Every Go-implemented plugin's `:report --format json` now emits keys without the redundant `<plugin>-` head segment, matching the shape bash plugins have always emitted. The CLI flag names and `:set` semantics are unchanged. For backwards compatibility during the 0.38.x patch series, the legacy `<plugin>-<property>` keys are emitted side-by-side with the new keys, and a future major release will drop the legacy keys. `common.ReportSingleApp` is refactored to accept a `ReportSingleAppInput` struct with a `Validate()` method so the input is checked before any work runs, which also catches the latent `"docker options"` reportType bug at the API boundary.
The registry plugin accepted `registry:set <app> image-repo-template <value>` and persisted the per-app file, but only ever read the global value when rendering the image repository, so per-app overrides were silently dropped. The property now follows the same per-app to global to default fallback chain used by `push-on-release` and `server`, and `registry:report` exposes the raw per-app value alongside the existing global and computed flags. The `push-extra-tags` report flags were extended for the same reason: the runtime already honored per-app and global values, but the report only surfaced the raw per-app entry.
Three plugins still leaked the built-in default through `<plugin>-global-<property>` after the broader raw/computed split in #8640. External tooling reading `:report --format json` for drift detection could not distinguish "set to default" from "never set" - after a `:set --global` followed by an unset, the JSON still reported the default value. The `<plugin>-global-<property>` keys now hold the raw stored value (empty when nothing has been set) and `<plugin>-computed-<property>` keys hold the effective value with per-app, global, and built-in default fallback. Every global property now has a computed sibling for shape consistency, including those whose default is empty. Internal callers in `scheduler-k3s` that previously read the default-applied global helpers now consume new `getComputed*` helpers, keeping deploy-time behavior unchanged.
Every `:report` subcommand now recognizes `--global` as a scope selector that limits the report to globally-configured properties, including in JSON form via `--global --format json`. Previously this combination was rejected because `--global` was treated as an info flag, conflicting with `--format`. The shared `common.ParseReportArgs` helper now returns a `ReportArgs` struct exposing the parsed scope; each Go and bash report selects a global-only flag map when scope is global, and skips per-app verification.
When upgrading from an older install of Dokku with the old community registry plugin, newlines could be available in the properties set on disk. Trim them so any usage of the properties continues to work as expected by users.
