{"version":"2.1.246","anchor":"plugin-sidecar-files-record-marketplace-and-installation-pre","canonical_anchor":"plugin-sidecar-files-record-marketplace-and-installation-pre","heading":"Plugin sidecar files record marketplace and installation preference","tier":"internal","area":"Plugins","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.246\/e\/plugin-sidecar-files-record-marketplace-and-installation-pre","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.246","markdown":"### Plugin sidecar files record marketplace and installation preference\n\nSynced plugins record which marketplace they came from and how you installed them.\n\n**What**\n\nThe 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.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`plugins_sync_sidecar_invalid_marketplace_name`\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}