Plugin promotions, deprecations and deletions

doc/.tx/config

@@ -417,11 +417,6 @@ file_filter = locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/admin-guide/plugins/memcache.en.po
 source_file = _build/locale/pot/admin-guide/plugins/memcache.en.pot
 source_lang = en
 
-[apache-traffic-server-6x.admin-guide--plugins--metalink_en]
-file_filter = locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/admin-guide/plugins/metalink.en.po
-source_file = _build/locale/pot/admin-guide/plugins/metalink.en.pot
-source_lang = en
-
 [apache-traffic-server-6x.admin-guide--plugins--mp4_en]
 file_filter = locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/admin-guide/plugins/mp4.en.po
 source_file = _build/locale/pot/admin-guide/plugins/mp4.en.pot
@@ -2201,4 +2196,3 @@ source_lang = en
 file_filter = locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/developer-guide/documentation/plugins.en.po
 source_file = _build/locale/pot/developer-guide/documentation/plugins.en.pot
 source_lang = en
-

doc/admin-guide/plugins/healthchecks.en.rst

@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 Health Checks Plugin
 ********************
 
+**Note:** As of ATS v10.0.0, this plugin is deprecated. Please migrate over
+to the new `statichit` plugin instead.
+
 This is a simple plugin, to provide basic (but configurable) health checks.
 This is a server intercept plugin, and it takes one single configuration
 option in plugin.config, the configuration file name.
@@ -62,6 +65,3 @@ type of ``text/plain`` and a status code of ``200``.  If the file does not
 exist, a ``403`` response is sent::
 
    /__hc  /var/run/ts-alive  text/plain 200  403
-
-
-

doc/admin-guide/plugins/icap.en.rst

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ ICAP Plugin
   under the License.
 
 
+**Note:** As of ATS v10.0.0, this plugin is deprecated and unsupported.
+
 The ICAP plugin enables passing along the response header and body to
 an external server for additional processing (generally scanning) using
 the ICAP protocol.  The scanner, depending on whether the file contains

doc/admin-guide/plugins/index.en.rst

@@ -61,12 +61,16 @@ Plugins that are considered stable are installed by default in |TS| releases.
    Header Rewrite <header_rewrite.en>
    Health Checks <healthchecks.en>
    HTTP Stats <http_stats.en>
+   JA3 Fingerprint <ja3_fingerprint.en>
    Lua <lua.en>
    Regex Remap <regex_remap.en>
    Regex Revalidate <regex_revalidate.en>
    Remap Purge <remap_purge.en>
+   Remap Stats <remap_stats.en>
    Stats over HTTP <stats_over_http.en>
    TCPInfo <tcpinfo.en>
+   Traffic Dump <traffic_dump.en>
+   WebP Transform <webp_transform.en>
    XDebug <xdebug.en>
 
 :doc:`AuthProxy <authproxy.en>`
@@ -117,6 +121,9 @@ Plugins that are considered stable are installed by default in |TS| releases.
 :doc:`HTTP Stats <http_stats.en>`
     A remap-based plugin that provides an HTTP interface to all |TS| statistics.
 
+:doc:`JA3 Fingerprint <ja3_fingerprint.en>`
+   Calculates JA3 Fingerprints for incoming SSL traffic.
+
 :doc:`Lua <lua.en>`
    Allows plugins to be written in Lua instead of C code.
 
@@ -126,12 +133,21 @@ Plugins that are considered stable are installed by default in |TS| releases.
 :doc:`Regex Revalidate <regex_revalidate.en>`
    Configurable rules for forcing cache object revalidations using regular expressions.
 
+:doc:`Remap Stats <remap_stats.en>`
+   This global plugin adds remap stats to the stats.
+
 :doc:`Stats over HTTP <stats_over_http.en>`
     Provide an HTTP interface to all |TS| statistics.
 
 :doc:`TCPInfo <tcpinfo.en>`
     Log TCP metrics at various points of the HTTP processing pipeline.
 
+:doc:`Traffic Dump <traffic_dump.en>`
+   Dumps traffic data into a JSON format file which can be used to replay traffic.
+
+:doc:`WebP Transform <webp_transform.en>`
+   Converts jpeg and png images to webp format.
+
 :doc:`XDebug <xdebug.en>`
    Allows HTTP clients to debug the operation of the Traffic Server cache using the X-Debug header.
 
@@ -154,34 +170,27 @@ directory of the |TS| source tree. Experimental plugins can be compiled by passi
    Cache Fill <cache_fill.en>
    Certifier <certifier.en>
    Cert Reporting Tool <cert_reporting_tool.en>
-   Collapsed-Forwarding <collapsed_forwarding.en>
    GeoIP ACL <geoip_acl.en>
    FQ Pacing <fq_pacing.en>
    Header Frequency <header_freq.en>
    Hook Trace <hook-trace.en>
    ICAP <icap.en>
-   JA3 Fingerprint <ja3_fingerprint.en>
    Maxmind ACL <maxmind_acl.en>
    Memcache <memcache.en>
    Memory Profile <memory_profile.en>
-   Metalink <metalink.en>
    Money Trace <money_trace.en>
    MP4 <mp4.en>
    Multiplexer <multiplexer.en>
    OpenTelemetry Tracer <otel_tracer.en>
-   Parent Select <parent_select.en>
    Rate Limit <rate_limit.en>
-   Remap Stats <remap_stats.en>
    URI Signing <uri_signing.en>
    Legacy Signed URLs <url_sig.en>
    Slice <slice.en>
    SSL Headers <sslheaders.en>
    SSL Session Reuse <ssl_session_reuse.en>
    STEK Share <stek_share.en>
    System Statistics <system_stats.en>
-   Traffic Dump <traffic_dump.en>
    Wasm <wasm.en>
-   WebP Transform <webp_transform.en>
    Prefetch <prefetch.en>
 
 :doc:`Access Control <access_control.en>`
@@ -193,10 +202,6 @@ directory of the |TS| source tree. Experimental plugins can be compiled by passi
 :doc:`Cert Reporting Tool <cert_reporting_tool.en>`
    Examines and logs information on loaded certificates.
 
-:doc:`Collapsed-Forwarding <collapsed_forwarding.en>`
-   Allows to Collapse multiple Concurrent requests by downloading once from the Origin and serving
-   all clients in parallel.
-
 :doc:`FQ Pacing <fq_pacing.en>`
    FQ Pacing: Rate Limit TCP connections using Linux's Fair Queuing queue discipline
 
@@ -209,18 +214,12 @@ directory of the |TS| source tree. Experimental plugins can be compiled by passi
 :doc:`ICAP <icap.en>`
    Pass response data to external server for further processing using the ICAP protocol.
 
-:doc:`JA3 Fingerprint <ja3_fingerprint.en>`
-   Calculates JA3 Fingerprints for incoming SSL traffic.
-
 :doc:`MaxMind ACL <maxmind_acl.en>`
    ACL based on the maxmind geo databases (GeoIP2 mmdb and libmaxminddb)
 
 :doc:`Memcache <memcache.en>`
    Implements the memcache protocol for cache contents.
 
-:doc:`Metalink <metalink.en>`
-   Implements the Metalink download description format in order to try not to download the same file twice.
-
 :doc:`Money Trace <money_trace.en>`
    Allows Trafficserver to participate in a distributed tracing system based upon the Comcast Money library.
 
@@ -239,16 +238,9 @@ directory of the |TS| source tree. Experimental plugins can be compiled by passi
 :doc:`Prefetch <prefetch.en>`
    Pre-fetch objects based on the requested URL path pattern.
 
-:doc:`Parent Select <parent_select.en>`
-   This remap plugin allows selection of parent proxies or origins during requests. This
-   provides the same functionality as the core :file:`parent.config` and :file:`strategies.yaml` config files.
-
 :doc:`Rate Limit <rate_limit.en>`
    Simple transaction rate limiting.
 
-:doc:`Remap Stats <remap_stats.en>`
-   This global plugin adds remap stats to the stats.
-
 :doc:`Remap Purge <remap_purge.en>`
    This remap plugin allows the administrator to easily setup remotely
    controlled ``PURGE`` for the content of an entire remap rule.
@@ -281,11 +273,5 @@ directory of the |TS| source tree. Experimental plugins can be compiled by passi
 :doc:`System Stats <system_stats.en>`
     Inserts system statistics in to the stats list
 
-:doc:`Traffic Dump <traffic_dump.en>`
-   Dumps traffic data into a JSON format file which can be used to replay traffic.
-
 :doc:`Wasm <wasm.en>`
    Allows WebAssembly/Wasm (proxy-wasm) module to be used as ATS Plugin.
-
-:doc:`WebP Transform <webp_transform.en>`
-   Converts jpeg and png images to webp format.