Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
PluginsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.281,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
Unclear The finding does not say where this summary is shown to a user, or what counts as an identity change.
What
Plugins are add-ons that extend Claude Code. When plugins are updated, the summary of results now has a directory section for plugins that come from a folder instead of a marketplace. It counts:
updated
updateFailed
stuck
identityChanged, counted from directoryIdentityChanged
Why
Updates to directory-based plugins now show up in the totals, including ones that failed, got stuck, or whose identity changed.
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 where this summary is shown to a user, or what counts as an identity change.