Recovering a part from orbit(mission)

[splashboom]

So I went up with an engineer and attached the part to my SSTO, but when I land and recover the whole plane the mission does not complete. The part is listed at recovered in the recovery report.

Did I botch the mission by attaching it?

[Vanamonde]

You attached it using the construction mode? Huh. I wonder if they thought to test that method with respect to contract completion. You might have discovered an oversight. 

[splashboom]

Yes, I thought I was doing something I saw in a video, but there might have been a mod involved(what is a winch?).

Where do I report it if I should report it? By now everyone is waiting for KSP2

[18Watt]

3 minutes ago, splashboom said:

Where do I report it if I should report it?

bugs.kerbalspaceprogram.com

However, as development of KSP1 has effectively stopped, I would not expect reported issues to be addressed.

[DeadJohn]

Attaching a part seems like a fair way to accomplish the contract requirement. Use alt-f12 to "cheat" the contract complete.

IMO officially reporting bugs is a waste of time at this point. KSP 1 development is finished.

If you saw a video with a winch part that may have been the Kerbal Inventory System or Kerbal Attachment System mod. I think the winch is part of KAS but I forget what gets done by KAS vs KIS.