Developemnt packaging broke with editor plugins when upgrading from 4.23 to 4.24

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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My plugin project can package in both shipping and development mode. on 4.23. On 4.24, I can package in Shipping mode, but not in Development mode. I get an error

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ERROR: Unable to instantiate module ‘UnrealEd’: Unable to instantiate UnrealEd module for non-editor targets.

If I remove the editor plugins, then I can build development fine. But 4.23 could build with editor plugins fine.

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I tested more, it happens on some plugins e.g the Enchanced log plugin. It’s reproducible in a new FPS sample as well. I use the source code version of the plugin so there’s no code changes on the plugin side. Did something changed on UE4 side?

I submitted to QA but they close the bug because it’s a external plugin.