From b247762806f3e9f4dfa38afdb812d3da461d34d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Trllo <43494761+iLLiCiTiT@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:44:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] make 'get_plugin_paths' optional

---
 client/ayon_core/addon/interfaces.py | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/client/ayon_core/addon/interfaces.py b/client/ayon_core/addon/interfaces.py
index 232c056fb4..b0f2d25c08 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/addon/interfaces.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/addon/interfaces.py
@@ -48,14 +48,23 @@ class IPluginPaths(AYONInterface):
     }
     """
 
-    @abstractmethod
     def get_plugin_paths(self) -> dict[str, list[str]]:
         """Return plugin paths for addon.
 
+        This method was abstract (required) in the past, so raise the required
+            'core' addon version when 'get_plugin_paths' is removed from
+            addon.
+
+        Deprecated:
+            Please implement specific methods 'get_create_plugin_paths',
+                'get_load_plugin_paths', 'get_inventory_action_paths' and
+                'get_publish_plugin_paths' to return plugin paths.
+
         Returns:
             dict[str, list[str]]: Plugin paths for addon.
 
         """
+        return {}
 
     def _get_plugin_paths_by_type(
             self, plugin_type: str) -> list[str]: