{"version":"2.1.287","anchor":"new-startup-interactive-input-phase-and-plugin-engine-additi","canonical_anchor":"new-startup-interactive-input-phase-and-plugin-engine-additi","heading":"New startup timing step and plugin engine bookkeeping","tier":"internal","area":"Plugins","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287\/e\/new-startup-interactive-input-phase-and-plugin-engine-additi","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287","markdown":"### New startup timing step and plugin engine bookkeeping\n\nClaude Code adds a startup timing step for interactive input and new counters for plugin worker starts and crashes\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear how these pieces fit together or whether they are in use yet.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code adds a new named step, `startup_interactive_input`, to how it times its startup. The plugin engine also gains new internal records:\n\n- counts of how often its worker process starts and crashes\n\n- the time plugins were turned off\n\n- an option to act on new plugins only\n\n- tracking of skill files and of narrowed tool permissions\n\n**Why**\n\nThese point to work on supervising the plugin engine and timing startup.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}