{"version":"2.1.268","anchor":"plugin-type-registry-cleanup-gains-new-per-type-tracking-set","canonical_anchor":"plugin-type-registry-cleanup-gains-new-per-type-tracking-set","heading":"Artifact type catalog gains a cached description lookup","tier":"internal","area":"Plugins","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.268\/e\/plugin-type-registry-cleanup-gains-new-per-type-tracking-set","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.268","markdown":"### Artifact type catalog gains a cached description lookup\n\nArtifact type descriptions used during publish\/resume are now cached with a TTL, backed by a restructured plugin type registry.\n\n**Unclear.** The finding does not say what user-visible effect, if any, this tracking change has.\n\n**What**\n\n- The plugin type-registry reset routine now clears an additional `liveReplicas.tooOld` set, and splits the old single `typeShipsInstructions` set into two separate sets: `typeCatalogVouch` and `typeDescriptions`.\n\n- A new caching lookup stores per-slug artifact type descriptions in `typeDescriptions`, keyed by environment and slug, with a positive time-to-live for successful lookups and a shorter backoff before retrying after an error (except a \"not_found\" error).\n\n- This cache backs artifact publish and resume flows that need a type's title, and only runs when the `typeCatalogOn` setting is enabled.\n\n**Why** Caching type descriptions with a TTL avoids repeatedly re-fetching the same artifact type information during publish\/resume, while the backoff on errors prevents hammering a failing lookup.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}