From 2e593d07f7060a5e7e960bd839007792af709676 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 19:02:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(plugins): preserve registry manifest fast path

---
 src/plugins/plugin-registry-snapshot.ts | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin-registry-snapshot.ts b/src/plugins/plugin-registry-snapshot.ts
index a4b999d5458..8fc0bc15ab8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugin-registry-snapshot.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin-registry-snapshot.ts
@@ -137,12 +137,7 @@ function hasStalePersistedPluginMetadata(index: InstalledPluginIndex): boolean {
         plugin.manifestPath,
         plugin.manifestFile,
       );
-      if (manifestSignatureMatches === false) {
-        const manifestHash = hashExistingFile(plugin.manifestPath);
-        if (manifestHash && manifestHash !== plugin.manifestHash) {
-          return true;
-        }
-      } else {
+      if (manifestSignatureMatches !== true) {
         const manifestHash = hashExistingFile(plugin.manifestPath);
         if (manifestHash && manifestHash !== plugin.manifestHash) {
           return true;