From b08ecd76fac621bd5a57489f43fe850806448cd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John-Michael Faircloth Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:47:29 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] docs/upgrade guide: add changes to plugin loading (#19231) * docs/upgrade guide: add changes to plugin loading * clarify this is for external plugins --- website/content/docs/upgrading/upgrade-to-1.12.x.mdx | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/docs/upgrading/upgrade-to-1.12.x.mdx b/website/content/docs/upgrading/upgrade-to-1.12.x.mdx index e97dce34e05ac..f36f575875ecd 100644 --- a/website/content/docs/upgrading/upgrade-to-1.12.x.mdx +++ b/website/content/docs/upgrading/upgrade-to-1.12.x.mdx @@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ Vault Enterprise will now perform a supported storage check at startup. There is @include 'consul-dataplane-upgrade-note.mdx' +### External Plugin Loading + +Vault 1.12.0 introduced a change to how external plugins are loaded. Prior to +Vault 1.12.0 plugins were lazy loaded on startup. This means that plugin +processes were killed after a successful mount and then respawned when a +request is routed to them. Vault 1.12.0 introduced auto mutual TLS for +secrets/auth plugins so we do not lazy load them on startup anymore. + ## Known Issues ### Pinning to builtin plugin versions may cause failure on upgrade