ROADMAP.md

Plugins Module Roadmap

Current Status

Production plugin runtime exists for lifecycle management, manifest/signature validation, hot-plug behavior, health/metrics monitoring, and OCI/RPC integration surfaces.

In Progress

• [~] hardening plugin edge-case behavior for capability and reload transitions (Target: Q3 2026)
• [~] benchmark stabilization for plugin lifecycle and hot-plug paths (Target: Q3 2026)
• [~] diagnostics consistency for validation/security/integration incidents (Target: Q3 2026)

Planned Features

Short-term (3-6 months)

• tighten deterministic behavior under high plugin-churn and concurrent lifecycle operations (Target: Q4 2026)
• expand stress coverage for signature/manifest and capability edge scenarios (Target: Q4 2026)
• improve operator-facing diagnostics for plugin incident triage (Target: Q4 2026)

Mid-term (6-12 months)

• re-baseline p95/p99 envelopes for plugin lifecycle and query paths (Target: Q1 2027)
• broaden benchmark depth for signed repository and runtime integration scenarios (Target: Q1 2027)
• harden long-running reliability under sustained hot-plug workloads (Target: Q1 2027)

Implementation Phases

Phase 1: Design / API Contract

• freeze lifecycle/security/monitoring contracts for active major line (Target: Q3 2026)
• define explicit error taxonomy for plugin failure classes (Target: Q3 2026)

Phase 2: Core Implementation

• complete hardening for plugin lifecycle and registry internals (Target: Q4 2026)
• align hot-plug/health/integration behavior to bounded runtime contracts (Target: Q4 2026)

Phase 3: Error Handling and Edge Cases

• standardize fail-safe behavior for invalid manifests/signatures and reload faults (Target: Q4 2026)
• unify diagnostics across lifecycle/security/integration incidents (Target: Q4 2026)

Phase 4: Tests

• expand focused regressions for plugin churn and capability edge scenarios (Target: Q4 2026)
• extend deterministic stress fixtures for hot-plug and registry operations (Target: Q4 2026)

Phase 5: Performance and Hardening

• lock benchmark-backed release gates for plugin hot paths (Target: Q4 2026)
• validate p95/p99 and throughput behavior against release baselines (Target: Q4 2026)

Phase 6: Documentation and Acceptance

• core plugins module docs aligned to source-verifiable behavior
• roadmap/future planning separated from historical changelog entries

Production Readiness Checklist

• core plugin surfaces documented and source-verified
• module-level security and failure behavior documented
• benchmark mapping documented in performance expectations
• remaining hardening tasks closed for lifecycle/security/integration edge paths
• release benchmark stabilization complete

Known Issues and Limitations

• runtime behavior depends on plugin manifest quality, signatures, and enabled runtime features.
• selected lifecycle and hot-plug edge scenarios need continued hardening.
• benchmark breadth should continue expanding for advanced repository/runtime scenarios.

Breaking Changes

No breaking plugin contract planned. Any contract-breaking change requires migration notes and changelog entry before merge.