{"version":"2.1.228","anchor":"linked-plugin-directories-are-no-longer-marked-orphaned","canonical_anchor":"linked-plugin-directories-are-no-longer-marked-orphaned","heading":"Linked plugin directories are no longer marked orphaned","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.228\/e\/linked-plugin-directories-are-no-longer-marked-orphaned","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.228","markdown":"### Linked plugin directories are no longer marked orphaned\n\nPlugins you symlinked for local development are no longer flagged orphaned and swept away.\n\n**What**\n\nThe routines that write, read and clear the orphan marker on cached plugins now stop early if the plugin path is a symbolic link. Development plugins linked into the cache are no longer flagged as orphaned or swept by cache cleanup.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`Failed to remove .orphaned_at`\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}