be loaded as external",