{"version":"2.1.251","anchor":"old-plugin-cache-directories-removed-during-migration","canonical_anchor":"old-plugin-cache-directories-removed-during-migration","heading":"Old plugin cache directories removed during migration","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.251\/e\/old-plugin-cache-directories-removed-during-migration","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.251","markdown":"### Old plugin cache directories removed during migration\n\nUpgrading sweeps away plugin cache directories nothing uses, freeing disk space.\n\n**What**\n\nMigrating the installed-plugins file now sweeps the plugin cache root and deletes cache directories no longer referenced by any installed plugin, reclaiming disk space left by earlier versions.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Aware of WSL companion paths, so a directory still reachable through a different view of the same volume is not deleted.\n- Cleanup is skipped entirely when the cache root volume cannot be read.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`Cleaned up legacy cache directory:`\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}