From eedad96d6287e0dca367daff2d87069144c89eaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Ehrismann <jehrismann@mirantis.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2021 10:42:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] when checking extension compatibility, ignore the 'latest'
 tag on appSemVer

Signed-off-by: Jim Ehrismann <jehrismann@mirantis.com>
---
 src/extensions/extension-discovery.ts | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-discovery.ts b/src/extensions/extension-discovery.ts
index 9f2fe15067..9d98092d1b 100644
--- a/src/extensions/extension-discovery.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/extension-discovery.ts
@@ -365,7 +365,12 @@ export class ExtensionDiscovery extends Singleton {
       let isCompatible = isBundled;
 
       if (manifest.engines?.lens) {
-        isCompatible = semver.satisfies(appSemVer, manifest.engines.lens);
+        const appSemVerLatestImplied = appSemVer;
+        if (appSemVerLatestImplied.prerelease?.[0] === "latest") {
+          /* remove the "latest" prerelease tag so as not to require the extension to specify it */
+          appSemVerLatestImplied.prerelease = [];
+        }
+        isCompatible = semver.satisfies(appSemVerLatestImplied, manifest.engines.lens);
       }
 
       return {