You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
PluginsArea: what it touches
Bug FixesKind: in v2.1.280,
Bug FixesSection of the release
What
When Claude Code checks the official plugin marketplace for updates, it reads a small .gcs-sha file to find the plugin's new version. If that file turns out to be a symlink, a folder, or some other special file, or if it's larger than 1MB, Claude Code now refuses to read it and skips the update, showing an explicit message instead.
Why
This prevents a malformed or unexpected .gcs-sha file from being read as plain version text, avoiding a possible source of errors or unsafe file handling during plugin updates.
