Module plugins Future

Plugins Module - Future Enhancements

Scope

• hardening and refinement of plugin lifecycle/security runtime behavior
• deterministic reliability improvements for hot-plug and integration workflows
• stronger benchmark-backed guardrails for plugin hot paths

Design Constraints

• plugin contracts remain backward compatible within major release line.
• lifecycle and security behavior remains explicit and deterministic.
• hot-plug/health/metrics behavior remains bounded and observable.
• degraded runtime integration paths remain explicit and non-silent.

Required Interfaces

Interface	Requirement
lifecycle interfaces	deterministic load/unload/reload semantics
security interfaces	explicit manifest/signature/capability validation semantics
monitoring interfaces	bounded health and metrics reporting behavior
integration interfaces	stable OCI/RPC/WASM integration contracts

Implementation Notes

• tighten parity between signature validation and runtime activation boundaries (Phase 2 task).
• standardize diagnostics for lifecycle, capability, and integration incidents (Phase 3 task).
• expand resilience tests for prolonged plugin churn and hot-plug operation (Phase 4 complete; expanding for Q4 2026).
• broaden benchmark depth for repository and runtime integration workloads (Phase 5 complete; baseline runs pending).

Test Strategy

• unit and integration suites for lifecycle, security, and monitoring behaviors.
• regressions for malformed manifests, invalid signatures, and capability mismatch.
• deterministic stress runs for plugin churn and hot-plug operations.
• release-profile benchmark runs for mapped plugin targets.

Performance Targets

• plugin hot paths remain inside regression budgets.
• lifecycle/query operations remain stable at p95/p99 envelopes.
• mapped benchmark manifests reach no-missing-case status for release gating.

Security / Reliability

• maintain strict validation before plugin activation paths.
• preserve explicit failure signaling for signature/capability/reload faults.
• enforce bounded behavior under malformed or partial plugin state.
• keep diagnostics actionable for production plugin incidents.

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