Plugins not accessible/updated from desktop app after installation (multiple accounts logged in)

Is it normal to have to refresh/restart Figma every time I install a new plugin from the community? The plugin only seems to show when I do this.

I’m using the windows app.

I’ve noticed a delay on update (a while before it was instantaneous) so I just reload the page and they show up.

I’m usually using the desktop mac app and sometimes it doesn’t load the plugin until the workaround I shared in the original post:

The workaround I’ve found is to go to Plugins > Manage Plugins and then it updates the plugins in the list and now accessible normally.

I having the same troubles with mac app

Hi guys, you just need to click on “Manage plugins” in the plugins panel and then your new plugin will appear.

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But my question is ‘why?’. Why wouldn’t it update automatically as we expect it to? 🙂 I thought there shouldn’t be a workaround for this. How would a new user know about this ‘hack’ for something that should be obvious?