I'm not 100% sure whether this is a CTools or Features issue, but I'm leaning towards CTools.

I have successfully created a section with an admin interface that uses hook_ctools_plugin_api and I can import and export the objects, additionally using the default hook I can also specify some starting objects.

If these objects are added manually they appear in Features as exportable objects, however if they were created using default hook and then overridden they do not appear as exportable objects in Features. I was able to successfully test this by removing the default hook and the objects appear in Features.

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merlinofchaos’s picture

merlinofchaos commented
Project: Chaos Tool Suite (ctools) » Features
Component: Exportables » Ctools

This would be an issue for Features.

hefox’s picture

hefox commented
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

Features does not allow exporting of objects that are already defined, whether it's in a feature or not, as that'd result in two instances of the same object defined in two files (not good).

Check out features override module for this.