{"version":"2.1.280","anchor":"plugin-updates-refuse-oversized-or-non-regular-gcs-sha-vers","canonical_anchor":"plugin-updates-refuse-oversized-or-non-regular-gcs-sha-vers","heading":"Plugin updates refuse oversized or non-regular .gcs-sha version files","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.280\/e\/plugin-updates-refuse-oversized-or-non-regular-gcs-sha-vers","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.280","markdown":"### Plugin updates refuse oversized or non-regular .gcs-sha version files\n\nPlugin updates now skip reading version files that are symlinks\/special files or over 1MB\n\n**What**\n\nWhen 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.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis 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.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}