Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
PluginsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.246,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
The small file kept next to each synced plugin now stores the marketplace name and an installation preference alongside the plugin id. An invalid marketplace name is reported through telemetry, and an unchanged sidecar is left in place rather than rewritten.
Evidence
plugins_sync_sidecar_invalid_marketplace_name
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
