{"version":"2.1.281","anchor":"plugin-catalog-cache-read-hardened","canonical_anchor":"plugin-catalog-cache-read-hardened","heading":"Plugin catalog cache read hardened","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281\/e\/plugin-catalog-cache-read-hardened","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281","markdown":"### Plugin catalog cache read hardened\n\nClaude Code now refuses to read the plugin catalog cache or a plugin folder file if it is a symlink, not a regular file, or too large\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code now reads the plugin catalog cache, and files in a plugin's folder, more carefully. It refuses the file when it is:\n\n- a symlink (a file that just points to another location)\n\n- not a regular file\n\n- too large\n\nEach refusal logs a warning.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis stops Claude Code from following a link to somewhere unexpected or loading an oversized file when it reads plugin data. If a plugin file is refused, the warning says so.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}