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https://entire.io/gh/jdx/mise/trails/910

vfox backend plugins can now be installed from a signed packslip archive, using the vfox-backend: prefix. Previously mise plugins install vfox-backend:foo 'packslip:owner/repo#1.0.0' failed with packslip plugin sources require the vfox plugin type, while the same entry in [plugins] resolved to the backend type and then hit a similar rejection.

mise plugins install vfox-backend:my-backend 'packslip:your-org/my-backend#1.0.0'

[plugins]
"vfox-backend:my-backend" = "packslip:your-org/my-backend#1.0.0"

The CLI and [plugins] now agree. An explicit asdf: or package: prefix is still rejected, and the error now says "vfox or vfox-backend".

The archive contract is unchanged: a backend plugin's archive still declares extensions.mise.plugin = "vfox", since that names the archive format. mise tells a backend plugin apart by hooks/backend_install.lua. Both docs pages say so.

Closes discussion #14718.

Validation

• test_plugins_packslip and test_plugins_packslip_unprefixed pass. The unprefixed test now covers the vfox-backend: prefix on the CLI and in [plugins].
• The signed fixture is a tool plugin, not a backend, so the e2e covers prefix acceptance only. A signed backend fixture can't be produced locally.
• cargo clippy --workspace --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings is clean.

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Narrow change to packslip plugin type validation and install routing; archive verification and signer checks are unchanged.

Overview
Packslip plugin installs now accept the vfox-backend: type prefix on the CLI and in [plugins], alongside vfox: (and unprefixed entries that still resolve to vfox). Explicit asdf: / other types remain rejected; the error text now says packslip sources require vfox or vfox-backend.

When the source is packslip:…, mise only forces PluginType::Vfox if the user did not specify vfox-backend:—so backend plugins can be installed from signed archives without being mis-typed as tool plugins.

Docs explain that backend packslip archives still use extensions.mise.plugin = "vfox" (format name) while mise distinguishes backends via hooks/backend_install.lua. E2e coverage adds [plugins] and mise plugins install cases for the new prefix.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Packslip archives can now be installed as vfox backend plugins using the vfox-backend: prefix, both from the command line and in plugin configuration.
  • Packslip sources without an explicit type continue to default to vfox plugins.
• Documentation
  • Updated plugin publishing and installation guidance with backend plugin archive details and prefix usage.
• Bug Fixes
  • Unsupported explicit plugin types remain rejected, with clearer error guidance.

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📝 Walkthrough

Packslip plugin sources now accept the vfox-backend type in addition to vfox. End-to-end tests and documentation cover backend plugin installation through configuration and the command line.

Changes: Packslip Backend Plugin Support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Accept backend plugin sources src/cli/plugins/install.rs, src/toolset/toolset_install.rs	CLI parsing accepts explicit vfox-backend packslip sources and defaults to vfox when no type is specified. Toolset validation permits both Vfox and VfoxBackend.
Cover and document backend installation e2e/cli/test_plugins_packslip_unprefixed, docs/plugin-publishing.md, docs/plugins.md	End-to-end tests cover vfox-backend installation through [plugins] and the command line. The documentation describes the archive declaration and installation prefixes.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: marukome0743

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 27b8a

The new prefix is exercised with a signed tool-plugin archive, not a signed backend archive, leaving successful backend-hook recognition unverified. Add a backend archive fixture or explicitly accept this gap before relying on the new installation path.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

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Confidence Score: 5/5

[Medium impact] The PR appears safe to merge.

Summary

Allows vfox-backend: plugin names with Packslip sources on the CLI and in [plugins].

• Packslip installs accept the vfox-backend: prefix in both install routes.

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🧹 Nitpick comments: 1

e2e/cli/test_plugins_packslip_unprefixed: 1

55-70: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a signed backend archive fixture to the vfox-backend tests.

The changed cases reuse the signed vfox-bfs tool-plugin archive. Its archive contains no hooks/backend_install.lua, and the assertions check only installation files and the manifest version. These tests can pass if signed backend archives are rejected, misidentified, or their backend hook is not recognized.

Add a signed backend archive with extensions.mise.plugin = "vfox" and hooks/backend_install.lua. Serve it from test/fixtures/packslip-vfox/server.py, then use it in both the [plugins] and CLI cases and assert backend-specific behavior.

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Review comment at @e2e/cli/test_plugins_packslip_unprefixed around lines 55 -
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Update the vfox-backend cases in the unprefixed Packslip test to use a signed
backend archive containing the vfox plugin declaration and backend_install.lua
hook, served by the existing Packslip fixture server. Use that archive in both
the [plugins] and CLI install flows, and assert backend-specific behavior so the
tests verify backend archive recognition and hook handling.

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Review comments at @e2e/cli/test_plugins_packslip_unprefixed:
- Around line 55-70: Update the vfox-backend cases in the unprefixed Packslip
test to use a signed backend archive containing the vfox plugin declaration and
backend_install.lua hook, served by the existing Packslip fixture server. Use
that archive in both the [plugins] and CLI install flows, and assert
backend-specific behavior so the tests verify backend archive recognition and
hook handling.

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Nothing was compared, and so nothing was gated. No series appears on both sides: either the base has no measurements recorded, or the two were measured on different runner classes, which are deliberately not comparable — counts shift between machine types by more than a real regression does.

New, nothing to compare against: env on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143, hook-env on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143, ls on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143, registry on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143, startup on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143

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