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Claude Code v2.1.224 ·

Archive-installed plugins get a real version instead of "unknown"

Plugins installed from an archive now show a real version instead of "unknown".

You'll notice Improvements
JSON All of v2.1.224
You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
PluginsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.224,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What

A plugin installed from a downloaded archive with no pinned checksum now gets a 12-character version derived from the hash of the content that was actually downloaded, rather than reporting "unknown". The log line says whether the hash was pinned or downloaded.

Evidence

Using archive sha256 version for

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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