diff --git a/src/main/plugins/plugin-artifact-pack-registry.ts b/src/main/plugins/plugin-artifact-pack-registry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b9e979f619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/plugins/plugin-artifact-pack-registry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import type { PluginContentVerifier } from './plugin-content-integrity'
+import { mapWithConcurrency } from '../../shared/map-with-concurrency'
+import {
+  isInvalidDiscoveredPlugin,
+  type DiscoveredPlugin,
+  type ValidDiscoveredPlugin
+} from './plugin-discovery'
+
+const ARTIFACT_PACK_LOAD_CONCURRENCY = 4
+
+type ArtifactPackLoadResult<Entry> =
+  | { pluginKey: string; entries: Entry[] }
+  | { pluginKey: string; error: string }
+
+/** Loads one data contribution family from verified plugin trees. A plugin whose content fails
+ *  verification or parsing contributes nothing and reports one error. */
+export class PluginArtifactPackRegistry<Contribution, Entry> {
+  private entries: Entry[] = []
+  private readonly errors = new Map<string, string>()
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly options: {
+      contentVerifier: PluginContentVerifier
+      contributions: (plugin: ValidDiscoveredPlugin) => readonly Contribution[]
+      load: (plugin: ValidDiscoveredPlugin, contribution: Contribution) => Promise<Entry>
+    }
+  ) {}
+
+  list(): readonly Entry[] {
+    return this.entries
+  }
+
+  error(pluginKey: string): string | null {
+    return this.errors.get(pluginKey) ?? null
+  }
+
+  async reconcile(
+    discovered: readonly DiscoveredPlugin[],
+    isApproved: (plugin: ValidDiscoveredPlugin) => boolean
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const candidates: ValidDiscoveredPlugin[] = []
+    for (const plugin of discovered) {
+      if (
+        !isInvalidDiscoveredPlugin(plugin) &&
+        isApproved(plugin) &&
+        this.options.contributions(plugin).length > 0
+      ) {
+        candidates.push(plugin)
+      }
+    }
+    const results = await mapWithConcurrency(
+      candidates,
+      ARTIFACT_PACK_LOAD_CONCURRENCY,
+      async (plugin): Promise<ArtifactPackLoadResult<Entry>> => {
+        try {
+          await this.options.contentVerifier.verify(plugin)
+          const entries = await Promise.all(
+            this.options
+              .contributions(plugin)
+              .map((contribution) => this.options.load(plugin, contribution))
+          )
+          return { pluginKey: plugin.pluginKey, entries }
+        } catch (error) {
+          return {
+            pluginKey: plugin.pluginKey,
+            error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    )
+    this.entries = results.flatMap((result) => ('entries' in result ? result.entries : []))
+    this.errors.clear()
+    for (const result of results) {
+      if ('error' in result) {
+        this.errors.set(result.pluginKey, result.error)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/plugins/plugin-artifact-validation.ts b/src/main/plugins/plugin-artifact-validation.ts
index 00e508b35af..72d4e085ccb 100644
--- a/src/main/plugins/plugin-artifact-validation.ts
+++ b/src/main/plugins/plugin-artifact-validation.ts
@@ -17,52 +17,28 @@ type DeclaredArtifact =
   | { label: string; path: string; kind: 'file'; maxBytes: number }
   | { label: string; path: string; kind: 'directory' }
 
+function declaredFile(label: string, path: string | undefined, maxBytes: number) {
+  return path === undefined ? [] : [{ label, path, kind: 'file' as const, maxBytes }]
+}
+
+/** One line per contribution family that names a file. */
 function declaredArtifactPaths(manifest: PluginManifest): DeclaredArtifact[] {
+  const c = manifest.contributes
   return [
-    ...(manifest.icon
-      ? [
-          {
-            label: 'icon',
-            path: manifest.icon,
-            kind: 'file' as const,
-            maxBytes: PLUGIN_ICON_MAX_BYTES
-          }
-        ]
-      : []),
-    ...(manifest.main
-      ? [
-          {
-            label: 'worker entry',
-            path: manifest.main,
-            kind: 'file' as const,
-            maxBytes: PLUGIN_WORKER_ENTRY_MAX_BYTES
-          }
-        ]
-      : []),
-    ...manifest.contributes.panels.map((panel) => ({
-      label: `panel "${panel.id}" entry`,
-      path: panel.entry,
-      kind: 'file' as const,
-      maxBytes: PLUGIN_PANEL_ENTRY_MAX_BYTES
-    })),
-    ...manifest.contributes.languagePacks.map((languagePack) => ({
-      label: `language pack "${languagePack.locale}"`,
-      path: languagePack.path,
-      kind: 'file' as const,
-      maxBytes: PLUGIN_LANGUAGE_PACK_MAX_BYTES
-    })),
-    ...manifest.contributes.vmRecipes.map((recipe) => ({
-      label: 'VM recipe',
-      path: recipe.path,
-      kind: 'file' as const,
-      maxBytes: PLUGIN_VM_RECIPE_MAX_BYTES
-    })),
-    ...manifest.contributes.agents.map((agent) => ({
-      label: 'agent profile',
-      path: agent.path,
-      kind: 'file' as const,
-      maxBytes: PLUGIN_AGENT_PROFILE_MAX_BYTES
-    }))
+    ...declaredFile('icon', manifest.icon, PLUGIN_ICON_MAX_BYTES),
+    ...declaredFile('worker entry', manifest.main, PLUGIN_WORKER_ENTRY_MAX_BYTES),
+    ...c.panels.flatMap((panel) =>
+      declaredFile(`panel "${panel.id}" entry`, panel.entry, PLUGIN_PANEL_ENTRY_MAX_BYTES)
+    ),
+    ...c.languagePacks.flatMap((pack) =>
+      declaredFile(`language pack "${pack.locale}"`, pack.path, PLUGIN_LANGUAGE_PACK_MAX_BYTES)
+    ),
+    ...c.vmRecipes.flatMap((recipe) =>
+      declaredFile('VM recipe', recipe.path, PLUGIN_VM_RECIPE_MAX_BYTES)
+    ),
+    ...c.agents.flatMap((agent) =>
+      declaredFile('agent profile', agent.path, PLUGIN_AGENT_PROFILE_MAX_BYTES)
+    )
   ]
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/plugins/plugin-content-pack-registry.ts b/src/main/plugins/plugin-content-pack-registry.ts
index b6e19d3b998..1e15d583f14 100644
--- a/src/main/plugins/plugin-content-pack-registry.ts
+++ b/src/main/plugins/plugin-content-pack-registry.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ import { PluginCommandRegistry } from './plugin-command-registry'
 import { verifyInstructionalPluginContent } from './plugin-instructional-content-integrity'
 import type { KeybindingOverrides } from '../../shared/keybindings'
 
+type ContentFamily = {
+  reconcile: (
+    discovered: readonly DiscoveredPlugin[],
+    isApproved: (plugin: ValidDiscoveredPlugin) => boolean
+  ) => Promise<void>
+  error: (pluginKey: string) => string | null
+}
+
 export class PluginContentPackRegistry {
   readonly languagePacks: PluginLanguagePackRegistry
   readonly vmRecipes: PluginVmRecipeRegistry
@@ -70,10 +78,9 @@ export class PluginContentPackRegistry {
         approvedKeys.has(plugin.pluginKey) &&
         !excluded.has(plugin.pluginKey) &&
         !this.isKilled(plugin.pluginKey)
-      const languagePacks = this.languagePacks.reconcile(discovered, approveAtomically)
-      const vmRecipes = this.vmRecipes.reconcile(discovered, approveAtomically)
-      this.commands.reconcile(discovered, approveAtomically, keybindings)
-      await Promise.all([languagePacks, vmRecipes])
+      await Promise.all(
+        this.families(keybindings).map((family) => family.reconcile(discovered, approveAtomically))
+      )
 
       let foundNewError = false
       for (const pluginKey of approvedKeys) {
@@ -95,10 +102,25 @@ export class PluginContentPackRegistry {
   }
 
   private registryError(pluginKey: string): string | null {
-    return (
-      this.languagePacks.error(pluginKey) ??
-      this.vmRecipes.error(pluginKey) ??
-      this.commands.error(pluginKey)
-    )
+    for (const family of this.families()) {
+      const error = family.error(pluginKey)
+      if (error !== null) {
+        return error
+      }
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+
+  /** Every contribution family, in error-reporting order; a new family is one entry here. */
+  private families(keybindings: KeybindingOverrides = {}): readonly ContentFamily[] {
+    return [
+      this.languagePacks,
+      this.vmRecipes,
+      {
+        reconcile: async (discovered, isApproved) =>
+          this.commands.reconcile(discovered, isApproved, keybindings),
+        error: (pluginKey) => this.commands.error(pluginKey)
+      }
+    ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/plugins/plugin-language-pack-registry.ts b/src/main/plugins/plugin-language-pack-registry.ts
index df409264772..48db107f3ce 100644
--- a/src/main/plugins/plugin-language-pack-registry.ts
+++ b/src/main/plugins/plugin-language-pack-registry.ts
@@ -3,94 +3,43 @@ import {
   pluginLanguageResourceId,
   type PluginLanguagePackRegistration
 } from '../../shared/plugins/plugin-language-pack-artifact'
+import type { PluginManifest } from '../../shared/plugins/plugin-manifest'
 import {
   PLUGIN_LANGUAGE_PACK_MAX_BYTES,
   readContainedPluginArtifactText
 } from './plugin-artifact-validation'
+import { PluginArtifactPackRegistry } from './plugin-artifact-pack-registry'
 import type { PluginContentVerifier } from './plugin-content-integrity'
-import { mapWithConcurrency } from '../../shared/map-with-concurrency'
-import {
-  isInvalidDiscoveredPlugin,
-  type DiscoveredPlugin,
-  type ValidDiscoveredPlugin
-} from './plugin-discovery'
 
-const LANGUAGE_PACK_LOAD_CONCURRENCY = 4
+type LanguagePackContribution = PluginManifest['contributes']['languagePacks'][number]
 
-type LanguageLoadResult =
-  | { pluginKey: string; packs: PluginLanguagePackRegistration[] }
-  | { pluginKey: string; error: string }
-
-export class PluginLanguagePackRegistry {
-  private packs: PluginLanguagePackRegistration[] = []
-  private readonly errors = new Map<string, string>()
-
-  constructor(private readonly contentVerifier: PluginContentVerifier) {}
-
-  list(): readonly PluginLanguagePackRegistration[] {
-    return this.packs
-  }
-
-  error(pluginKey: string): string | null {
-    return this.errors.get(pluginKey) ?? null
-  }
-
-  async reconcile(
-    discovered: readonly DiscoveredPlugin[],
-    isApproved: (plugin: ValidDiscoveredPlugin) => boolean
-  ): Promise<void> {
-    const candidates: ValidDiscoveredPlugin[] = []
-    for (const plugin of discovered) {
-      if (
-        !isInvalidDiscoveredPlugin(plugin) &&
-        isApproved(plugin) &&
-        plugin.manifest.contributes.languagePacks.length > 0
-      ) {
-        candidates.push(plugin)
-      }
-    }
-    const results = await mapWithConcurrency(
-      candidates,
-      LANGUAGE_PACK_LOAD_CONCURRENCY,
-      async (plugin): Promise<LanguageLoadResult> => {
-        try {
-          await this.contentVerifier.verify(plugin)
-          const packs = await Promise.all(
-            plugin.manifest.contributes.languagePacks.map(async (contribution) => {
-              const text = await readContainedPluginArtifactText(
-                plugin.rootDir,
-                contribution.path,
-                PLUGIN_LANGUAGE_PACK_MAX_BYTES
-              )
-              const parsed = parsePluginLanguagePackArtifact(text)
-              if (!parsed.ok) {
-                throw new Error(`language pack "${contribution.locale}" ${parsed.error}`)
-              }
-              const id = `plugin:${plugin.pluginKey}/${contribution.locale}` as const
-              return {
-                id,
-                resourceLanguage: pluginLanguageResourceId(id),
-                pluginKey: plugin.pluginKey,
-                locale: contribution.locale,
-                catalog: parsed.catalog
-              }
-            })
-          )
-          return { pluginKey: plugin.pluginKey, packs }
-        } catch (error) {
-          return {
-            pluginKey: plugin.pluginKey,
-            error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
-          }
+export class PluginLanguagePackRegistry extends PluginArtifactPackRegistry<
+  LanguagePackContribution,
+  PluginLanguagePackRegistration
+> {
+  constructor(contentVerifier: PluginContentVerifier) {
+    super({
+      contentVerifier,
+      contributions: (plugin) => plugin.manifest.contributes.languagePacks,
+      load: async (plugin, contribution) => {
+        const text = await readContainedPluginArtifactText(
+          plugin.rootDir,
+          contribution.path,
+          PLUGIN_LANGUAGE_PACK_MAX_BYTES
+        )
+        const parsed = parsePluginLanguagePackArtifact(text)
+        if (!parsed.ok) {
+          throw new Error(`language pack "${contribution.locale}" ${parsed.error}`)
+        }
+        const id = `plugin:${plugin.pluginKey}/${contribution.locale}` as const
+        return {
+          id,
+          resourceLanguage: pluginLanguageResourceId(id),
+          pluginKey: plugin.pluginKey,
+          locale: contribution.locale,
+          catalog: parsed.catalog
         }
       }
-    )
-    this.packs = results.flatMap((result) => ('packs' in result ? result.packs : []))
-    this.errors.clear()
-    for (const result of results) {
-      if ('error' in result) {
-        this.errors.set(result.pluginKey, result.error)
-      }
-    }
+    })
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/hooks/useMacTccAttributionSeveredNotice.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/hooks/useMacTccAttributionSeveredNotice.test.tsx
index 162e2ab8d23..1f127910f82 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/hooks/useMacTccAttributionSeveredNotice.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/hooks/useMacTccAttributionSeveredNotice.test.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ vi.mock('@/store', () => ({
 
 vi.mock('@/store/plugin-language-packs', () => ({
   usePluginLanguagePackStore: (selector: (s: Record<string, unknown>) => unknown) =>
-    selector({ packs: [], loaded: true })
+    selector({ entries: [], loaded: true })
 }))
 
 vi.mock('@/i18n/i18n', () => ({
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/hooks/useMacTccAttributionSeveredNotice.ts b/src/renderer/src/hooks/useMacTccAttributionSeveredNotice.ts
index f278616a5e4..ca4999389fa 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/hooks/useMacTccAttributionSeveredNotice.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/hooks/useMacTccAttributionSeveredNotice.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function useMacTccAttributionSeveredNotice(): void {
   const openSettingsTarget = useAppStore((s) => s.openSettingsTarget)
   const setSettingsSearchQuery = useAppStore((s) => s.setSettingsSearchQuery)
   const uiLanguage = useAppStore((s) => s.settings?.uiLanguage ?? null)
-  const pluginLanguagePacks = usePluginLanguagePackStore((s) => s.packs)
+  const pluginLanguagePacks = usePluginLanguagePackStore((s) => s.entries)
   const pluginLanguagePacksLoaded = usePluginLanguagePackStore((s) => s.loaded)
   const { i18n } = useTranslation()
   const selectedPluginLanguage = pluginLanguagePacks.find((pack) => pack.id === uiLanguage)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/hooks/useMacosTccPromptNotice.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/hooks/useMacosTccPromptNotice.test.tsx
index 47becbaa7e0..36f75750865 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/hooks/useMacosTccPromptNotice.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/hooks/useMacosTccPromptNotice.test.tsx
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ it('isolates plugin language-pack discovery from its parent render path', async
     root?.render(createElement(I18nextProvider, { i18n }, createElement(ParentProbe)))
   })
   await act(async () => {
-    usePluginLanguagePackStore.setState({ packs: [], loaded: true })
+    usePluginLanguagePackStore.setState({ entries: [], loaded: true })
   })
 
   expect(parentRenderCount).toBe(1)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/hooks/useMacosTccPromptNotice.ts b/src/renderer/src/hooks/useMacosTccPromptNotice.ts
index e62464a0b6f..087bb1dbb97 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/hooks/useMacosTccPromptNotice.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/hooks/useMacosTccPromptNotice.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export function useMacosTccPromptNotice(): void {
   const openSettingsPage = useAppStore((s) => s.openSettingsPage)
   const openSettingsTarget = useAppStore((s) => s.openSettingsTarget)
   const uiLanguage = useAppStore((s) => s.settings?.uiLanguage ?? null)
-  const pluginLanguagePacks = usePluginLanguagePackStore((s) => s.packs)
+  const pluginLanguagePacks = usePluginLanguagePackStore((s) => s.entries)
   const pluginLanguagePacksLoaded = usePluginLanguagePackStore((s) => s.loaded)
   const { i18n } = useTranslation()
   const selectedPluginLanguage = pluginLanguagePacks.find((pack) => pack.id === uiLanguage)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/plugin-content-list-store.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/plugin-content-list-store.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a2efd43cdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/plugin-content-list-store.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import { useEffect } from 'react'
+import { create } from 'zustand'
+import type { PluginsApi } from '../../../preload/api/plugin-host-api'
+
+type PluginContentListState<Entry> = {
+  entries: Entry[]
+  loaded: boolean
+  fetchEntries: () => Promise<void>
+}
+
+/**
+ * Joining the startup request saves a duplicate IPC round trip, but its handler awaits plugin
+ * discovery — a wedged one must not turn `ensureLoaded` into a no-op for the session, which would
+ * pin every consumer on built-in content. Past this bound the pending request is wedged rather than
+ * slow, so a later consumer starts its own (mirrors the reasoning in
+ * `src/main/git/coalesced-probe.ts`).
+ */
+const STARTUP_REQUEST_JOIN_WINDOW_MS = 10_000
+
+/** One renderer list of a plugin content family, refetched whenever plugin content changes. */
+export function createPluginContentListStore<Entry>(options: {
+  /** Plural noun for logs, e.g. "language packs". */
+  kind: string
+  list: (api: PluginsApi) => (() => Promise<unknown>) | undefined
+  isEntry: (value: unknown) => value is Entry
+}) {
+  let requestGeneration = 0
+  let latestRequestStartedAt: number | null = null
+  let changeSubscriptionStarted = false
+
+  const useStore = create<PluginContentListState<Entry>>()((set) => ({
+    entries: [],
+    loaded: false,
+    fetchEntries: async () => {
+      const generation = ++requestGeneration
+      latestRequestStartedAt = Date.now()
+      const api = window.api?.plugins
+      const list = api ? options.list(api) : undefined
+      if (!list) {
+        if (generation === requestGeneration) {
+          latestRequestStartedAt = null
+          set({ entries: [], loaded: true })
+        }
+        return
+      }
+      try {
+        const response = await list()
+        const entries = Array.isArray(response) ? response.filter(options.isEntry) : []
+        // Why: a non-array response and a rejected member are different upstream bugs; keep them distinguishable in the log.
+        if (!Array.isArray(response)) {
+          console.warn(`[plugins] Ignoring non-array ${options.kind} list (${typeof response})`)
+        } else if (entries.length !== response.length) {
+          console.warn(
+            `[plugins] Ignoring ${response.length - entries.length} of ${response.length} malformed ${options.kind}`
+          )
+        }
+        if (generation === requestGeneration) {
+          set({ entries, loaded: true })
+        }
+      } catch {
+        if (generation === requestGeneration) {
+          set({ entries: [], loaded: true })
+        }
+      } finally {
+        if (generation === requestGeneration) {
+          latestRequestStartedAt = null
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }))
+
+  function ensureLoaded(): void {
+    const state = useStore.getState()
+    const joinable =
+      latestRequestStartedAt !== null &&
+      Date.now() - latestRequestStartedAt < STARTUP_REQUEST_JOIN_WINDOW_MS
+    if (!state.loaded && !joinable) {
+      void state.fetchEntries()
+    }
+    if (!changeSubscriptionStarted && window.api?.plugins?.onChanged) {
+      changeSubscriptionStarted = true
+      window.api.plugins.onChanged((event) => {
+        if (event?.contentPacksChanged ?? true) {
+          void useStore.getState().fetchEntries()
+        }
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
+  function useEntries(): Entry[] {
+    const entries = useStore((state) => state.entries)
+    useEffect(() => ensureLoaded(), [])
+    return entries
+  }
+
+  return { useStore, ensureLoaded, useEntries }
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/plugin-language-packs-startup.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/plugin-language-packs-startup.test.ts
index 6cb5a9c5711..2f74f677f8b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/plugin-language-packs-startup.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/plugin-language-packs-startup.test.ts
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ describe('plugin language-pack startup ownership', () => {
     async (settlement) => {
       const bridge = installBridge()
       const store = languagePacks.usePluginLanguagePackStore
-      const older = store.getState().fetchPacks()
-      const newer = store.getState().fetchPacks()
+      const older = store.getState().fetchEntries()
+      const newer = store.getState().fetchEntries()
       if (settlement === 'resolve') {
         bridge.requests[0].resolve([pack('old')])
       } else {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ describe('plugin language-pack startup ownership', () => {
       }
       await newer
       expect(dispatches).toBe(2)
-      expect(store.getState().packs).toEqual([pack('current')])
+      expect(store.getState().entries).toEqual([pack('current')])
     }
   )
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ describe('plugin language-pack startup ownership', () => {
     await bridge.requests[0].promise
     languagePacks.ensurePluginLanguagePacksLoaded()
     expect(bridge.listLanguagePacks).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
-    expect(languagePacks.usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().packs).toEqual([pack('changed')])
+    expect(languagePacks.usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().entries).toEqual([pack('changed')])
   })
 
   it('keeps the shared startup request alive after the first consumer unmounts', async () => {
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ describe('plugin language-pack startup ownership', () => {
       await vi.waitFor(() =>
         expect(languagePacks.usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().loaded).toBe(true)
       )
-      expect(languagePacks.usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().packs).toEqual([pack('recovered')])
+      expect(languagePacks.usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().entries).toEqual([
+        pack('recovered')
+      ])
     } finally {
       vi.useRealTimers()
     }
@@ -155,17 +157,17 @@ describe('plugin language-pack startup ownership', () => {
   it('retains fail-closed loading and permits an explicit retry after rejection', async () => {
     const bridge = installBridge()
     const store = languagePacks.usePluginLanguagePackStore
-    const failed = store.getState().fetchPacks()
+    const failed = store.getState().fetchEntries()
     bridge.requests[0].reject(new Error('bridge unavailable'))
     await failed
     expect(store.getState().loaded).toBe(true)
-    expect(store.getState().packs).toEqual([])
+    expect(store.getState().entries).toEqual([])
     languagePacks.ensurePluginLanguagePacksLoaded()
     expect(bridge.listLanguagePacks).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
-    const retry = store.getState().fetchPacks()
+    const retry = store.getState().fetchEntries()
     bridge.requests[1].resolve([pack('retry')])
     await retry
-    expect(store.getState().packs).toEqual([pack('retry')])
+    expect(store.getState().entries).toEqual([pack('retry')])
   })
 
   it('finishes without an older bridge API and admits a later explicit refresh', async () => {
@@ -173,10 +175,10 @@ describe('plugin language-pack startup ownership', () => {
     languagePacks.ensurePluginLanguagePacksLoaded()
     expect(languagePacks.usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().loaded).toBe(true)
     const bridge = installBridge()
-    const refresh = languagePacks.usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchPacks()
+    const refresh = languagePacks.usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchEntries()
     bridge.requests[0].resolve([pack('available')])
     await refresh
     expect(bridge.listLanguagePacks).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
-    expect(languagePacks.usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().packs).toEqual([pack('available')])
+    expect(languagePacks.usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().entries).toEqual([pack('available')])
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/plugin-language-packs.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/plugin-language-packs.test.ts
index 53a608d89f4..3cfb6c49498 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/plugin-language-packs.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/plugin-language-packs.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { usePluginLanguagePackStore } from './plugin-language-packs'
 afterEach(() => {
   vi.restoreAllMocks()
   setRendererPluginLanguagePacks([])
-  usePluginLanguagePackStore.setState({ packs: [], loaded: false })
+  usePluginLanguagePackStore.setState({ entries: [], loaded: false })
   vi.unstubAllGlobals()
 })
 
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ describe('plugin language pack loading', () => {
       }
     })
 
-    await usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchPacks()
+    await usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchEntries()
 
     const state = usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState()
     expect(state.loaded).toBe(true)
-    expect(state.packs).toEqual([])
-    expect(() => state.packs.find(() => true)).not.toThrow()
+    expect(state.entries).toEqual([])
+    expect(() => state.entries.find(() => true)).not.toThrow()
   })
 
   it('filters malformed language-pack array members without changing valid order', async () => {
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ describe('plugin language pack loading', () => {
       }
     })
 
-    await usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchPacks()
+    await usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchEntries()
 
-    expect(usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().packs).toEqual([first, second])
+    expect(usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().entries).toEqual([first, second])
   })
 
   it.each([
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ describe('plugin language pack loading', () => {
       }
     })
 
-    await usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchPacks()
+    await usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchEntries()
 
-    expect(usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().packs).toEqual([])
+    expect(usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().entries).toEqual([])
   })
 
   it('rejects a structured-cloned cyclic catalog before i18next resource installation', async () => {
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ describe('plugin language pack loading', () => {
       api: { plugins: { listLanguagePacks: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(response) } }
     })
 
-    await usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchPacks()
-    const packs = usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().packs
+    await usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchEntries()
+    const packs = usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().entries
 
     expect(() => setRendererPluginLanguagePacks(packs)).not.toThrow()
     expect(packs).toEqual([])
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ describe('plugin language pack loading', () => {
       }
     })
 
-    await usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchPacks()
-    setRendererPluginLanguagePacks(usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().packs)
+    await usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchEntries()
+    setRendererPluginLanguagePacks(usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().entries)
     const removeResourceBundle = vi
       .spyOn(i18n, 'removeResourceBundle')
       .mockImplementation((language) => {
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ describe('plugin language pack loading', () => {
       }
     })
 
-    await usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchPacks()
-    const packs = usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().packs
+    await usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchEntries()
+    const packs = usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().entries
 
     expect(() => setRendererPluginLanguagePacks(packs)).not.toThrow()
     expect(packs).toEqual([])
@@ -193,11 +193,11 @@ describe('plugin language pack loading', () => {
       }
     })
 
-    const olderFetch = usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchPacks()
-    await usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchPacks()
+    const olderFetch = usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchEntries()
+    await usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchEntries()
     resolveOlder([older])
     await olderFetch
 
-    expect(usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().packs).toEqual([latest])
+    expect(usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().entries).toEqual([latest])
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/plugin-language-packs.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/plugin-language-packs.ts
index 009ab459612..20b7c672840 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/plugin-language-packs.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/plugin-language-packs.ts
@@ -1,89 +1,15 @@
-import { useEffect } from 'react'
-import { create } from 'zustand'
 import {
   isPluginLanguagePackRegistration,
   type PluginLanguagePackRegistration
 } from '../../../shared/plugins/plugin-language-pack-artifact'
+import { createPluginContentListStore } from './plugin-content-list-store'
 
-type PluginLanguagePackState = {
-  packs: PluginLanguagePackRegistration[]
-  loaded: boolean
-  fetchPacks: () => Promise<void>
-}
+const languagePacks = createPluginContentListStore<PluginLanguagePackRegistration>({
+  kind: 'language packs',
+  list: (api) => api.listLanguagePacks,
+  isEntry: isPluginLanguagePackRegistration
+})
 
-/**
- * Joining the startup request saves a duplicate IPC round trip, but its handler awaits plugin
- * discovery — a wedged one must not turn `ensurePluginLanguagePacksLoaded` into a no-op for the
- * session, which would pin every consumer on built-in translations. Past this bound the pending
- * request is wedged rather than slow, so a later consumer starts its own (mirrors the reasoning in
- * `src/main/git/coalesced-probe.ts`).
- */
-const STARTUP_REQUEST_JOIN_WINDOW_MS = 10_000
-
-let requestGeneration = 0
-let latestRequestStartedAt: number | null = null
-let changeSubscriptionStarted = false
-
-export const usePluginLanguagePackStore = create<PluginLanguagePackState>()((set) => ({
-  packs: [],
-  loaded: false,
-  fetchPacks: async () => {
-    const generation = ++requestGeneration
-    latestRequestStartedAt = Date.now()
-    const api = window.api?.plugins
-    if (!api?.listLanguagePacks) {
-      if (generation === requestGeneration) {
-        latestRequestStartedAt = null
-        set({ packs: [], loaded: true })
-      }
-      return
-    }
-    try {
-      const response = await api.listLanguagePacks()
-      const packs = Array.isArray(response) ? response.filter(isPluginLanguagePackRegistration) : []
-      // Why: a non-array response and a rejected member are different upstream bugs; keep them distinguishable in the log.
-      if (!Array.isArray(response)) {
-        console.warn(`[plugins] Ignoring non-array language-pack list (${typeof response})`)
-      } else if (packs.length !== response.length) {
-        console.warn(
-          `[plugins] Ignoring ${response.length - packs.length} of ${response.length} malformed language packs`
-        )
-      }
-      if (generation === requestGeneration) {
-        set({ packs, loaded: true })
-      }
-    } catch {
-      if (generation === requestGeneration) {
-        set({ packs: [], loaded: true })
-      }
-    } finally {
-      if (generation === requestGeneration) {
-        latestRequestStartedAt = null
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}))
-
-export function ensurePluginLanguagePacksLoaded(): void {
-  const state = usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState()
-  const joinable =
-    latestRequestStartedAt !== null &&
-    Date.now() - latestRequestStartedAt < STARTUP_REQUEST_JOIN_WINDOW_MS
-  if (!state.loaded && !joinable) {
-    void state.fetchPacks()
-  }
-  if (!changeSubscriptionStarted && window.api?.plugins?.onChanged) {
-    changeSubscriptionStarted = true
-    window.api.plugins.onChanged((event) => {
-      if (event?.contentPacksChanged ?? true) {
-        void usePluginLanguagePackStore.getState().fetchPacks()
-      }
-    })
-  }
-}
-
-export function usePluginLanguagePacks(): PluginLanguagePackRegistration[] {
-  const packs = usePluginLanguagePackStore((state) => state.packs)
-  useEffect(() => ensurePluginLanguagePacksLoaded(), [])
-  return packs
-}
+export const usePluginLanguagePackStore = languagePacks.useStore
+export const ensurePluginLanguagePacksLoaded = languagePacks.ensureLoaded
+export const usePluginLanguagePacks = languagePacks.useEntries
diff --git a/src/shared/plugins/plugin-manifest.ts b/src/shared/plugins/plugin-manifest.ts
index 5c30d974a65..8115006f415 100644
--- a/src/shared/plugins/plugin-manifest.ts
+++ b/src/shared/plugins/plugin-manifest.ts
@@ -113,15 +113,8 @@ const pluginManifestV1Object = z.object({
         .default([])
     })
     .strict()
-    .default(() => ({
-      panels: [],
-      commands: [],
-      events: [],
-      languagePacks: [],
-      keybindings: [],
-      vmRecipes: [],
-      agents: []
-    })),
+    // Why prefault: runs `{}` through the schema, so every family's own default applies.
+    .prefault({}),
   capabilities: z.array(pluginCapabilitySchema).max(32).default([])
 })