You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
PluginsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.281,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
When a plugin's stored options are deleted, Claude Code now checks afterwards that the deletion worked. It clears pluginConfigs (the answers you gave a plugin's configuration dialog) from your user settings. It also clears pluginSecrets from secure storage, the protected place where secrets such as keys are kept. Then it reads both back. If something went wrong, it reports one of these reasons:
settings_unreadable
settings_write_failed
secrets_write_failed
secrets_unreadable
secrets_remain
Why
Before, a failed cleanup could pass silently and leave a removed plugin's settings or secrets on your machine. Now a failure is named, so you learn when something may still be stored.
The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.
Added sinceA small documentation edit on All settings touched a line naming pluginConfigs after this was published.Built-in plugins store their options under the same key with an `@builtin` suffix. For example, the [**Project instructions**](/docs/en/memory#choose-which-instruction-files-load) setting that controls whether Claude Code reads `AGENTS.md`…settings-referencesee the edit
Confirmed sinceAnthropic's documentation has since written up pluginConfigs, on Manage Claude Code plugins for your organization.* **`allowManagedModsOnly`**: this is an option on a built-in plugin, which you set under `pluginConfigs` in managed settings. See [Stop user-installed mods from loading](/docs/en/plugins/mods/admin#stop-user-installed-mods-from-loading).plugins/orgsee the edit
How sure we are
One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.
Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up pluginConfigs, on Manage Claude Code plugins for your organization.
