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<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/19445|#19445 Unable to set `__defaults__` for a target defined in an internal plugin when using environments>
Issue created by <https://github.com/kevinhughes27|kevinhughes27>
*Describe the bug*  
Unable to set `__defaults__` for a target defined in an internal plugin when using environments

```
MappingError: Failed to parse ./BUILD:
ValueError: Unrecognized target type &lt;custom_target&gt; in //#__defaults__.
```

The same `__defaults__` can be set in other BUILD files. Environments must be defined in the root BUILD file so I suspect this is an ordering issue and the root BUILD file is parsed before loading plugins.

*Pants version*  
2.16.0rc5  
I also checked 2.17.0rc1 and it has the same issue

*OS*  
only tested on Linux
<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants|pantsbuild/pants>

<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/19445|#19445 Unable to set `__defaults__` for a target defined in an internal plugin when using environments>
Issue closed as completed by <https://github.com/cognifloyd|cognifloyd>
<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants|pantsbuild/pants>