You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
PluginsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.284,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Plugins can ship a bin folder of programs, which Claude Code adds to PATH, the list of folders your system searches for commands. Claude Code now checks each folder first. A folder that does not exist, or whose path is not a folder, is left out. If the check itself times out or fails for another reason, the folder is kept and a message is logged.
Why
PATH no longer fills up with folders from plugins that do not have a bin folder.