{"version":"2.1.229","anchor":"plugin-cache-copies-abort-if-the-source-changes-underneath-t","canonical_anchor":"plugin-cache-copies-abort-if-the-source-changes-underneath-t","heading":"Plugin cache copies abort if the source changes underneath them","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.229\/e\/plugin-cache-copies-abort-if-the-source-changes-underneath-t","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.229","markdown":"### Plugin cache copies abort if the source changes underneath them\n\nCopying a plugin into cache aborts if files are swapped out mid-copy.\n\n**What**\n\nCopying a plugin into the cache now opens files without following symlinks where the platform allows it, and re-checks during the walk that directories are still directories and files still regular files. If something is swapped mid-copy the copy aborts with an explicit error instead of following the new path.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`plugin copy source swapped for a non-regular file mid-copy`\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}