{"version":"2.1.287","anchor":"plugin-off-status-requires-extra-check","canonical_anchor":"plugin-off-status-requires-extra-check","heading":"Plugins are shown as off only after an extra check","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287\/e\/plugin-off-status-requires-extra-check","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287","markdown":"### Plugins are shown as off only after an extra check\n\nWhen a settings file is missing, a plugin now shows as off only if a second check passes, otherwise as unreadable\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear what the second check tests.\n\n**What**\n\nWhen the settings file that records a plugin's status is missing, Claude Code used to report the plugin as \"off\" as soon as the file was confirmed gone. It now requires a second check to pass as well, and reports \"unreadable\" otherwise.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis should stop a plugin being shown as switched off when Claude Code could not actually tell.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}