Regression in exec startup behavior in global block between v2.7.6 and v2.10.0

[MisterDuval]

Hello Caddy team,

I wanted to report a regression I encountered with the exec plugin behavior in the global block on Windows 11 (24H2).

In Caddy version v2.7.6 h1, placing an exec directive with startup in the global block worked fine — the command was executed on startup as expected.

However, since upgrading to v2.10.0 h1, the exec directive with startup in the global block is silently ignored and not executed. The shutdown directive still works as expected.

This appears to be a regression in Caddy or in the integration with the exec plugin.

I posted an issue tracking this problem on the caddy-exec plugin repo:
abiosoft/caddy-exec#26

Could you please take a look or guide if this is something in Caddy core or related to plugin compatibility?

Thank you for your help!

[mohammed90]

Nothing that we're of would cause such change in behavior. It'll require some investigation.