fix(web): report a no-op plugin update as already up to date

update_plugin() returns True both for a real update and for "nothing to
do" (a ZIP-installed monorepo plugin already at the registry version, a
bundled plugin). With no git commit to compare, POST /plugins/update
called every such success "updated successfully", so Check & Update All
counted most official plugins as updated on every run.

The route now reads what changed off the plugin itself (commit, else
manifest version, else last_updated) and returns data.update_status
(updated / up_to_date / local_only). The update-all toast is summarised
by PluginInstallManager.summarizeUpdateResults from that status, falling
back to the message for older servers.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

test/js/unit/test_update_all.js

@@ -146,6 +146,33 @@ const noSleep = { sleep: async () => {} };
     ok('...and is reported as a failure', results.find(x => x.pluginId === 'static-image').success === false);
   }
 
+  console.log('\nsummary: a no-op update is not counted as updated');
+  {
+    const answer = (update_status, message) => ({ success: true, result: { status: 'success', message, data: { update_status } } });
+    const results = [
+      answer('updated', 'Plugin a updated to version 2.8.0'),
+      // ZIP-installed monorepo plugin already at the registry version: the
+      // route used to call this "updated successfully".
+      answer('up_to_date', 'Plugin stock-news already up to date (version 2.8.0)'),
+      answer('up_to_date', 'Plugin clock already up to date (commit abcdef1)'),
+      answer('local_only', 'Plugin mine is managed locally and does not receive registry updates'),
+      { success: false, error: { error_code: 'PLUGIN_UPDATE_FAILED' } },
+    ];
+    const s = Manager.summarizeUpdateResults(results);
+    ok('counts come from update_status',
+       s.updated === 1 && s.upToDate === 2 && s.localOnly === 1 && s.failed === 1, s);
+    ok('toast text names each outcome',
+       s.text === '1 updated, 2 already up to date, 1 managed locally, 1 failed', s.text);
+    ok('a failure alongside an update is a warning', s.type === 'warning', s.type);
+    ok('an older server that only says so in the message is still up to date',
+       Manager.updateOutcome({ success: true, result: { message: 'Plugin x already up to date (commit 1234567)' } }) === 'up_to_date');
+    ok('a success without a status or telltale message counts as updated',
+       Manager.updateOutcome({ success: true, result: { message: 'Plugin x updated successfully' } }) === 'updated');
+    const allNoop = Manager.summarizeUpdateResults([answer('up_to_date', ''), answer('up_to_date', '')]);
+    ok('nothing to do is a success toast with no "updated"',
+       allNoop.type === 'success' && allNoop.text === '2 already up to date', allNoop);
+  }
+
   console.log(`\n${pass} passed, ${fail} failed`);
   process.exit(fail ? 1 : 0);
 })().catch(e => { console.error(e); process.exit(1); });

test/web_interface/test_update_all_plugins.py

@@ -80,6 +80,67 @@ class TestUpdateRouteRejectsStarlarkIds:
         assert [c.args[0] for c in store.update_plugin.call_args_list] == ['stock-news', 'starlark-apps']
 
 
+class TestUpdateRouteReportsNoOps:
+    """update_plugin() answers True when there was nothing to do.
+
+    A ZIP-installed monorepo plugin (no .git) already at the registry version
+    is the common case for official plugins. The route used to call that
+    "updated successfully", so Check & Update All counted it as updated.
+    """
+
+    def _install(self, tmp_path, pid, version, last_updated='2026-09-01'):
+        (tmp_path / pid).mkdir()
+        (tmp_path / pid / 'manifest.json').write_text(
+            '{"id": "%s", "version": "%s", "last_updated": "%s"}' % (pid, version, last_updated),
+            encoding='utf-8')
+
+    def test_a_zip_plugin_already_at_the_registry_version_is_up_to_date(self, client, store, tmp_path):
+        self._install(tmp_path, 'stock-news', '2.8.0')
+        body = client.post('/api/v3/plugins/update', json={'plugin_id': 'stock-news'}).get_json()
+        assert body['status'] == 'success'
+        assert body['data']['update_status'] == 'up_to_date'
+        assert 'already up to date' in body['message'], body
+        assert 'updated successfully' not in body['message']
+
+    def test_a_zip_plugin_reinstalled_at_a_new_version_is_updated(self, client, store, tmp_path):
+        self._install(tmp_path, 'stock-news', '2.6.2')
+
+        def reinstall(pid):
+            (tmp_path / pid / 'manifest.json').write_text(
+                '{"id": "%s", "version": "2.8.0", "last_updated": "2026-09-01"}' % pid,
+                encoding='utf-8')
+            return True
+        store.update_plugin.side_effect = reinstall
+
+        body = client.post('/api/v3/plugins/update', json={'plugin_id': 'stock-news'}).get_json()
+        assert body['data']['update_status'] == 'updated'
+        assert '2.8.0' in body['message'], body
+
+    def test_a_git_plugin_whose_commit_is_unchanged_is_up_to_date(self, client, store, tmp_path):
+        self._install(tmp_path, 'clock', '1.0.0')
+        store._get_local_git_info.return_value = {'sha': 'abcdef1234567', 'branch': 'main'}
+        body = client.post('/api/v3/plugins/update', json={'plugin_id': 'clock'}).get_json()
+        assert body['data']['update_status'] == 'up_to_date'
+
+    def test_a_git_plugin_that_moved_is_updated(self, client, store, tmp_path):
+        self._install(tmp_path, 'clock', '1.0.0')
+        store._get_local_git_info.side_effect = [
+            {'sha': 'aaaaaaa000', 'branch': 'main'},   # before
+            {'sha': 'aaaaaaa000', 'branch': 'main'},   # is-git check
+            {'sha': 'bbbbbbb111', 'branch': 'main'},   # after
+        ]
+        body = client.post('/api/v3/plugins/update', json={'plugin_id': 'clock'}).get_json()
+        assert body['data']['update_status'] == 'updated', body
+
+    def test_a_local_only_plugin_says_so(self, client, store, tmp_path):
+        (tmp_path / 'mine').mkdir()
+        (tmp_path / 'mine' / 'manifest.json').write_text(
+            '{"id": "mine", "version": "0.1.0", "local_only": true}', encoding='utf-8')
+        body = client.post('/api/v3/plugins/update', json={'plugin_id': 'mine'}).get_json()
+        assert body['data']['update_status'] == 'local_only'
+        store.update_plugin.assert_not_called()
+
+
 class TestInstalledListContract:
     """What update-all filters on is what /plugins/installed publishes."""
 

web_interface/blueprints/api_v3/plugins.py

@@ -988,6 +988,7 @@ def update_plugin():
             )
 
         current_last_updated = None
+        current_version = None
         current_commit = None
         current_branch = None
 
@@ -997,6 +998,7 @@ def update_plugin():
                 with open(manifest_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
                     manifest = json.load(f)
                     current_last_updated = manifest.get('last_updated')
+                    current_version = manifest.get('version')
                 if manifest.get('local_only'):
                     logger.debug("Skipping update for local-only plugin: %s", plugin_id)
                     if api_v3.operation_history:
@@ -1006,7 +1008,9 @@ def update_plugin():
                             status="skipped",
                             details={"reason": "local_only"}
                         )
-                    return success_response(message=f'Plugin {plugin_id} is managed locally and does not receive registry updates')
+                    return success_response(
+                        data={'update_status': 'local_only'},
+                        message=f'Plugin {plugin_id} is managed locally and does not receive registry updates')
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.debug("Could not read local manifest for plugin: %s", e)
 
@@ -1036,12 +1040,14 @@ def update_plugin():
 
         if success:
             updated_last_updated = current_last_updated
+            updated_version = current_version
             try:
                 if manifest_path.exists():
                     import json
                     with open(manifest_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
                         manifest = json.load(f)
                         updated_last_updated = manifest.get('last_updated', current_last_updated)
+                        updated_version = manifest.get('version', current_version)
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.debug("Could not read updated manifest after update: %s", e)
 
@@ -1053,15 +1059,28 @@ def update_plugin():
                     updated_commit = git_info_after.get('sha')
                     updated_branch = git_info_after.get('branch') or updated_branch
 
+            # update_plugin() answers True for "nothing to do" as well as for
+            # a real update (a ZIP-installed monorepo plugin already at the
+            # registry version, a bundled plugin), so what changed is read off
+            # the plugin itself: its git commit, else its manifest.
+            update_status = 'updated'
             message = f'Plugin {plugin_id} updated successfully'
             if current_commit and updated_commit and current_commit == updated_commit:
+                update_status = 'up_to_date'
                 message = f'Plugin {plugin_id} already up to date (commit {updated_commit[:7]})'
             elif updated_commit:
                 message = f'Plugin {plugin_id} updated to commit {updated_commit[:7]}'
                 if updated_branch:
                     message += f' on branch {updated_branch}'
+            elif updated_version and updated_version != current_version:
+                message = f'Plugin {plugin_id} updated to version {updated_version}'
             elif updated_last_updated and updated_last_updated != current_last_updated:
                 message = f'Plugin {plugin_id} refreshed (Last Updated {updated_last_updated})'
+            elif not current_commit:
+                update_status = 'up_to_date'
+                message = f'Plugin {plugin_id} already up to date'
+                if updated_version:
+                    message += f' (version {updated_version})'
 
             remote_commit_short = remote_commit[:7] if remote_commit else None
             if remote_commit_short and updated_commit and remote_commit_short != updated_commit[:7]:
@@ -1093,14 +1112,16 @@ def update_plugin():
                         "version": version,
                         "previous_commit": current_commit[:7] if current_commit else None,
                         "commit": updated_commit[:7] if updated_commit else None,
-                        "branch": updated_branch
+                        "branch": updated_branch,
+                        "update_status": update_status
                     }
                 )
 
             return success_response(
                 data={
                     'last_updated': updated_last_updated,
-                    'commit': updated_commit
+                    'commit': updated_commit,
+                    'update_status': update_status
                 },
                 message=message
             )

web_interface/static/v3/js/plugins/install_manager.js

@@ -168,6 +168,58 @@ const PluginInstallManager = {
         }
 
         return results;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Classify one POST /plugins/update answer.
+     *
+     * The route reports what actually happened in `data.update_status`
+     * (`updated`, `up_to_date`, `local_only`). A plugin the updater had
+     * nothing to do for -- e.g. a ZIP-installed monorepo plugin already at the
+     * registry version -- is still a success response, so it must not be
+     * counted as updated. Older servers only say so in the message.
+     *
+     * @param {Object} entry - One element of updateAll()'s results
+     * @returns {string} 'failed' | 'updated' | 'up_to_date' | 'local_only'
+     */
+    updateOutcome(entry) {
+        if (!entry || !entry.success) return 'failed';
+        const result = entry.result || {};
+        const status = result.data && result.data.update_status;
+        if (status === 'up_to_date' || status === 'local_only' || status === 'updated') {
+            return status;
+        }
+        const message = typeof result.message === 'string' ? result.message : '';
+        if (message.includes('already up to date')) return 'up_to_date';
+        if (message.includes('managed locally')) return 'local_only';
+        return 'updated';
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Summarise updateAll()'s results for the Check & Update All toast.
+     *
+     * @param {Array} results - updateAll()'s results
+     * @returns {{updated: number, upToDate: number, localOnly: number, failed: number, text: string, type: string}}
+     */
+    summarizeUpdateResults(results) {
+        const counts = { updated: 0, up_to_date: 0, local_only: 0, failed: 0 };
+        for (const entry of (Array.isArray(results) ? results : [])) {
+            counts[this.updateOutcome(entry)]++;
+        }
+        const parts = [];
+        if (counts.updated > 0) parts.push(`${counts.updated} updated`);
+        if (counts.up_to_date > 0) parts.push(`${counts.up_to_date} already up to date`);
+        if (counts.local_only > 0) parts.push(`${counts.local_only} managed locally`);
+        if (counts.failed > 0) parts.push(`${counts.failed} failed`);
+        const type = counts.failed > 0 ? (counts.updated > 0 ? 'warning' : 'error') : 'success';
+        return {
+            updated: counts.updated,
+            upToDate: counts.up_to_date,
+            localOnly: counts.local_only,
+            failed: counts.failed,
+            text: parts.join(', '),
+            type
+        };
     }
 };
 

web_interface/static/v3/plugins_manager.js

@@ -1999,22 +1999,21 @@ function runUpdateAllPlugins() {
                 showNotification('No plugins to update.', 'info');
                 return;
             }
-            let updated = 0, upToDate = 0, failed = 0;
+            // Counted by install_manager.js from each answer's update_status:
-            for (const r of results) {
+            // a no-op update is "already up to date", not "updated". A cached
-                if (!r.success) {
+            // install_manager.js from before that helper gets a plain count.
-                    failed++;
+            const manager = window.PluginInstallManager;
-                } else if (r.result && r.result.message && r.result.message.includes('already up to date')) {
+            const summary = (manager && typeof manager.summarizeUpdateResults === 'function')
-                    upToDate++;
+                ? manager.summarizeUpdateResults(results)
-                } else {
+                : (() => {
-                    updated++;
+                    const failed = results.filter(r => !r.success).length;
-                }
+                    const checked = results.length - failed;
-            }
+                    return {
-            const parts = [];
+                        text: `${checked} checked` + (failed ? `, ${failed} failed` : ''),
-            if (updated > 0) parts.push(`${updated} updated`);
+                        type: failed ? (checked ? 'warning' : 'error') : 'success'
-            if (upToDate > 0) parts.push(`${upToDate} already up to date`);
+                    };
-            if (failed > 0) parts.push(`${failed} failed`);
+                })();
-            const type = failed > 0 ? (updated > 0 ? 'warning' : 'error') : 'success';
+            showNotification(summary.text, summary.type);
-            showNotification(parts.join(', '), type);
         })
         .catch(error => {
             console.error('Error updating all plugins:', error);