Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
0Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
PluginsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.281,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
For plugins installed from a command, the recorded version that is checked before fetching is now stored as a record, and Claude Code reads its .version field.
Why
This is an internal change to how the version is stored, and the logged version line still shows the version.
How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtThe finding does not say what a command-sourced plugin is or whether users see any difference.
