We pass `null` for the class name here:

https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/f086dd18ddc705bf84a1ff99d35196ec2498fd52/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/PluginDescriptor.java#L261

However the class name is mandatory for the transport protocol today:

https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/f086dd18ddc705bf84a1ff99d35196ec2498fd52/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/PluginDescriptor.java#L156

This prevents various APIs from working in a cluster with stable plugins installed.
server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/PluginsServiceTests.java
import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLClassLoader;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.security.AccessControlException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.allOf;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsInAnyOrder;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.empty;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.everyItem;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasToString;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.sameInstance;
@LuceneTestCase.SuppressFileSystems(value = "ExtrasFS")
public class PluginsServiceTests extends ESTestCase {
    public static class FilterablePlugin extends Plugin implements ScriptPlugin {}