{"version":"2.1.323","anchor":"plugin-installs-can-be-refused-on-an-engine-range-mismatch","canonical_anchor":"plugin-installs-can-be-refused-on-an-engine-range-mismatch","heading":"Plugin installs can be refused when the plugin does not support your Claude Code version","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":"individual","heads_up":true,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323\/e\/plugin-installs-can-be-refused-on-an-engine-range-mismatch","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323","markdown":"### Plugin installs can be refused when the plugin does not support your Claude Code version\n\nInstalling a plugin can now fail with a message when the plugin's supported Claude Code version range does not match\n\n**Unclear.** How a plugin states the Claude Code versions it supports.\n\n**What**\n\nA plugin install can now fail because the plugin's supported range of Claude Code versions does not match the one you run. The install stops and shows the reason.\n\nFor plugins taken from a git repository, the step that reads version tags now gathers every matching tag, and the choice of tag happens later.\n\n**Why**\n\nPlugins that do not work with your Claude Code version are refused with a message instead of being installed.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: yes"}