Invalidate importlib caches before attempting to load plugins #1641
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This allows newly installed 3rd party dependencies and pip-installed plugins to become visible without restarting the bot.
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Would it make sense perf-wise to add a short cooldown or not invalidating the cache while the bot is booting up? |
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Actually it looks like this doesn't clear |
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Sep 12, 2025
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very nice, thanks! |
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This allows newly installed 3rd party dependencies and pip-installed plugins to become visible without restarting the bot. Previously, ImportErrors would be cached if a module was not present when loading it for the first time.
Ref: https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.html#importlib.invalidate_caches