# Error when going to the plugins admin tab while in safe-mode

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-going-to-the-plugins-admin-tab-while-in-safe-mode/227700
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [May 21, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-going-to-the-plugins-admin-tab-while-in-safe-mode/227700 "2022-05-21T13:05:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-going-to-the-plugins-admin-tab-while-in-safe-mode/227700/1 "2022-05-21T13:05:02Z")

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Steps to repro:

1. Go to safe-mode, check “disable all plugins”

2. Go to the Plugins tab in the admin panel

3. A JS error (`There is no route named adminPlugins.xxx` where xxx is any plugin name) is displayed and the plugin list doesn’t load.

Example:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/e/b/9eb8e94fe2838b9be17d75a6b1864715511a9e95.png)

It happens in my 3 Discourse instances.

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### Author: ![michaeld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michaeld/32/1594_2.png) [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-going-to-the-plugins-admin-tab-while-in-safe-mode/227700/2 "2022-05-22T16:02:41Z")

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If you disable all plugins, then the plugin list does not exist at all.

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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-going-to-the-plugins-admin-tab-while-in-safe-mode/227700/3 "2022-05-22T16:34:40Z")

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I understand that, but no javascript error would be better than a javascript error I guess?

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-going-to-the-plugins-admin-tab-while-in-safe-mode/227700/4 "2022-05-23T05:48:00Z")

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This is very much in the #Contribute > Feature department, moving there.

Not against fixing this and hiding the link in [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true), but I find it very hard to justify work here.

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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-going-to-the-plugins-admin-tab-while-in-safe-mode/227700/5 "2022-05-23T12:44:18Z")

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> [@Canapin](#):
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> I understand that

Wow. Not only did I not understand that, but I realized it one entire day after. I sometimes amaze myself.

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