From ab8c34bc0138b37be34c33712fa74cc201a462b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: benjdlambert <ben@blam.sh>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:04:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] feat: added flags to pass through to specialized app
 Signed-off-by: benjdlambert <ben@blam.sh>

---
 .../frontend-defaults/src/createApp.test.tsx  | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 packages/frontend-defaults/src/createApp.tsx  |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/frontend-defaults/src/createApp.test.tsx b/packages/frontend-defaults/src/createApp.test.tsx
index 4f627f1839..1d96c22ad0 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-defaults/src/createApp.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend-defaults/src/createApp.test.tsx
@@ -282,6 +282,38 @@ describe('createApp', () => {
     ).resolves.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it('should allow unknown extension config if the flag is set', async () => {
+    const app = createApp({
+      configLoader: async () => ({
+        config: mockApis.config({
+          data: {
+            app: {
+              extensions: [{ 'unknown:lols/wut': false }],
+            },
+          },
+        }),
+      }),
+      features: [
+        appPlugin,
+        createFrontendPlugin({
+          pluginId: 'test',
+          extensions: [
+            PageBlueprint.make({
+              params: {
+                defaultPath: '/',
+                loader: async () => <div>Derp</div>,
+              },
+            }),
+          ],
+        }),
+      ],
+      flags: { allowUnknownExtensionConfig: true },
+    });
+
+    await renderWithEffects(app.createRoot());
+
+    await expect(screen.findByText('Derp')).resolves.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
   it('should make the app structure available through the AppTreeApi', async () => {
     let appTreeApi: AppTreeApi | undefined = undefined;
 
diff --git a/packages/frontend-defaults/src/createApp.tsx b/packages/frontend-defaults/src/createApp.tsx
index e8baa3a764..ab0ddf85a7 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-defaults/src/createApp.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend-defaults/src/createApp.tsx
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export interface CreateAppOptions {
     | ExtensionFactoryMiddleware
     | ExtensionFactoryMiddleware[];
   pluginInfoResolver?: FrontendPluginInfoResolver;
+  flags?: { allowUnknownExtensionConfig?: boolean };
 }
 
 /**
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ export function createApp(options?: CreateAppOptions): {
       bindRoutes: options?.bindRoutes,
       extensionFactoryMiddleware: options?.extensionFactoryMiddleware,
       pluginInfoResolver: options?.pluginInfoResolver,
+      flags: options?.flags,
     });
 
     const rootEl = app.tree.root.instance!.getData(

From 7adc846f50d571fa14d41a7941142f0a61e226e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: benjdlambert <ben@blam.sh>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:05:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] chore: added changeset Signed-off-by: benjdlambert
 <ben@blam.sh>

---
 .changeset/spotty-icons-shake.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/spotty-icons-shake.md

diff --git a/.changeset/spotty-icons-shake.md b/.changeset/spotty-icons-shake.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c4f318cd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/spotty-icons-shake.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/frontend-defaults': patch
+---
+
+Added support for passing through `allowUnknownExtensionConfig` as a flag

From 915d8c14de60367d64f77d5abe704bae353c343a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: benjdlambert <ben@blam.sh>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:08:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] chore: update api-reports Signed-off-by: benjdlambert
 <ben@blam.sh>

---
 packages/frontend-defaults/report.api.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/frontend-defaults/report.api.md b/packages/frontend-defaults/report.api.md
index 72f212b3b1..a5fe3e5f07 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-defaults/report.api.md
+++ b/packages/frontend-defaults/report.api.md
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ export interface CreateAppOptions {
     | FrontendFeatureLoader
     | CreateAppFeatureLoader
   )[];
+  // (undocumented)
+  flags?: {
+    allowUnknownExtensionConfig?: boolean;
+  };
   loadingComponent?: ReactNode;
   // (undocumented)
   pluginInfoResolver?: FrontendPluginInfoResolver;