From 6cd6e1a9c51bf36bc4774b9161bde6445d9cd75f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: anshul sharma <anshul.sharma@hashicorp.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:28:34 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] doc changes about CRT migration

---
 packer_test/common/plugin_tester/docs/README.md | 7 +++++++
 website/content/docs/plugins/install.mdx        | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packer_test/common/plugin_tester/docs/README.md b/packer_test/common/plugin_tester/docs/README.md
index 869c33565..558957445 100644
--- a/packer_test/common/plugin_tester/docs/README.md
+++ b/packer_test/common/plugin_tester/docs/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ packer {
 }
 ```
 
+Note: With the new packer release the init command will try to install the official(Amazon, Ansible, Azure, Docker, GoogleCloudPlatform, Qemu, Vagrant, VirtualBox) plugins from the [official](https://releases.hashicorp.com/) release site.
+Also going forward the official plugins mentioned above will be released through the official release site of hashicorp. so if one need to use new version of official plugins they need to use new packer release. There are no change in the packer init command.
+
+
 #### Manual installation
 
 You can find pre-built binary releases of the plugin [here](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-name/releases).
@@ -41,6 +45,9 @@ uncompress it to retrieve the plugin binary file corresponding to your platform.
 To install the plugin, please follow the Packer documentation on
 [installing a plugin](https://www.packer.io/docs/extending/plugins/#installing-plugins).
 
+Note: With the new packer release the init command will try to install the official(Amazon, Ansible, Azure, Docker, GoogleCloudPlatform, Qemu, Vagrant, VirtualBox) plugins from the [official](https://releases.hashicorp.com/) release site.
+Also going forward the official plugins mentioned above will be released through the official release site of hashicorp. so if one need to use new version of official plugins they need to use new packer release. There are no change in the packer plugins install command.
+
 
 #### From Source
 
diff --git a/website/content/docs/plugins/install.mdx b/website/content/docs/plugins/install.mdx
index 24a530f5b..724965d10 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/plugins/install.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/plugins/install.mdx
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ pinning plugin versions for build reproducibility. Refer to the [`packer` block
 
 1. Run the `packer init` command. Packer lists all installed plugins then installs the latest plugin version matching the version constraints specified in the `required_plugins` block. Refer to the [`init` command reference](/packer/docs/commands/init) for additional information.
 
+~> Note: With the new packer release the init command will try to install the official(Amazon, Ansible, Azure, Docker, GoogleCloudPlatform, Qemu, Vagrant, VirtualBox) plugins from the [official](https://releases.hashicorp.com/) release site.
+Also going forward the official plugins mentioned above will be released through the official release site of hashicorp. so if one need to use new version of official plugins they need to use new packer release. There are no change in the packer init command.
+
 ## Manually install plugins using the CLI
 
 You can use the `packer plugins install` command to manually install plugin binaries.
@@ -89,6 +92,9 @@ $ packer plugins install --path happycloud github.com/hashicorp/happycloud
 
 Refer to the [`packer plugins install`](/packer/docs/commands/plugins/install) reference for additional information.
 
+~> Note: With the new packer release the init command will try to install the official(Amazon, Ansible, Azure, Docker, GoogleCloudPlatform, Qemu, Vagrant, VirtualBox) plugins from the [official](https://releases.hashicorp.com/) release site.
+Also going forward the official plugins mentioned above will be released through the official release site of hashicorp. so if one need to use new version of official plugins they need to use new packer release. There are no change in the packer plugins install command.
+
 
 ## Upgrade plugins