Plugins: Introduce plugin asset provider (#108063)

* introduce plugin asset provider

* simply with PR feedback

* fix linter

pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go

@@ -1809,6 +1809,16 @@ var (
 			HideFromDocs:      true,
 			Expression:        "false",
 		},
+		{
+			Name:              "pluginAssetProvider",
+			Description:       "Allows decoupled core plugins to load from the Grafana CDN",
+			Stage:             FeatureStageExperimental,
+			Owner:             grafanaPluginsPlatformSquad,
+			HideFromAdminPage: true,
+			HideFromDocs:      true,
+			Expression:        "false",
+			RequiresRestart:   true,
+		},
 	}
 )
 

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv

@@ -234,3 +234,4 @@ foldersAppPlatformAPI,experimental,@grafana/grafana-search-navigate-organise,fal
 enablePluginImporter,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,false,true
 otelLogsFormatting,experimental,@grafana/observability-logs,false,false,true
 alertingNotificationHistory,experimental,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,false
+pluginAssetProvider,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,true,false

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go

@@ -946,4 +946,8 @@ const (
 	// FlagAlertingNotificationHistory
 	// Enables the notification history feature
 	FlagAlertingNotificationHistory = "alertingNotificationHistory"
+
+	// FlagPluginAssetProvider
+	// Allows decoupled core plugins to load from the Grafana CDN
+	FlagPluginAssetProvider = "pluginAssetProvider"
 )

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json

@@ -2467,6 +2467,22 @@
         "expression": "false"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "pluginAssetProvider",
+        "resourceVersion": "1752486584712",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2025-07-14T09:49:44Z"
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "description": "Allows decoupled core plugins to load from the Grafana CDN",
+        "stage": "experimental",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/plugins-platform-backend",
+        "requiresRestart": true,
+        "hideFromAdminPage": true,
+        "hideFromDocs": true,
+        "expression": "false"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "pluginProxyPreserveTrailingSlash",
@@ -3420,4 +3436,4 @@
       }
     }
   ]
-}
+}