Add optional detection.packageFamilyName to the extension schema

[Adam Duda (AdamDuda1)]

Problem

Extensions distributed through the Microsoft Store can never show as Installed in the Command Palette gallery, even after the user installs them from the gallery itself.

There are two code paths in CmdPal that set IsInstalled, and a Store-only extensions reaches none of them:

1. ExtensionGalleryViewModel enumerates installed extensions and matches on PackageFamilyName, but the block never gets executed as PackageFamilyName is not an allowed field for extension.json:

foreach (var entry in snapshot)
{
    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(entry.PackageFamilyName))
    {
        entry.IsInstalled = installedPfns.Contains(entry.PackageFamilyName);
        entry.IsInstalledStateKnown = true;
    }
}

(source: powertoys gh src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Gallery/ExtensionGalleryViewModel.cs:391)

2. Every other assignment to IsInstalled flows from ApplyWinGetPackageInfo, which requires a winget install source.

At the time of writing, over half of the 82 extensions in the gallery can never display as installed for the user.

Why this is a schema-only fix

The runtime already supports the field, but schema doesn't allow it:

• Microsoft.CmdPal.Common/ExtensionGallery/Models/GalleryDetection.cs defines PackageFamilyName.
• ExtensionGalleryItemViewModel exposes it via public string? PackageFamilyName => _entry.Detection?.PackageFamilyName;
• doc/extension-gallery.md documents detection.packageFamilyName as a supported optional entry field, and notes it "lets the gallery recognise an already-installed packaged extension before WinGet metadata resolves."

Because extension.schema.json sets additionalProperties: false and has no detection property, the CI rejects the field today.

Changes

1. .github/schemas/extension.schema.json - added an optional detection object with a single required packageFamilyName string.
2. extensions/adamduda/tex-snippets/extension.json - added the block to my extension to demonstrate.

[Niels Laute (niels9001)]

Michael Jolley (@michaeljolley) Jiří Polášek (@jiripolasek) thoughts?

[Jiří Polášek (jiripolasek)]

Niels Laute (@niels9001) That's the part of my original spec: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/071c25e115e8097117e26f6fcfe9901301307f7a/src/modules/cmdpal/doc/extension-gallery.md

And already enabled in code:

microsoft/PowerToys#48433 (comment)

microsoft/PowerToys#48746

[Niels Laute (niels9001)]

Niels Laute (Niels Laute (@niels9001)) That's the part of my original spec: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/071c25e115e8097117e26f6fcfe9901301307f7a/src/modules/cmdpal/doc/extension-gallery.md

And already enabled in code:

microsoft/PowerToys#48433 (comment)

microsoft/PowerToys#48746

So this PR is good to go?

[w7rker]

W Adam Duda reputable source

[Jiří Polášek (jiripolasek)]

Niels Laute (@niels9001) I'm not happy about the PR mixing the schema change with the extension metadata change, but other than that nit, I think it's good to go.

[Jiří Polášek (jiripolasek)]

W Adam Duda reputable source

Just for this comment, I have a sudden urge to close this with extreme prejudice...

[w7rker]

please dont i was just joking hes not a reputable source and a chinese hacker if it makes you feel any better

[Jiří Polášek (jiripolasek)]

Adam Duda (@AdamDuda1) That was fast, thanks for the update 🙇‍♂️

Niels Laute (@niels9001) LGTM

[Adam Duda (AdamDuda1)]

Thanks :) I'll add the detection to my extension in a separate PR.