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The catch-all 404 route activates as soon as all plugins finish loading (allPluginsProcessed). However, plugin feature flag hookProviders need additional time to resolve their flags asynchronously. During this window, flag-gated routes are absent from the router because useExtensions filters out extensions whose required flags are still undefined, causing a momentary 404 flash.

This change adds a check for pending plugin feature flags before showing the 404 page. It inspects each loaded plugin's manifest.extensions for required flags that are still undefined in the Redux FLAGS store. A 3-second timeout fallback ensures broken hookProviders don't permanently block the 404 page.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved handling of plugin loading and required settings before showing the not-found page.
    • Prevented the not-found page from appearing prematurely while plugin processing and settings are resolving.
    • Added a three-second fallback to keep the interface responsive when settings do not resolve in time.
    • Enhanced reliability when required plugin settings are delayed, unavailable, or fail to load.

The catch-all 404 route activates as soon as all plugins finish loading
(allPluginsProcessed). However, plugin feature flag hookProviders need
additional time to resolve their flags asynchronously. During this window,
flag-gated routes are absent from the router because useExtensions filters
out extensions whose required flags are still undefined, causing a
momentary 404 flash.

This change adds a check for pending plugin feature flags before showing
the 404 page. It inspects each loaded plugin's manifest.extensions for
required flags that are still undefined in the Redux FLAGS store. A
3-second timeout fallback ensures broken hookProviders don't permanently
block the 404 page.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@TheRealJon: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-78293, which is invalid:

  • expected the bug to target the "5.1.0" version, but no target version was set

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The catch-all 404 route activates as soon as all plugins finish loading (allPluginsProcessed). However, plugin feature flag hookProviders need additional time to resolve their flags asynchronously. During this window, flag-gated routes are absent from the router because useExtensions filters out extensions whose required flags are still undefined, causing a momentary 404 flash.

This change adds a check for pending plugin feature flags before showing the 404 page. It inspects each loaded plugin's manifest.extensions for required flags that are still undefined in the Redux FLAGS store. A 3-second timeout fallback ensures broken hookProviders don't permanently block the 404 page.

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usePluginFlagsSettled centralizes required plugin flag detection and timeout handling. AppContents uses its result with plugin processing state to gate wildcard not-found routing.

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Plugin flag routing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Track plugin flag settlement
frontend/packages/console-app/src/hooks/usePluginFlagsSettled.ts
The new hook checks required flags for loaded plugins, excludes pending or failed plugins, and reports settlement after flags resolve or after a three-second timeout.
Gate wildcard not-found routing
frontend/public/components/app-contents.tsx
AppContents replaces local flag inspection and timeout handling with usePluginFlagsSettled. The wildcard not-found route now requires plugin processing and settled plugin flags.

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

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 882fa

The change defers the 404 fallback while plugin flags settle and adds a timeout safeguard; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: spadgett, cajieh

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Description check ⚠️ Warning The description explains the root cause and solution, but it omits most required template sections, including test setup, test cases, browser conformance, screenshots or recording status, additional i… Complete the required template sections. Add test setup, test cases, browser conformance results, screenshots or state that they are not applicable, additional information, and reviewers or assignees. Use explicit Analysis / Root cause and …
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the Jira issue and the primary change: delaying the 404 catch-all until plugin feature flags settle.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 2…
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Stable And Deterministic Test Names ✅ Passed The PR changes only two TypeScript source files. The added hook and the updated AppContents contain no Ginkgo test declarations or test titles (It, Describe, Context, or When). The added lin…
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Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The PR changes only two frontend TypeScript files: app-contents.tsx and usePluginFlagsSettled.ts. The diff adds client-side plugin-flag checks and 404 route gating. It adds or modifies no de…
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Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only two TypeScript frontend files. The diff adds no Ginkgo e2e tests, Go test files, network addresses, URLs, or external connectivity operations. The IPv6 and disconne…
No-Weak-Crypto ✅ Passed No weak-crypto issue was introduced. The pull request changes only plugin-flag state inspection, timeout handling, and 404 route gating. The exact added lines contain no MD5, SHA1, DES, RC4, 3DES, Blo…
Container-Privileges ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only two TypeScript source files: app-contents.tsx and usePluginFlagsSettled.ts. The diff adds no container or Kubernetes manifest and introduces none of the checked…
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only route gating and feature-flag state handling. The complete diff adds no logging or telemetry calls, and structural searches found no console, logger, or print sinks…
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PASS: The PR changes only two frontend TypeScript files: app-contents.tsx and usePluginFlagsSettled.ts. The diff adds client-side plugin-flag checks and 404 route gating. It adds or modifies no deployment manifests, operators, controllers, replicas, affinities, topology spread constraints, node selectors, tolerations, or PDBs. The topology-aware scheduling check is therefore not applicable.

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In `@frontend/public/components/app-contents.tsx`:
- Around line 182-190: The flagSettlingTimedOut state must reset when no plugin
flags are pending so each pending-flag cycle gets its own 3-second settling
window. Update the useEffect around allPluginsProcessed, hasPendingPluginFlags,
and flagSettlingTimedOut to clear the timeout state when hasPendingPluginFlags
becomes false, while preserving timer cleanup and the existing showNotFound
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/jira refresh

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@TheRealJon: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-78293, which is valid. The bug has been moved to the POST state.

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  • bug target version (5.1.0) matches configured target version for branch (5.1.0)
  • bug is in the state ASSIGNED, which is one of the valid states (NEW, ASSIGNED, POST)

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Comment thread frontend/public/components/app-contents.tsx Outdated
Move the plugin flag settling logic from app-contents.tsx into a
dedicated usePluginFlagsSettled hook for better separation of
concerns and testability.

Fix a bug where flagSettlingTimedOut was never reset when
hasPendingPluginFlags became false, which could cause the hook to
skip the timeout on a subsequent pending-flags cycle (e.g. if a
late-loading plugin introduces new pending flags after the initial
batch has settled).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@TheRealJon: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-78293, which is valid.

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  • bug is open, matching expected state (open)
  • bug target version (5.1.0) matches configured target version for branch (5.1.0)
  • bug is in the state POST, which is one of the valid states (NEW, ASSIGNED, POST)

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The catch-all 404 route activates as soon as all plugins finish loading (allPluginsProcessed). However, plugin feature flag hookProviders need additional time to resolve their flags asynchronously. During this window, flag-gated routes are absent from the router because useExtensions filters out extensions whose required flags are still undefined, causing a momentary 404 flash.

This change adds a check for pending plugin feature flags before showing the 404 page. It inspects each loaded plugin's manifest.extensions for required flags that are still undefined in the Redux FLAGS store. A 3-second timeout fallback ensures broken hookProviders don't permanently block the 404 page.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
  • Improved handling of plugin loading and required settings before displaying the not-found page.
  • Added a three-second fallback so the page remains responsive when required settings do not resolve.
  • Improved reliability when required plugin settings are delayed, unavailable, or fail to load.
  • Prevented the not-found page from appearing prematurely while plugin processing and settings resolution are still in progress.

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Comment thread frontend/packages/console-app/src/hooks/usePluginFlagsSettled.ts
Replace the eslint-disabled setState-in-useEffect with React's
idiomatic setState-during-render pattern for resetting
flagSettlingTimedOut when hasPendingPluginFlags transitions from
true to false. This follows the React docs recommendation for
storing information from previous renders and avoids the cascading
render concerns of calling setState inside an effect.

Simplify the useEffect to a single guard clause since the reset
is now handled during render.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Comment on lines +45 to +47
// This uses React's setState-during-render pattern to avoid the
// cascading-render issues of calling setState inside useEffect.
// See https://react.dev/reference/react/useState#storing-information-from-previous-renders

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Reason for not breaking guardrail should be in commit description not in comments

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// This uses React's setState-during-render pattern to avoid the
// cascading-render issues of calling setState inside useEffect.
// See https://react.dev/reference/react/useState#storing-information-from-previous-renders

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/label tide/merge-method-squash

@openshift-ci openshift-ci Bot added the tide/merge-method-squash Denotes a PR that should be squashed by tide when it merges. label Aug 27, 2026
Move the inline comment explaining the setState-during-render pattern
into the commit history where it belongs. The code uses React's
setState-during-render pattern (prevHasPending / setPrevHasPending) to
reset flagSettlingTimedOut when pending flags resolve, so the timeout
can fire again if new flags become pending (e.g. a late-loading plugin).
This avoids the cascading-render issues of calling setState inside
useEffect. See React docs: useState#storing-information-from-previous-renders.

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