Add plugin hot reload - #4578
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Reload plugins in place after install/update/uninstall instead of requiring an app restart, plus a manual reload API and Sys command. - Make PluginAssemblyLoader a collectible AssemblyLoadContext and track it per plugin so dotnet plugin assemblies can be unloaded; verify collection via WeakReference with a bounded GC loop (best effort: a pinned context is logged and reclaimed on restart) - Add PluginManager.ReloadPluginAsync/ReloadAllPluginsAsync/ UnloadPluginAsync/LoadAndInitializePluginAsync with per-plugin locking; failures fall back to the existing modified+restart flow - Convert capability registries to removable dictionaries, extract single-plugin init and inverse-registration helpers, track and detach ResultsUpdated handlers, support DialogJump removal - Wire hot reload into PluginInstaller and the PluginsManager plugin behind a new HotReloadAfterChanging setting (default on), keeping AutoRestartAfterChanging as the fallback; uninstall now deletes the plugin directory immediately when the unload is verified - Add IPublicAPI.ReloadPluginAsync/ReloadAllPluginsAsync and a Sys plugin "Reload All Plugins" command; merge newly added default Sys commands into persisted settings - Run the taskkill PreBuild step only on Windows so the solution can be cross-compiled - Add PluginHotReloadTest covering register/unregister symmetry, load context collectibility, and single-directory metadata parsing
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- Fix PluginHotReloadTest fake metadata: set ExecuteFileName before PluginDirectory so the setter's Path.Combine does not throw - DialogJump: clear the cached active dialog window when its plugin is removed, and use TryGetValue for lookups that can race a hot reload - ReloadPluginAsync: keep the plugin directory discoverable after a failed reload so a retry can still load it - InstallPlugin: skip hot reload for packages whose plugin.json ID differs from the requested plugin ID - LoadAndInitializePluginAsync: bail out before creating a load context when the plugin ID is already running - Update-all flows: mark the batch as not fully hot reloaded on cancellation, failed update, or exception so the restart fallback still applies - Sys reload command: only show the success message when the reload ran to completion
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughPlugin hot reload is added across plugin loading, unloading, public APIs, Plugin Store operations, settings, UI cleanup, system commands, and tests. Collectible assembly contexts and lifecycle cleanup support in-place plugin replacement without restarting. ChangesPlugin hot reload
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to Plugin installation or reload can deadlock the application UI, while concurrent dialog cleanup can leave stale plugin windows that interfere with the reloaded plugin and retain old plugin resources. These current-head synchronization issues should be fixed before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant User
participant PluginsManager
participant PublicAPIInstance
participant PluginManager
User->>PluginsManager: install or update plugin
PluginsManager->>PublicAPIInstance: ReloadPluginAsync(id)
PublicAPIInstance->>PluginManager: reload plugin
PluginManager-->>PublicAPIInstance: reload success
PublicAPIInstance-->>PluginsManager: return status
PluginsManager-->>User: show hot-reload or restart message
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Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/DialogJump/DialogJump.cs (1)
559-569: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔴 Critical | ⚡ Quick winCheck
TryGetValuereturn value to avoid accessing unloaded plugins.If a plugin is removed concurrently via hot-reload,
TryGetValuewill returnfalseand leaveexistingDialogWindowasnull. The code then incorrectly falls into theelseblock and invokesdialog.Plugin.CheckDialogWindow(hwnd)on the unloaded/disposed plugin, which can throw an exception and disrupt theWINEVENTPROChook.
Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/DialogJump/DialogJump.cs#L559-L569: Check the return value andcontinueif the plugin was removed.Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/DialogJump/DialogJump.cs#L981-L991: Check the return value andcontinueif the plugin was removed here as well.🐛 Proposed fix
- // The dialog can be removed concurrently by a plugin hot reload - _dialogJumpDialogs.TryGetValue(dialog, out var existingDialogWindow); + // The dialog can be removed concurrently by a plugin hot reload + if (!_dialogJumpDialogs.TryGetValue(dialog, out var existingDialogWindow)) + { + continue; + } + if (existingDialogWindow != null && existingDialogWindow.Handle == hwnd) { // If the dialog window is already in the list, no need to check again dialogWindow = existingDialogWindow; } else { dialogWindow = dialog.Plugin.CheckDialogWindow(hwnd); }🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate. In `@Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/DialogJump/DialogJump.cs` around lines 559 - 569, The dialog lookup paths must handle concurrent plugin removal before accessing the plugin. In both DialogJump.cs sites (anchor lines 559-569 and sibling lines 981-991), capture the boolean result from _dialogJumpDialogs.TryGetValue and continue the enclosing iteration when it returns false; only use the existing-dialog or dialog.Plugin.CheckDialogWindow(hwnd) logic after a successful lookup.Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/PluginInstaller.cs (1)
349-391: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winAvoid data race by aggregating task results instead of mutating shared variables.
Mutating the shared local variables
anyPluginSuccessandallPluginsHotReloadedconcurrently from insideTask.WhenAllcreates a data race. The C# memory model does not guarantee memory visibility across threads without synchronization, which could lead to missed updates or stale reads.
Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/PluginInstaller.cs#L349-L391: Return a tuple(bool success, bool hotReloaded)from theasync plugin =>lambda and aggregate the results with.Any()and.All()after theWhenAllcompletes.Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/PluginsManager.cs#L486-L533: Apply the same tuple-aggregation pattern to this concurrent update loop.🛡️ Proposed fix for `PluginInstaller.cs`
- var anyPluginSuccess = false; - var allPluginsHotReloaded = true; - await Task.WhenAll(resultsForUpdate.Select(async plugin => + var updateTasks = resultsForUpdate.Select(async plugin => { + bool success = false; + bool hotReloaded = true; var downloadToFilePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"{plugin.Name}-{plugin.NewVersion}.zip"); try { using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(); await DownloadFileAsync( $"{Localize.DownloadingPlugin()} {plugin.PluginNewUserPlugin.Name}", plugin.PluginNewUserPlugin.UrlDownload, downloadToFilePath, cts); // check if user cancelled download before installing plugin if (cts.IsCancellationRequested) { - allPluginsHotReloaded = false; - return; + hotReloaded = false; + return (success, hotReloaded); } if (!await PublicApi.Instance.UpdatePluginAsync(plugin.PluginExistingMetadata, plugin.PluginNewUserPlugin, downloadToFilePath)) { - allPluginsHotReloaded = false; - return; + hotReloaded = false; + return (success, hotReloaded); } - anyPluginSuccess = true; + success = true; if (!Settings.HotReloadAfterChanging || !await PluginManager.ReloadPluginAsync(plugin.ID)) { - allPluginsHotReloaded = false; + hotReloaded = false; } } catch (Exception e) { - allPluginsHotReloaded = false; + hotReloaded = false; PublicApi.Instance.LogException(ClassName, "Failed to update plugin", e); PublicApi.Instance.ShowMsgError(Localize.ErrorUpdatingPlugin()); } - })); + return (success, hotReloaded); + }); + + var results = await Task.WhenAll(updateTasks); + var anyPluginSuccess = results.Any(r => r.success); + var allPluginsHotReloaded = results.All(r => r.hotReloaded); if (!anyPluginSuccess) return;🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate. In `@Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/PluginInstaller.cs` around lines 349 - 391, Replace the shared anyPluginSuccess and allPluginsHotReloaded mutations in PluginInstaller.cs lines 349-391 with tuple results returned by each async plugin lambda, then aggregate the completed WhenAll results using Any() and All(). Apply the same tuple-aggregation pattern to the concurrent update loop in PluginsManager.cs lines 486-533, preserving each operation’s existing success and hot-reload outcomes.
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In `@Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/PluginManager.cs`:
- Around line 503-515: Extend the initialization transaction in InitAsync to
cover RegisterResultsUpdatedEvent, UpdatePluginMetadataTranslation,
InitializeDialogJumpPlugin, and AddPluginToLists, catching failures and
returning false instead of propagating exceptions. On any post-init failure,
roll back every registration or list insertion performed for the plugin so
reload can restart cleanly.
- Around line 143-146: Use a single per-plugin lifecycle gate from _reloadLocks
for ReloadPluginAsync, UninstallPluginAsync, and the update flow. Add
non-locking internal implementations for these operations, and have each public
entry point acquire the plugin-specific semaphore before invoking its internal
method, ensuring concurrent reload, update, and uninstall calls cannot mutate
shared plugin state or files simultaneously.
- Around line 195-203: Update Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/PluginManager.cs lines
195-203 in ReloadAllPluginsAsync to collect failed and skipped plugin IDs
instead of discarding ReloadPluginAsync results, then return an aggregate
success or structured reload summary. Update
Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Interfaces/IPublicAPI.cs lines 618-622 to expose the
matching Task<bool> or structured summary contract so callers can report partial
failures.
- Around line 226-252: Update the plugin removal flow around
RemovePluginFromLists and DisposePluginAsync to quiesce the plugin before
disposal: use a per-plugin execution gate to cancel and await all active query
and event invocations holding pair, then proceed with DisposePluginAsync,
pair.Plugin = null, and unloading. Ensure new invocations are blocked during
shutdown and no active call can access the instance after disposal begins.
- Around line 1268-1273: Update the plugin installation flow around the
plugin.json deserialization to require exact, case-sensitive equality between
the manifest ID and the requested plugin ID, using the existing plugin ID
validation path. Reject and abort the installation before any files are copied
when they differ; do not merely skip the _pendingInstallPaths update or use
StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase.
- Around line 468-500: In the initialization failure catch block of the plugin
registration flow, unregister the action keywords previously added by
RegisterPluginActionKeywords(pair) before returning false. Reuse the existing
keyword-unregistration mechanism and ensure cleanup occurs for every InitAsync
failure while preserving the disabled-plugin bookkeeping.
In `@Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/PluginsLoader.cs`:
- Around line 96-138: Declare the PluginAssemblyLoader used in the loading block
outside the try so it remains available to failure handling. Initialize it
before LoadAssemblyAndDependencies, and ensure every non-debug exception path
unloads it when loading or plugin creation fails, while preserving the existing
logging and successful PluginManager.TrackAssemblyLoader behavior.
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In `@Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/PluginInstaller.cs`:
- Around line 349-391: Replace the shared anyPluginSuccess and
allPluginsHotReloaded mutations in PluginInstaller.cs lines 349-391 with tuple
results returned by each async plugin lambda, then aggregate the completed
WhenAll results using Any() and All(). Apply the same tuple-aggregation pattern
to the concurrent update loop in PluginsManager.cs lines 486-533, preserving
each operation’s existing success and hot-reload outcomes.
In `@Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/DialogJump/DialogJump.cs`:
- Around line 559-569: The dialog lookup paths must handle concurrent plugin
removal before accessing the plugin. In both DialogJump.cs sites (anchor lines
559-569 and sibling lines 981-991), capture the boolean result from
_dialogJumpDialogs.TryGetValue and continue the enclosing iteration when it
returns false; only use the existing-dialog or
dialog.Plugin.CheckDialogWindow(hwnd) logic after a successful lookup.
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- DialogJump: skip dialogs removed mid-enumeration instead of probing the unloaded plugin, and always clear the cached active dialog window when its plugin is removed (it may not be attributable by value) - Route uninstall through the same per-plugin lifecycle lock as reload so concurrent reload/uninstall cannot interleave - InitializePluginAsync: unregister action keywords when init fails and roll back partial registrations when post-init wiring throws - InstallPlugin: reject packages whose plugin.json ID does not match the requested plugin before copying any files - PluginsLoader: track the assembly load context only after the plugin instance is accepted - ReloadAllPluginsAsync now returns whether every plugin reloaded; the Sys command reports failure instead of an unconditional success toast
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Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys/Languages/en.xaml (1)
55-55: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winAvoid promising that reload always completes without a restart.
Reload is best-effort; the Sys command can report incomplete reloads and recommend restarting. Update this description to reflect that limitation.
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- <system:String x:Key="flowlauncher_plugin_sys_reload_all_plugins">Fully reloads all plugins without restarting Flow Launcher</system:String> + <system:String x:Key="flowlauncher_plugin_sys_reload_all_plugins">Attempts to reload all plugins without restarting Flow Launcher; a restart may be required</system:String>🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate. In `@Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys/Languages/en.xaml` at line 55, Update the flowlauncher_plugin_sys_reload_all_plugins resource description to describe plugin reloading as best-effort, without promising completion, and mention that restarting Flow Launcher may be recommended when reloads are incomplete.
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- Line 55: Update the flowlauncher_plugin_sys_reload_all_plugins resource
description to describe plugin reloading as best-effort, without promising
completion, and mention that restarting Flow Launcher may be recommended when
reloads are incomplete.
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<violation number="1" location="Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/DialogJump/DialogJump.cs:560">
P1: A reload can still invoke and recache a plugin after it has been removed because `TryGetValue` is only a point-in-time check. Coordinate this callback with removal/plugin lifetime (or revalidate under a shared lock) before calling `CheckDialogWindow`, otherwise old contexts can remain pinned or a disposed plugin can be called.</violation>
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- InstallPlugin: adopt the package's plugin.json ID when the requested UserPlugin has no ID (install-from-URL builds one with an empty ID), instead of rejecting the install as an ID mismatch - ReloadPluginAsync: do not clear the modified flag when a concurrent install recorded a newer pending version during the reload - Sys reload command: handle faulted reloads in the continuation (log the exception, show the failure message) instead of skipping it - Skip the delete marker when the plugin directory no longer exists - Keep the assembly-unload GC wait loop off the UI thread context - Drop unreachable duplicate-load cleanup now guarded by the lifecycle lock, and the unused fromPendingInstall local
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- Sys reload failure toast: pass a short title and the message as the subtitle, matching ShowMsgError's signature - InstallPlugin: record the pending install path before the modified flag so a concurrent reload that observes the flag also sees the pending path and never clears it prematurely - Soften the Reload All Plugins description: a restart may still be needed if a reload fails
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…and dialog jump disposal - ReloadAllPluginsAsync no longer silently skips a modified plugin that still has a pending install path waiting for retry, and no longer reports overall success while leaving it unloaded - InstallPlugin now publishes the pending install path and modified flag under the same per-plugin lock ReloadPluginAsync uses, closing a race where a concurrent reload could clear the modified flag just before install re-set it for a version the reload already picked up - ForegroundChangeCallback now records dialog windows it creates back into the plugin dialog registry so a hot reload's registry-based cleanup can find and dispose them instead of leaking a reference held only in the single-window cache
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Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/DialogJump/DialogJump.cs (2)
150-185: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftSerialize dialog removal with dialog-window publication.
RemoveDialogJumpPlugincan remove a pair afterForegroundChangeCallbackpassesTryGetValueat Line 560. The callback can then write the unloading pair back at Line 575.GetDialogWindowhas the same write at Line 1004.This retains the old plugin window after unload. It can pin the collectible context. It can also prevent the reloaded pair from registering because dialog-pair identity uses the plugin ID.
Use one shared registry gate for removal and all membership-check, dictionary-write, and
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170-182: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winRemove disposed dialog handles from
_autoSwitchedDialogs.When Line 182 disposes
dialogWindow, its handle can remain in_autoSwitchedDialogs. If the native dialog remains open after reload, the new plugin treats that handle as already switched and skipsNavigateDialogPathAsync.Remove
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In `@Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/PluginManager.cs`:
- Around line 1309-1326: Replace the synchronous semaphore acquisition in
InstallPlugin’s publication block with an asynchronous path that awaits the
per-plugin lock without blocking the WPF dispatcher, while keeping updates to
_pendingInstallPaths and ModifiedPlugins inside the lock and preserving the
existing release behavior.
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In `@Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/DialogJump/DialogJump.cs`:
- Around line 150-185: Serialize dialog removal with dialog-window publication
by introducing or reusing one shared registry gate around RemoveDialogJumpPlugin
and every membership check, dictionary write, and _dialogWindow update in
ForegroundChangeCallback and GetDialogWindow. Ensure no dialog-pair lookup or
publication occurs outside this gate, so an unloading pair cannot be republished
after removal while preserving existing disposal and cache-clearing behavior.
- Around line 170-182: Before disposing dialogWindow in the TryRemove cleanup
path, remove dialogWindow.Handle from _autoSwitchedDialogs while holding
_autoSwitchedDialogsLock; preserve the existing null-safe disposal behavior.
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<violation number="1" location="Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/DialogJump/DialogJump.cs:575">
P2: When a later file dialog reuses the same HWND, the stale cached window is treated as the new dialog. Invalidate per-plugin cached windows when dialogs close, hide, or end, or verify the window instance before reusing this entry.</violation>
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P2: When a later file dialog reuses the same HWND, the stale cached window is treated as the new dialog. Invalidate per-plugin cached windows when dialogs close, hide, or end, or verify the window instance before reusing this entry.
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+ // plugin hot reload can find and dispose it instead of it living only in
+ // _dialogWindow, unreachable from the dictionary-based disposal in
+ // RemoveDialogJumpPlugin
+ _dialogJumpDialogs[dialog] = dialogWindow;
+ }
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This is a pre-existing limitation of the HWND-keyed caching this whole file uses (the same pattern already exists in GetDialogWindow's fallback search at line ~996, which this PR didn't introduce), not something new from this change. Handling OS HWND reuse would need a liveness/generation check across every cache site in this class, which is a larger, separate change. Leaving this open as a known limitation rather than folding a partial fix into this PR.
- InstallPlugin no longer synchronously blocks on the per-plugin reload semaphore to publish the pending install path and modified flag: it is called on the UI thread with no ConfigureAwait(false) upstream, and the semaphore can be held for the full duration of a concurrent reload. Replaced with a lock-free publish-then-self-heal check: if a concurrent reload already consumed and loaded the version we just installed by the time we're done writing, clear the modified flag we just set instead of leaving it stale. - ForegroundChangeCallback's dialog registry write now uses TryUpdate as a compare-and-swap against the value read earlier in the same iteration, so a hot reload that concurrently removes the dialog's entry causes the write to fail (and the freshly created window to be disposed) instead of re-registering a window for an unloaded plugin.
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- Replace the lock-free self-heal in InstallPlugin with a short-lived lock shared with ReloadPluginAsync's completion, scoped to only the handful of _pendingInstallPaths/ModifiedPlugins dictionary writes on both sides. This closes the race where ReloadPluginAsync's own check-then-clear could observe an empty pending path, then a concurrent install could publish a newer path and set the modified flag, and then the reload's now-stale decision would clear the flag the install just set. The lock is never held across unload/load/init or any I/O, so it still can't block InstallPlugin's UI-thread caller for more than a few dictionary operations. - Guard the DialogJump registry write with a reference-identity check against the live keys before the TryUpdate CAS. DialogJumpDialogPair equality is ID-only, so after a hot reload swaps in a new pair for the same plugin ID, TryUpdate's value comparison alone could still match the new pair's entry and publish a window built from the now-stale plugin instance captured before the reload.
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…onaries under real locks Four consecutive review rounds found a new TOCTOU in each incremental patch to the dialog window registry (Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/DialogJump/DialogJump.cs). The root cause: DialogJumpDialogPair/DialogJumpExplorerPair equality is by plugin ID only, so a ConcurrentDictionary keyed by these types cannot distinguish a stale pair (captured before a hot reload) from the new pair a reload registers for the same ID. Every attempt to bolt identity detection onto that dictionary from the outside (value CAS, then a live-key reference check before the CAS) left a gap between the check and the write. Replaced ConcurrentDictionary with plain Dictionary using ReferenceEqualityComparer, guarded by real locks (a new _dialogJumpDialogsLock, and the existing _lastExplorerLock reused for explorers). A registration is now the pair instance, so a hot reload's new pair is never confused with the old one it replaced. Plugin callbacks (CheckDialogWindow, CheckExplorerWindow, Dispose) still run outside the locks; only the registry read-verify-write happens inside a single critical section via TryPublishDialogWindow / TryActivateDialogWindow, closing the gap for good instead of shifting it. Also fixes an identical stale-publish bug in GetDialogWindow's fallback search that hadn't been reached by review yet, and a race where a reload could dispose the active dialog window between a publish and it being cached, by making publish-and-cache atomic.
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# Conflicts: # Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/PluginConfig.cs # Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/PluginInstaller.cs
PluginManager.ReloadPluginAsync previously stayed silent on failure, relying entirely on the caller to notice and tell the user a restart is needed. Every known first-party caller does this today, but the method is also exposed directly via IPublicAPI.ReloadPluginAsync and ReloadAllPluginsAsync, so any other caller (a third-party plugin, or a future call site) had no such guarantee. ReloadPluginAsync now shows an error message naming the plugin when a reload attempt fails. To avoid duplicating this with PluginInstaller's existing per-action messaging, its three call sites now distinguish "hot reload is disabled by setting" (still shows their own message) from "hot reload was attempted and failed" (PluginManager already notified).
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…lure PluginManager.ReloadPluginAsync now shows its own "reload failed, restart required" message (4374ed3), which could double up with the messaging PluginsManager and the Sys plugin already show for the same failure. PluginsManager's three ReloadPluginAsync call sites (single install, single update, batch update) now distinguish "hot reload disabled by setting" (still shows their own message, since ReloadPluginAsync was never called) from "hot reload was attempted and failed" (ReloadPluginAsync already notified), mirroring PluginInstaller.cs. The Sys plugin's "Reload All Plugins" command no longer shows its own generic failure message for a plain per-plugin reload failure, since ReloadAllPluginsAsync calls ReloadPluginAsync per plugin and each failure is already individually reported; it still reports a genuine unhandled exception that escaped the reload loop, since no per-plugin message would have fired for that.
…ModifiedAction setting The AutoRestartAfterChanging and HotReloadAfterChanging booleans encoded three behaviors in four states, with the ambiguous both-on state defined only by if/else ordering repeated across eight call sites. Replace both flags (in core settings and the PluginsManager plugin settings) with one PluginModifiedAction enum: HotReload, AutoRestart, or Manual. Old config files migrate on load: hot reload on maps to HotReload, otherwise AutoRestart or Manual per the restart flag. The legacy both-on combination now maps to HotReload, so a failed hot reload notifies the user instead of force-restarting. The settings UI replaces the two toggles with a single dropdown in both the General page and the Plugins Manager plugin settings.
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…gs UI Migrate configs that predate the hot reload feature (no HotReloadAfterChanging key) with AutoRestartAfterChanging=true to AutoRestart instead of silently switching them to HotReload. In the Plugins Manager settings panel, replace the horizontal StackPanel with a two-column grid (wrapping label, auto-sized ComboBox) so the selector is not clipped at the minimum window width, and declare the options as ComboBoxItems with DynamicResource content so labels follow language changes without recreating the view model.
Hot reload supersedes auto restart as the automatic way to apply plugin changes, so configs that predate the hot reload feature adopt the HotReload default even when AutoRestartAfterChanging was true. Only an explicit HotReloadAfterChanging=false opts out, migrating to AutoRestart or Manual per the legacy restart flag.
Hot reload makes automatic restarts redundant, so the PluginModifiedAction enum introduced earlier on this branch collapses back to a single HotReloadAfterChanging toggle in both core settings and the PluginsManager plugin. When hot reload is off the app now always shows the restart-required message instead of offering an automatic restart, and the batch update window seeds its restart checkbox from the inverse of the hot reload setting. The restart-flavored confirmation prompts and success toasts are unreachable without the option, so their strings are removed.
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Catch exceptions from LoadAndInitializePluginAsync inside ReloadPluginAsync so a throwing plugin load runs the existing failure branch (pending path restored, modified flag set, user notified) instead of escaping into the install/update flow, which covers every caller including the batch paths. Render the Plugins Manager hot reload checkbox label through a wrapping TextBlock so it is not clipped at the minimum settings window width.
…f truth Remove the PluginsManager plugin's duplicate HotReloadAfterChanging setting and checkbox. The plugin now reads the app-level setting through the new IPublicAPI.IsHotReloadAfterChangingEnabled(), so the unload decision in PluginManager and all pm command flows follow one toggle, and uninstall messaging keys off the actual unload outcome via PluginModified instead of a local flag.
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Reload plugins in place after install/update/uninstall — and on demand — instead of requiring a full app restart.
AssemblyLoadContext:PluginAssemblyLoaderis now created withisCollectible: trueand tracked per plugin, so .NET plugin assemblies can be unloaded. Unload is verified with aWeakReference+ bounded GC loop and is best-effort: if something still pins the old context (cached result delegates, event handlers), it's logged and reclaimed on restart while the new version still loads from its own directory.PluginManager:ReloadPluginAsync(id)/ReloadAllPluginsAsync()(public),UnloadPluginAsync/LoadAndInitializePluginAsync(internal), with per-plugin locking. Any failure falls back to the existingModifiedPlugins+ restart-required flow.ConcurrentBagto removableConcurrentDictionarys; single-plugin init extracted fromInitializePluginsAsync; inverse-registration helpers;ResultsUpdatedhandlers are now tracked so they can be detached;DialogJump.RemoveDialogJumpPlugin.HotReloadAfterChangingsetting (default on,AutoRestartAfterChangingremains the fallback) in both the app settings and the PluginsManager plugin. Install/update/uninstall inPluginInstallerand the PluginsManager plugin now hot reload first. Uninstall deletes the plugin directory immediately when the unload is verified (marker-file fallback otherwise).IPublicAPI.ReloadPluginAsync(string)andIPublicAPI.ReloadAllPluginsAsync()(additive). New Sys plugin command Reload All Plugins; newly added default Sys commands are now merged into persisted settings so they appear for existing users.taskkillPreBuild step now only runs on Windows, so the solution cross-compiles.Tests
PluginHotReloadTestcovers register/unregister symmetry of all plugin registries, load-context collectibility after unload, and single-directoryplugin.jsonparsing. Verifieddotnet build Flow.Launcher.slnclean; test execution needs the Windows CI (WindowsDesktop runtime).Known limitations