{"version":"2.1.287","anchor":"new-plugin-install-refusal-message-for-data-folder-name-coll","canonical_anchor":"new-plugin-install-refusal-message-for-data-folder-name-coll","heading":"Plugin installs are refused when they would share another plugin's data folder","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287\/e\/new-plugin-install-refusal-message-for-data-folder-name-coll","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287","markdown":"### Plugin installs are refused when they would share another plugin's data folder\n\nInstalling a plugin that would use the same data folder as one from another repository is refused with a message explaining the fix\n\n**Unclear.** The exact conditions for the refusal, and what the early stop in the marketplace check covers, are not clear.\n\n**What**\n\nA plugin is an add-on that extends Claude Code. If a plugin you install would use the same data folder as a plugin you already have from a different repository, Claude Code now says it was not installed and why. The message tells you to uninstall the existing plugin and then install again.\n\nA check on where a plugin marketplace comes from also now stops early in one case.\n\n**Why**\n\nWhen two plugins' names collide, you get a clear reason and a fix instead of the two sharing stored data.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}