From 0b526acf09c06b2604031fc3ab3474236f356ea6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andres Martinez Gotor <andres.martinez@grafana.com>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 00:47:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix provisioning for a missing plugin (#88354)

---
 pkg/services/datasources/service/datasource.go | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/services/datasources/service/datasource.go b/pkg/services/datasources/service/datasource.go
index 52145be4ded..ee8f61093b9 100644
--- a/pkg/services/datasources/service/datasource.go
+++ b/pkg/services/datasources/service/datasource.go
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ func (s *Service) prepareInstanceSettings(ctx context.Context, pluginContext bac
 	// Make sure it is a known plugin type
 	p, found := s.pluginStore.Plugin(ctx, settings.Type)
 	if !found {
-		return nil, errutil.BadRequest("datasource.unknownPlugin",
-			errutil.WithPublicMessage(fmt.Sprintf("plugin '%s' not found", settings.Type)))
+		// Ignore non-existing plugins for the time being
+		return settings, nil
 	}
 
 	// When the APIVersion is set, the client must also implement AdmissionHandler