Claude Code v2.1.283 · 25 Sep 2026
claude plugin init warns about names it cannot record instead of failing
The check at the end of claude plugin init now warns, rather than failing, when a name cannot be recorded
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1 Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Plugins Area: what it touches
Improvements Kind: in v2.1.283, 25 Sep 26
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What
claude plugin init creates a new plugin and then checks its own result. That check now treats names it cannot record as a warning.
Why
Creating a plugin whose names the checker cannot record may no longer stop at that final check.
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Anthropic's release notes agree Fixed installed_plugins.json being rewritten, losing records, when it holds a record this version cannot read; claude plugin commands now…
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Anthropic's note
Upstream's own release notes for v2.1.283 name something this entry names, so the two are probably about the same change. Probably: the pairing is made on a shared name rather than on the words around it.
Fixed installed_plugins.json being rewritten, losing records, when it holds a record this version cannot read; claude plugin commands now name the record and say how to recover
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