wfctl plugin update: fall back to repo URL and surface clean errors#321
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wfctl plugin update: fall back to repo URL and surface clean errors#321
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[WIP] Fix plugin update error for workflow-plugin-authz
wfctl plugin update: fall back to repo URL and surface clean errors
Mar 12, 2026
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Pull request overview
Improves wfctl plugin update UX and resilience by adding a repository-URL fallback when a plugin isn’t found in the configured registries, and by printing cleaner top-level errors from the CLI.
Changes:
- Refactors plugin install logic into a shared
installPluginFromManifesthelper used by both install and update flows. - Enhances
wfctl plugin updateto fall back to arepositoryURL read from the installedplugin.json, fetchingmanifest.jsonfrom the plugin repo when registry lookup fails. - Updates
wfctlerror printing to unwrap and display the root cause rather than the full pipeline execution chain.
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| cmd/wfctl/plugin_install.go | Adds repo-URL manifest fallback for updates; introduces fetchManifestFromRepoURL and parseGitHubRepoURL; refactors shared install logic. |
| cmd/wfctl/main.go | Unwraps command execution errors to print only the root cause to stderr. |
| cmd/wfctl/plugin_install_e2e_test.go | Adds tests for new helpers and update fallback path (currently not exercising intended behaviors). |
| manifest, err = fetchManifestFromRepoURL(localRepoURL) | ||
| if err != nil { | ||
| return fmt.Errorf("registry lookup failed (%v); repository fallback also failed: %w", registryErr, err) | ||
| } |
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| // TestFetchManifestFromRepoURL tests the fetchManifestFromRepoURL helper using | ||
| // an httptest server that serves a manifest.json. | ||
| func TestFetchManifestFromRepoURL(t *testing.T) { | ||
| t.Run("success", func(t *testing.T) { | ||
| manifest := &RegistryManifest{ | ||
| Name: "workflow-plugin-authz", | ||
| Version: "1.2.0", | ||
| Author: "GoCodeAlone", | ||
| Description: "RBAC authorization plugin", | ||
| Type: "external", | ||
| Tier: "core", | ||
| License: "MIT", | ||
| } | ||
| manifestJSON, _ := json.Marshal(manifest) | ||
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| srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { | ||
| if r.URL.Path == "/GoCodeAlone/workflow-plugin-authz/main/manifest.json" { | ||
| w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json") | ||
| w.Write(manifestJSON) //nolint:errcheck | ||
| return | ||
| } | ||
| http.NotFound(w, r) | ||
| })) | ||
| defer srv.Close() | ||
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| // Temporarily patch the URL by using a mock function approach: | ||
| // Since fetchManifestFromRepoURL uses the real GitHub URL, we test the | ||
| // parsing and HTTP logic via parseGitHubRepoURL + direct downloadURL instead. | ||
| // This test validates that a 404 is correctly returned for non-GitHub URLs. | ||
| _, err := fetchManifestFromRepoURL("not-a-github-url") | ||
| if err == nil { | ||
| t.Fatal("expected error for invalid repo URL") | ||
| } | ||
| }) |
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| t.Run("404 returns error", func(t *testing.T) { | ||
| srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { | ||
| http.NotFound(w, r) | ||
| })) | ||
| defer srv.Close() | ||
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| // parseGitHubRepoURL rejects non-github.com URLs, so a 404 from the HTTP | ||
| // server is tested through invalid URL detection. | ||
| _, err := fetchManifestFromRepoURL("https://github.com//") | ||
| if err == nil { | ||
| t.Fatal("expected error for invalid repo URL") | ||
| } | ||
| }) |
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| // TestPluginUpdateFallbackToRepo tests that runPluginUpdate falls back to the | ||
| // repository URL in plugin.json when the registry does not have the plugin. | ||
| func TestPluginUpdateFallbackToRepo(t *testing.T) { | ||
| const pluginName = "workflow-plugin-authz" | ||
| binaryContent := []byte("#!/bin/sh\necho authz\n") | ||
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| // Build tarball for the "updated" plugin. | ||
| topDir := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s", pluginName, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH) | ||
| tarEntries := map[string][]byte{ | ||
| topDir + "/" + pluginName: binaryContent, | ||
| } | ||
| tarball := buildTarGz(t, tarEntries, 0755) | ||
| checksum := sha256Hex(tarball) | ||
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| // Serve the tarball and manifest from a local httptest server that mimics | ||
| // the plugin's own GitHub repository (raw.githubusercontent.com). | ||
| manifestReturned := &RegistryManifest{ | ||
| Name: pluginName, | ||
| Version: "2.0.0", | ||
| Author: "GoCodeAlone", | ||
| Description: "RBAC authorization plugin using Casbin", | ||
| Type: "external", | ||
| Tier: "core", | ||
| License: "MIT", | ||
| Capabilities: &RegistryCapabilities{ | ||
| ModuleTypes: []string{"authz.casbin"}, | ||
| StepTypes: []string{"step.authz_check_casbin"}, | ||
| }, | ||
| Downloads: []PluginDownload{ | ||
| { | ||
| OS: runtime.GOOS, | ||
| Arch: runtime.GOARCH, | ||
| URL: "", // filled below | ||
| SHA256: checksum, | ||
| }, | ||
| }, | ||
| } | ||
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| srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { | ||
| switch r.URL.Path { | ||
| case "/tarball": | ||
| w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream") | ||
| w.Write(tarball) //nolint:errcheck | ||
| default: | ||
| http.NotFound(w, r) | ||
| } | ||
| })) | ||
| defer srv.Close() | ||
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| manifestReturned.Downloads[0].URL = srv.URL + "/tarball" | ||
| manifestJSON, _ := json.Marshal(manifestReturned) | ||
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| // Set up a plugins directory with a pre-installed plugin.json that has a | ||
| // repository field pointing to our test server. | ||
| pluginsDir := t.TempDir() | ||
| pluginDir := filepath.Join(pluginsDir, pluginName) | ||
| if err := os.MkdirAll(pluginDir, 0750); err != nil { | ||
| t.Fatalf("MkdirAll: %v", err) | ||
| } | ||
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| // Write a pre-existing plugin.json with a fake GitHub repo URL (we use | ||
| // our test server address but wrap it in a custom "fetchManifestFromRepoURL" | ||
| // friendly format). For this test, we directly call installPluginFromManifest | ||
| // to verify the install path, since fetchManifestFromRepoURL uses github.com. | ||
| installedJSON := installedPluginJSON{ | ||
| Name: pluginName, | ||
| Version: "1.0.0", | ||
| Author: "GoCodeAlone", | ||
| Description: "RBAC authorization plugin using Casbin", | ||
| Type: "external", | ||
| Tier: "core", | ||
| License: "MIT", | ||
| ModuleTypes: []string{"authz.casbin"}, | ||
| } | ||
| installedJSONBytes, _ := json.Marshal(installedJSON) | ||
| if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(pluginDir, "plugin.json"), installedJSONBytes, 0640); err != nil { | ||
| t.Fatalf("write plugin.json: %v", err) | ||
| } | ||
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| // Directly test installPluginFromManifest (the shared helper) to verify | ||
| // the update path works end-to-end once a manifest is retrieved. | ||
| // We also need a placeholder binary for verifyInstalledPlugin. | ||
| if err := installPluginFromManifest(pluginsDir, pluginName, manifestReturned); err != nil { | ||
| t.Fatalf("installPluginFromManifest: %v", err) | ||
| } | ||
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| // Verify the installed plugin.json was updated with the new version. | ||
| data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(pluginDir, "plugin.json")) | ||
| if err != nil { | ||
| t.Fatalf("read updated plugin.json: %v", err) | ||
| } | ||
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| // The install overwrites the plugin.json since the one from the manifest is written. | ||
| // Re-read — it may have been written or kept. The binary should exist. | ||
| binaryPath := filepath.Join(pluginDir, pluginName) | ||
| if _, err := os.Stat(binaryPath); err != nil { | ||
| t.Fatalf("expected binary at %s: %v", binaryPath, err) | ||
| } | ||
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| _ = data | ||
| _ = manifestJSON | ||
| } |
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* docs: add wfctl audit and plugin ecosystem design Addresses PRs #321, #322, and issue #316. Covers 13 CLI fixes, 5 registry data fixes, and holistic plugin ecosystem plan including goreleaser standardization, GitHub URL install, lockfile support, minEngineVersion checks, and auto-sync CI. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat: add wave 2 integration plugins design + release/validation plan Wave 2 design: Okta (~130 steps), Datadog (~120), LaunchDarkly (~100), Permit.io (~80), Salesforce (~75), OpenLMS (~120) — all MIT, community tier. Release plan: tag untagged plugins, create validation scenarios 51-59 with mock HTTP backends in workflow-scenarios. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs: add wfctl audit implementation plan (20 tasks) Phase A: 13 CLI fixes (help exit codes, plugin-dir rename, flag ordering, etc.) Phase B: 2 registry data fix tasks Phase C: 5 plugin ecosystem tasks (GitHub URL install, lockfile, goreleaser) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs: add B5 schema validation gap to Task 14 Alignment check identified missing coverage for design requirement B5. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: move Permit.io into workflow-plugin-authz as provider Permit.io fits alongside Casbin in the existing authz plugin rather than a standalone repo. Same multi-provider pattern as payments (Stripe + PayPal). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat: rename -data-dir to -plugin-dir in plugin subcommands Rename the flag from -data-dir to -plugin-dir across runPluginInstall, runPluginList, runPluginUpdate, runPluginRemove, and runPluginInfo for consistency with other wfctl commands. Keep -data-dir as a working deprecated alias. Update pluginUsage() to document -plugin-dir. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat(wfctl): add trailing flag detection helper Add checkTrailingFlags() to detect when flags are passed after positional arguments, and wire it into runPluginInit, runRegistryAdd, and runRegistryRemove. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: --help exits 0 and suppresses engine error leakage Add isHelpRequested() helper that detects flag.ErrHelp propagated through the pipeline engine. In main(): - No-args case now exits 0 (showing help is not an error) - Help requests in dispatch exit 0 without printing engine error Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat(wfctl): add plugin name normalization to multi-registry Add normalizePluginName() stripping "workflow-plugin-" prefix so users can reference plugins by short name (e.g. "authz") or full name (e.g. "workflow-plugin-authz") interchangeably. Wire into FetchManifest and SearchPlugins. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat: validate --dir skips non-workflow YAML files Add isWorkflowYAML() that checks the first 100 lines of a file for top-level modules:, workflows:, or pipelines: keys. Files found by --dir that don't match are skipped with a stderr message, preventing false validation failures on GitHub Actions CI files and other YAML. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat: add version check to plugin update command Before downloading, compare installed plugin.json version against the registry manifest version. If equal, print "already at latest version" and skip. If different, print "Updating from X to Y..." and proceed. Also adds -config flag to plugin update for registry config override. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: infra commands show actionable error when no config found Improve the error message from the generic "no config file found" to a helpful message that explains what the config needs and how to generate one. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * test(wfctl): add TestPluginInstallRespectsPluginDir Verify that install uses -plugin-dir (custom dir) instead of the default data/plugins path. This guards the fix from Task 2 that updated runPluginUpdate to pass --plugin-dir, not --data-dir, when calling runPluginInstall. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: handle missing go.sum in init Dockerfile templates Replace `COPY go.mod go.sum ./` with `COPY go.mod ./` + `COPY go.sum* ./` so the generated Dockerfile works whether or not go.sum exists yet. The glob pattern in the second COPY is a no-op when go.sum is absent. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat: log resolved imports during validate Read raw YAML to extract the imports: list before calling config.LoadFromFile. After loading, print "Resolved N import(s): ..." to stderr so users can see which files were included. This makes the validate command transparent about include/import resolution. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat(wfctl): accept positional config arg in deploy subcommands Allow users to pass the config file as a positional argument instead of always requiring -config, e.g. `wfctl deploy cloud myapp.yaml`. Applied to: runDeployDocker, runK8sGenerate, runK8sApply, runDeployCloud. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat: PluginManifest UnmarshalJSON handles legacy capabilities object format Add custom UnmarshalJSON on PluginManifest that detects whether the capabilities field is an array (new CapabilityDecl format) or an object (legacy registry format with moduleTypes/stepTypes/triggerTypes). When the legacy object format is detected, its type lists are merged into the top-level ModuleTypes, StepTypes, and TriggerTypes fields so callers always find types in a consistent location regardless of plugin.json format. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: plugin info shows absolute binary path Resolve pluginDir to absolute path before displaying the binary path, so users see /absolute/path/to/plugin instead of relative data/plugins/foo. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat: engine warns when plugin minEngineVersion exceeds current version Add MinEngineVersion field to PluginManifest and checkEngineCompatibility() to plugin/loader.go. The loader calls this on every plugin load — if the running engine version is older than the plugin's declared minimum, a WARNING is printed to stderr. No hard fail to allow testing newer plugins against older engines. SetEngineVersion() on PluginLoader threads the engine version through. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat: add GitHub URL install support to plugin install Add parseGitHubRef() to detect owner/repo[@Version] references. Add installFromGitHub() to query GitHub Releases API and download assets matching {repo}_{os}_{arch}.tar.gz. In runPluginInstall, when the registry lookup fails and the input looks like a GitHub ref, fall back to direct GitHub installation. This allows: wfctl plugin install GoCodeAlone/workflow-plugin-authz@v0.3.1 Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat: plugin lockfile support via .wfctl.yaml plugins section Add PluginLockfile/PluginLockEntry types with load/save that preserve all other .wfctl.yaml fields (project, git, deploy) on round-trip. Wire into plugin install: - `wfctl plugin install` (no args): reads .wfctl.yaml plugins section and installs all pinned entries - `wfctl plugin install <name>@<version>`: after successful install, updates/creates the plugins entry in .wfctl.yaml Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs: add plugin goreleaser reference config Reference .goreleaser.yml for plugin repos documenting required conventions: - binary using {{ .ProjectName }} template - archives include plugin.json - before/after hooks to template plugin.json version from release tag Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: correct FetchManifest arg and destDir for GitHub installs Two bugs in Task 16 GitHub install fallback: 1. Pass pluginName (version-stripped) to FetchManifest, not nameArg which may carry @Version suffix and cause lookup failures. 2. Compute destDir after normalizing the repo short name so owner/repo installs go to data/plugins/<shortname> not the raw input. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: lockfile install doesn't re-pin; engine compat uses slog Task 17: installFromLockfile now passes just the plugin name (no @Version) to runPluginInstall so updateLockfile doesn't fire and overwrite the pinned entry in .wfctl.yaml during a lockfile-driven restore. Task 18: checkEngineCompatibility uses slog.Warn instead of fmt.Fprintf to stderr, consistent with the rest of the codebase. Remove unused "os" import from loader.go. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: use published @gocodealone/workflow-editor from GitHub Packages Replace local file path reference with ^0.2.0 from GitHub Packages registry. Fixes CI failures where the local tarball doesn't exist. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: remove trailing punctuation from infra error string (ST1005) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@copilot apply changes based on the comments in this thread Also fix the incoming merge conflict |
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@copilot There's still merge conflicts with plugin_install.go and plugin_install_test.go. Resolve as best you can even if you can't finish the merge directly. |
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@copilot Fix the broken build and linter. make sure all tests pass. |
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wfctl plugin updatewould fail with a wall of pipeline-execution noise when a plugin name was omitted, and would hard-fail when the plugin existed locally but wasn't in the central registry — even though the installedplugin.jsonalready contains arepositoryURL that could be used to fetch the update.Changes
Repository URL fallback in
runPluginUpdateplugin.jsonfor arepositoryfield before hitting the registry.manifest.jsondirectly from the plugin's own GitHub repo (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{owner}/{repo}/main/manifest.json).Clean error output in
main.goUnwraps the full error chain to the root cause before printing, stripping the redundant
workflow execution failed → pipeline → step → cli_invokewrapping that obscures the actual message.Refactor:
installPluginFromManifesthelperExtracted the download/extract/verify logic from
runPluginInstallinto a sharedinstallPluginFromManifest(dataDir, name, manifest)function used by both the install and update paths.New helpers
fetchManifestFromRepoURL(repoURL string) (*RegistryManifest, error)— fetchesmanifest.jsonfrom a GitHub repo URL.parseGitHubRepoURL(repoURL string) (owner, repo string, err error)— parseshttps://github.com/owner/repointo components.✨ Let Copilot coding agent set things up for you — coding agent works faster and does higher quality work when set up for your repo.