Unclear It is not clear how the location is recalculated or when it differs from the saved value.
What
Claude Code keeps records of the plugin marketplaces it knows about and the plugins you have installed. Each record stores an installLocation, the folder the item lives in. That value is now recomputed from the record's source when it is read, instead of being used exactly as stored:
- Known marketplaces: each entry's
installLocationis recomputed before the list is returned. - Installed plugins: the
installLocationis rewritten fromsourcebefore the entry is checked for validity. Before, the stored value was checked as it was.
Why
In practice, the saved path no longer decides on its own where Claude Code looks. The finders suspect this may repair marketplaces or plugins whose saved paths were stale or relative and were treated as invalid.
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It is not clear how the location is recalculated or when it differs from the saved value.