{"version":"2.1.284","anchor":"plugin-bin-directories-are-added-to-path-only-if-they-exist","canonical_anchor":"plugin-bin-directories-are-added-to-path-only-if-they-exist","heading":"Plugin bin folders are added to PATH only if they exist","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.284\/e\/plugin-bin-directories-are-added-to-path-only-if-they-exist","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.284","markdown":"### Plugin `bin` folders are added to PATH only if they exist\n\nClaude Code now checks each plugin bin folder exists before adding it to PATH, and leaves out ones that are missing\n\n**What**\n\nPlugins 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.\n\n**Why**\n\nPATH no longer fills up with folders from plugins that do not have a `bin` folder.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}