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Disabled plugins no longer report load failures

You'll notice
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Plugins

Plugins you turned off stop complaining about failing to load.

What

Plugin loading now tracks whether each entry is enabled, so a missing plugin path, a manifest that fails to load, a failed copy into the version cache or a failed download only surfaces an error when the plugin is actually turned on. Plugins you disabled stop producing noise about failing to load, while enabled ones report as before.

Details
  • The disabled check matches on the manifest name as well as the path, and honours plugin content authored in the repository itself.
  • Applies unconditionally in the session plugin loader, with no flag or setting to turn it off.
  • Loaded plugins can now also carry a server-issued plugin id.
  • When a plugin installed through a command has a missing cache entry and background command execution is switched off, the error names the real update command for that plugin, claude plugin update <plugin>@<marketplace>, falling back to the generic form when the plugin's marketplace is not known.
  • Credentials are now passed through the path that copies a plugin into the version cache, so authenticated sources copy rather than fail.
Evidence

Skipping load-failure error for disabled plugin, claude plugin update <plugin>@<marketplace>

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

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