{"version":"2.1.287","anchor":"plugin-background-update-failure-now-reported-for-anthropic","canonical_anchor":"plugin-background-update-failure-now-reported-for-anthropic","heading":"Plugins stuck on an old version after a failed background update now say so","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287\/e\/plugin-background-update-failure-now-reported-for-anthropic","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287","markdown":"### Plugins stuck on an old version after a failed background update now say so\n\nIf a plugin's background update fails, `\/plugin` now explains it is still on the old version and how to retry\n\n**What**\n\nPlugins add extra commands and abilities to Claude Code, and many are installed from the Anthropic Directory. Claude Code updates them in the background. If the Directory lists a newer version of a plugin but that background update failed, the plugin now shows an error. The error says it is still on the old version and tells you to choose \"Update now\" in `\/plugin` \u2192 Installed to try again.\n\nBefore this change, no error was shown in this case.\n\n**Why**\n\nIf a background update failed, you now get a visible reason and a clear way to fix it, so you are not left unknowingly on an outdated plugin.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Names: `\/plugin`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}