{"version":"2.1.229","anchor":"plugin-auto-updates-can-now-take-effect-without-a-restart","canonical_anchor":"plugin-auto-updates-can-now-take-effect-without-a-restart","heading":"Plugin auto-updates can now take effect without a restart","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.229\/e\/plugin-auto-updates-can-now-take-effect-without-a-restart","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.229","markdown":"### Plugin auto-updates can now take effect without a restart\n\nPlugin auto-updates can now apply mid-session instead of always asking you to reload.\n\n**What**\n\nAfter 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 \u2014 see \/plugin\", and only falls back to the old \"Run \/reload-plugins to apply\" when the reload was skipped or failed.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Reload is skipped when it would invalidate caches; failures fall back rather than leaving the session in a half-updated state.\n- Plugins held at a fixed version report as blocked by the pin instead of updating.\n- Outcomes counted under `plugin_command_reresolve_reload` with reasons `cache_impact`, `load_errors` and `refresh_failed`.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`plugin-autoupdate-reloaded`, `reloaded with errors \u2014 see \/plugin`\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Names: `\/reload-plugins`, `\/plugin`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 4\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}