{"record":{"id":"7df3b32ce709a821","repo":"hashicorp/vagrant","slug":"the-plugins-failed-to-initialize-correctly-this-m","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"The plugins failed to initialize correctly. This may be due to manual\nmodifications made within the Vagrant home directory. Vagrant can\nattempt to automatically correct this issue by running:\n\n  vagrant plugin repair\n\nIf Vagrant was recently updated, this error may be due to incompatible\nversions of dependencies. To fix this problem please remove and re-install\nall plugins. Vagrant can attempt to do this automatically by running:\n\n  vagrant plugin expunge --reinstall\n\nOr you may want to try updating the installed plugins to their latest\nversions:\n\n  vagrant plugin update\n\nError message given during initialization: %{message}","messagePattern":"The plugins failed to initialize correctly\\. This may be due to manual\nmodifications made within the Vagrant home directory\\. Vagrant can\nattempt to automatically correct this issue by running:\n\n  vagrant plugin repair\n\nIf Vagrant was recently updated, this error may be due to incompatible\nversions of dependencies\\. To fix this problem please remove and re-install\nall plugins\\. Vagrant can attempt to do this automatically by running:\n\n  vagrant plugin expunge --reinstall\n\nOr you may want to try updating the installed plugins to their latest\nversions:\n\n  vagrant plugin update\n\nError message given during initialization: %\\{message\\}","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Vagrant::Errors::PluginInitError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/vagrant/plugin/manager.rb","lineNumber":111,"sourceCode":"        plugins.each do |plugin_name, plugin_info|\n          installed_version = plugin_info[\"installed_gem_version\"]\n          version_constraint = plugin_info[\"gem_version\"]\n          installed_version = 'undefined' if installed_version.to_s.empty?\n          version_constraint = '> 0' if version_constraint.to_s.empty?\n          @logger.info(\n            \"  - #{plugin_name} = [installed: \" \\\n              \"#{installed_version} constraint: \" \\\n              \"#{version_constraint}]\"\n          )\n        end\n        begin\n          Vagrant::Bundler.instance.init!(plugins, **opts)\n        rescue StandardError, ScriptError => err\n          @logger.error(\"Plugin initialization error - #{err.class}: #{err}\")\n          err.backtrace.each do |backtrace_line|\n            @logger.debug(backtrace_line)\n          end\n          raise Vagrant::Errors::PluginInitError, message: err.to_s\n        end\n      end\n\n      # Installs another plugin into our gem directory.\n      #\n      # @param [String] name Name of the plugin (gem)\n      # @return [Gem::Specification]\n      def install_plugin(name, **opts)\n        if opts[:env_local] && @local_file.nil?\n          raise Errors::PluginNoLocalError\n        end\n\n        if name =~ /\\.gem$/\n          # If this is a gem file, then we install that gem locally.\n          local_spec = Vagrant::Bundler.instance.install_local(name, opts)\n          name       = local_spec.name\n          opts[:version] = local_spec.version.to_s\n        end","sourceCodeStart":93,"sourceCodeEnd":129,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/blob/35f3160f4ad6edc3a9f3aa9570adfc1a4d73aaa5/lib/vagrant/plugin/manager.rb#L93-L129","documentation":"Error \"The plugins failed to initialize correctly. This may be due to manual\nmodifications made within the Vagrant home directory. Vagrant can\nattempt to automatically correct this issue by running:\n\n  vagrant plugin repair\n\nIf Vagrant was recently updated, this error may be due to incompatible\nversions of dependencies. To fix this problem please remove and re-install\nall plugins. Vagrant can attempt to do this automatically by running:\n\n  vagrant plugin expunge --reinstall\n\nOr you may want to try updating the installed plugins to their latest\nversions:\n\n  vagrant plugin update\n\nError message given during initialization: %{message}\" thrown in hashicorp/vagrant.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/vagrant/plugin/manager.rb:111 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"35f3160f4ad6edc3a9f3aa9570adfc1a4d73aaa5","analyzedAt":"2026-08-21T13:34:32.514Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-21T18:17:14.833Z"}