specify plugin arguments before other flags

sdk/go/common/resource/plugin/plugin.go

@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ func newPlugin(ctx *Context, pwd, bin, prefix string, args, env []string, option
 // execPlugin starts the plugin executable.
 func execPlugin(bin string, pluginArgs []string, pwd string, env []string) (*plugin, error) {
 	var args []string
+	args = append(args, pluginArgs...)
 	// Flow the logging information if set.
 	if logging.LogFlow {
 		if logging.LogToStderr {
@@ -293,7 +294,6 @@ func execPlugin(bin string, pluginArgs []string, pwd string, env []string) (*plu
 	if cmdutil.TracingEndpoint != "" && !cmdutil.TracingToFile {
 		args = append(args, "--tracing", cmdutil.TracingEndpoint)
 	}
-	args = append(args, pluginArgs...)
 
 	cmd := exec.Command(bin, args...)
 	cmdutil.RegisterProcessGroup(cmd)

tests/integration/integration_nodejs_test.go

@@ -892,6 +892,8 @@ func optsForConstructNode(t *testing.T, expectedResourceCount int, env ...string
 		},
 		Quick:      true,
 		NoParallel: true,
+		// verify that additional flags don't cause the component provider hang
+		UpdateCommandlineFlags: []string{"--logflow", "--logtostderr"},
 		ExtraRuntimeValidation: func(t *testing.T, stackInfo integration.RuntimeValidationStackInfo) {
 			assert.NotNil(t, stackInfo.Deployment)
 			if assert.Equal(t, expectedResourceCount, len(stackInfo.Deployment.Resources)) {