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Claude Code v2.1.229

Plugin auto-updates can now take effect without a restart

You'll notice
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Plugins

Plugin auto-updates can now apply mid-session instead of always asking you to reload.

/reload-plugins/plugin
What

After a background auto-update, Claude Code tries to re-resolve plugin commands in the running session. The notification now says "reloaded for this session", or "reloaded with errors — see /plugin", and only falls back to the old "Run /reload-plugins to apply" when the reload was skipped or failed.

Details
  • Reload is skipped when it would invalidate caches; failures fall back rather than leaving the session in a half-updated state.
  • Plugins held at a fixed version report as blocked by the pin instead of updating.
  • Outcomes counted under plugin_command_reresolve_reload with reasons cache_impact, load_errors and refresh_failed.
Evidence

plugin-autoupdate-reloaded, reloaded with errors — see /plugin

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

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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