diff --git a/internal/config/plugin_installer.go b/internal/config/plugin_installer.go
index ea14e42b44..d6f7e2c901 100644
--- a/internal/config/plugin_installer.go
+++ b/internal/config/plugin_installer.go
@@ -155,11 +155,32 @@ func (pr PluginRepository) Fetch(out io.Writer) PluginPackages {
 		return PluginPackages{}
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	
+	// Handle cases when plugin repo is not available
+	statusCode := resp.StatusCode
+	if statusCode == http.StatusForbidden {
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Skipped: %s\n", pr)
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, " Reason: Access to plugin repository is forbidden (Status Code: %d)\n", statusCode)
+		return PluginPackages{}
+	}
+	if statusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Skipped: %s\n", pr)
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, " Reason: Plugin repository not found (Status Code: %d)\n", statusCode)
+		return PluginPackages{}
+	}
+	if statusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Skipped: %s\n", pr)
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, " Reason: Unexpected status (Status Code: %d)\n", statusCode)
+		return PluginPackages{}
+	}
+
 	decoder := json5.NewDecoder(resp.Body)
 
 	var plugins PluginPackages
 	if err := decoder.Decode(&plugins); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintln(out, "Failed to decode repository data:\n", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Skipped: %s\n", pr)
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, " Reason: Failed to decode repository data:\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, " %s\n", err)
 		return PluginPackages{}
 	}
 	if len(plugins) > 0 {