{"version":"2.1.300","anchor":"ide-extension-install-reports-whether-it-was-previously-inst","canonical_anchor":"ide-extension-install-reports-whether-it-was-previously-inst","heading":"IDE extension install now says whether the extension was already there","tier":"internal","area":"Elsewhere","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.300\/e\/ide-extension-install-reports-whether-it-was-previously-inst","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.300","markdown":"### IDE extension install now says whether the extension was already there\n\nWhen Claude Code installs its IDE extension, the result now also says whether the extension was installed before\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code can install an extension into your code editor (an IDE, such as VS Code or a JetBrains editor). The result of that install now records one more thing: whether the extension was already installed beforehand. The result previously reported only whether the install worked, any error, the installed version and the editor type.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis lets Claude Code tell a fresh install apart from a reinstall over an existing copy.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}