{"version":"2.1.66","anchor":"background-plugin-installation","canonical_anchor":"background-plugin-installation","heading":"Background Plugin Installation","tier":null,"area":null,"scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.66\/e\/background-plugin-installation","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.66","markdown":"### Background Plugin Installation\n\n**What**\n\nPlugins and marketplaces from settings are now automatically installed in the background when they are missing.\n\n**Details**\n\n- On startup, Claude Code detects plugins referenced in settings that are not yet installed\n- Missing marketplaces are installed first, then missing plugins from those marketplaces\n- Installation progress is tracked per-plugin with states: pending \u2192 installing \u2192 installed\/failed\n- Plugins from unknown\/unconfigured marketplaces are flagged as uninstallable with clear error messages\n- New telemetry event `tengu_marketplace_background_install` tracks installation success\/failure rates\n\n**Evidence**\n\nBackground plugin installer (search for `\"plugins automatically\"` and `\"Setting installation status\"`)"}