{"version":"2.1.323","anchor":"plugin-load-failures-flag-guard-hook-refusal","canonical_anchor":"plugin-load-failures-flag-guard-hook-refusal","heading":"Plugin load errors now say when a guard hook blocked the plugin","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323\/e\/plugin-load-failures-flag-guard-hook-refusal","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323","markdown":"### Plugin load errors now say when a guard hook blocked the plugin\n\nA plugin load error now carries a marker when the failure came from a guard hook refusing the plugin or failing to load\n\n**What**\n\nA plugin is an add-on that extends Claude Code. A guard hook is a check that can stop a plugin from loading. When a plugin fails to load because a guard hook refused it, or because the guard itself could not be loaded, the error now includes `guardHookRefused: true`. Before, the error had no such field.\n\n**Why**\n\nPlugin failures caused by a guard hook can now be told apart from other load failures.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Names: `guardHookRefused`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}