workspace?sdk=1 isn't able to load installed plugin, 500 error

[Pike]

I've installed my plugin, moz.xliff, and restarted

https://ide.c9.io/pike/fx-ios?sdk=1

That ends up trying to load

https://vfs-gce-usw-14-2.c9.io/vfs/1328547/plugins/2IyCKLY/UnenLdkUKo1D/moz.xliff/plugin.js

which ends up in CORS hell and returns a 500 error, with the message:

VFS method readfile is blocked in read only mode

[Pike]

CC @javruben

[steve-van-de-heuvel]

Any news on this or installing plugins on c9.io?

[javruben]

This should be fixed. Are you still experiencing issues?

[javruben]

UPDATE: This is not fixed. We're investigating now.

[nightwing]

The way c9 extensions are published had changed a bit.

Now c9 publish minifies all files from the package and puts them into one file __installed__.js for better performance. So old extensions need to be updated to work.

c9 cli got two new commands:

• c9 build which creates __installed__.js file without going through publish install cycle.
• c9 build --devel which creates bootstrap __installed__.js file that loads plugin using the same method as ?debug=2

Unfortunately c9.io still has the old version of c9 cli - we'll update that in the next few days. You can install the new version by simply running npm install c9 -g and reopening terminal.

[Pike]

For folks that published their add-ons that also means we'll need to republish our addons, and in the workspaces, uninstall and install the plugin?

PS: Didn't find a way to update an installed plugin?

[nightwing]

For folks that published their add-ons that also means we'll need to republish our addons

Yes

and in the workspaces, uninstall and install the plugin?

just installing again should work. In the future plugins will be updated automatically, but perhaps having c9 update as alias for install would be nice.