{"version":"2.1.224","anchor":"archive-installed-plugins-are-no-longer-mistaken-for-ref-tra","canonical_anchor":"archive-installed-plugins-are-no-longer-mistaken-for-ref-tra","heading":"Archive-installed plugins are no longer mistaken for ref-tracking ones","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.224\/e\/archive-installed-plugins-are-no-longer-mistaken-for-ref-tra","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.224","markdown":"### Archive-installed plugins are no longer mistaken for ref-tracking ones\n\nZip-installed plugins keep their pinned version instead of being re-fetched on every load.\n\n**What**\n\nA plugin whose cache directory is a 12-character hex name used to be treated as tracking a git ref, which meant it was re-fetched on every load. That check now also requires the plugin to come from a git source, so zip-archive plugins, whose cache directory is the first 12 hex characters of the archive digest, keep their pinned version.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`sourceHasPinnedSha`\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}