Claude Code v2.1.265 Release - Plugin Folder Support and Stability Improvements

Claude Code released v2.1.265. Key changes include the addition of --plugin-dir feature allowing specification of entire plugin directories, automatically loadi

Claude Code · Release v2.1.265 · 2026-09-08

Claude Code released v2.1.265. Key changes include the addition of --plugin-dir feature allowing specification of entire plugin directories, automatically loading and detecting plugins in subfolders in real-time. Performance improved by capping tool result storage at 1GB and fixing prompt cache reuse issues. Multiple stability bugs fixed, including token refresh re-login requirements in VS Code and SDK sessions, and premature termination of background sessions.

weltiq perspective: Enhanced plugin management convenience and session stability improvements strengthen tool integration and long-running execution stability when developing automated trading strategies.

Release Notes Excerpt

What's changed Added user.email and user.groups to the telemetry Claude Desktop and Cowork send through a Claude apps gateway, matching terminal sessions Added support for pointing --plugin-dir at a folder of plugins: each child folder with a manifest loads, and children added or removed while running are picked up Added a 1 GB cap on tool results saved to disk; the in-conversation preview says when a saved file was truncated Fixed resuming a foreground-spawned subagent changing its tool list and system prompt prefix, which broke prompt-cache reuse for that agent Fixed agent teammates and resumed subagents moving SubagentStart hook context and preloaded skills out of the prompt prefix on lat…

Source: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.265