{"version":"2.1.251","anchor":"plugin-cache-cleanup-refuses-to-touch-paths-it-does-not-reco","canonical_anchor":"plugin-cache-cleanup-refuses-to-touch-paths-it-does-not-reco","heading":"Plugin cache cleanup refuses to touch paths it does not recognize","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.251\/e\/plugin-cache-cleanup-refuses-to-touch-paths-it-does-not-reco","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.251","markdown":"### Plugin cache cleanup refuses to touch paths it does not recognize\n\nPlugin cache cleanup refuses to delete anything outside the plugin cache root.\n\n**What**\n\nCleaning up orphaned plugin versions now stops if the target lies outside the plugin cache directory (\"Not writing .orphaned_at outside the plugin cache root\") or cannot be classified as a plugin version path. Cleanup also keeps directories holding versioned .zip archives instead of deleting them.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Runs on every plugin cache garbage collection pass; no gate.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`Not writing .orphaned_at outside the plugin cache root`\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}