I guess that's also why RWS took down https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/rws-appstore/w/wiki/6403/private-appstore as mentioned here: What happened to the instructions on how to connect to the private appstore? .  I thought it was just the instructions that disappeared, but it's the whole thing.   So now, what's the solution?    This isn't good really...

Hi David McDermit and Michel Farhi-Chevillard 

We removed the instructions on how to connect to the private appstore - as those services were restored as of 2022 CU5

Currently we have issues with the integrated appStore and while we restore the services that supports the integration, all our apps can be found on https://appstore.rws.com/

Thank you in advance

Lyds

Hi Lydia, our company is on Trados 2021 with no plan to switch to Trados 2022.  So, we must have a solution that works in Trados 2021, which is still a supported product.  And from what  I can tell, the public appstore still doesnt work in Trados 2021.  Are you saying RWS has no plan to ever have the appstore work again in Trados 2021, and we have to go back to the old way of checking a web site for updates and installing plugins by hand?

Lydia Simplicio 

If you don't have 2022 you will now have to go to the AppStore to get new plugins and to see if there are any updates?

Michel Farhi-Chevillard and David McDermit services were restored as of 2022 CU5 and they were backward compatible - making the dependency on the private AppStore redundant  

This means 2021 users should have access to the integrated AppStore and will get notifications and updates.

However as I mentioned

Lydia Simplicio said:

Currently we have issues with the integrated appStore and while we restore the services that supports the integration, all our apps can be found on https://appstore.rws.com/

Lyds

Hello Lydia Simplicio 

This now makes sense. 

Your original message made it sound like only those with 2022 would have access to the Integrated AppStore.

I see now that there is a message about this at the top of this page/group.

Thank you for the further clarification.

David

I agree, by specifically stating it would work with 2022 CU5, it really sounded like you needed the latest Trados 2022 patch to use the new appstore and that Trados 2021 users would be out of luck.   I'm glad to hear that is not the case and I will be patient, though in the future, I would appreciate if RWS didnt take something down before the new thing is working. 

Lydia Simplicio , could you please update this post when services are restored, so we know when to re-test?

I agree, by specifically stating it would work with 2022 CU5, it really sounded like you needed the latest Trados 2022 patch to use the new appstore and that Trados 2021 users would be out of luck.   I'm glad to hear that is not the case and I will be patient, though in the future, I would appreciate if RWS didnt take something down before the new thing is working. 

Lydia Simplicio , could you please update this post when services are restored, so we know when to re-test?

Lydia Simplicio / Paul , do you confirm that the store is now working again in Trados Studio 2021 today.  That is my impression but I wanted your confirmation before we let our team know they can switch back to the regular public store.  Thanks!

I was maybe a little too fast.  Downloading and installing plugins works, but the number of installed plugins reported is wrong (0) , so this part still needs work, right?

Michel Farhi-Chevillard 

Michel Farhi-Chevillard said:

but the number of installed plugins reported is wrong (0)

That's probably the number of updates available for the plugins you have installed.

Ah you are right.   So, all good then?

 Michel Farhi-Chevillard 

Yep... you might like this one while I have you:

https://appstore.rws.com/plugin/174/