From d712763147ebc937a3a6ed12b68d95c1a7e7d8ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Lu <james@overdrivenetworks.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 18:02:20 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Invalidate importlib caches before attempting to load plugins

This allows newly installed 3rd party dependencies and pip-installed plugins to become visible without restarting the bot.
---
 src/plugin.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/plugin.py b/src/plugin.py
index a983f241a..3a65f20e0 100644
--- a/src/plugin.py
+++ b/src/plugin.py
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ def loadPluginModule(name, ignoreDeprecation=False):
     pluginDirs = conf.supybot.directories.plugins()[:]
     pluginDirs.append(_pluginsDir)
     module = None
+
+    # Invalidate caches to allow new third party dependencies and plugins to be
+    # located without restarting the bot.
+    importlib.invalidate_caches()
+
     for dir in pluginDirs:
         try:
             files.extend(os.listdir(dir))