{"version":"2.1.285","anchor":"plugin-install-auto-activate-treats-needs-config-as-activate","canonical_anchor":"plugin-install-auto-activate-treats-needs-config-as-activate","heading":"Plugins that need configuration count as activated after install","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.285\/e\/plugin-install-auto-activate-treats-needs-config-as-activate","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.285","markdown":"### Plugins that need configuration count as activated after install\n\nA newly installed plugin that still needs configuration is now treated as activated and reported as needing configuration, not as needing a reload\n\n**What**\n\nA plugin is an add-on that extends Claude Code. After a plugin is installed, Claude Code tries to switch it on straight away. If the plugin still needs configuration, the install now counts it as activated and reports that it needs configuration. Before, that case fell through to reporting that a reload was required.\n\n**Why**\n\nPlugins that need to be set up no longer ask you to reload Claude Code, so the message you see points at the real next step: configuring the plugin.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}