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enabledPlugins in .github/copilot/settings.json does not auto-install plugins #2249

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Description

@hesehus-sola

enabledPlugins in repository settings does not auto-install plugins on startup.

This reproduces with a built-in marketplace plugin, so it does not appear to depend
on custom marketplaces or private repositories.

Affected version

GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.11

Steps to reproduce the behavior

  1. Create .github/copilot/settings.json with:
{
  "enabledPlugins": {
    "workiq@copilot-plugins": true
  }
}
  1. Restart Copilot in that repository.
  2. Run:

copilot plugin list

Expected behavior

workiq@copilot-plugins is installed automatically.

Actual behavior

The plugin is not installed. Running:

copilot plugin list

prints:

No plugins installed.

Use 'copilot plugin install <source>' to install a plugin

### Additional context

Manual installation works:

copilot plugin install workiq@copilot-plugins

So the plugin itself is valid; only the enabledPlugins auto-install path appears
broken.

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