claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix [BUG] Plugin directory does not render in Claude Desktop

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What's Wrong?

Empty plugin tiles are displayed in Claude desktop.

Summary

Version: 1.9659.2 (390d6c) 2026-05-28 OS: Windows 10 (10.0.19045) Free plan account nslookup plugins.claude.ai returns Non-existent domain Plugin directory displays correctly in the web UI (claude.ai) but not in Desktop Net log confirms dxt/installable_extensions API call is made successfully but tiles never render

plugins.claude.ai returns NXDOMAIN (non-existent domain) from both your local DNS and Google's public DNS (8.8.8.8) The subdomain does not exist at the authoritative level The Desktop app requires this subdomain to render the plugin marketplace The web UI works fine, suggesting it uses a different endpoint Troubleshooting chat with Claude

https://claude.ai/share/b984b010-01a6-4d3a-b939-a77ff675be32

Net log

claude-netlog-2026-05-30T15-07-18-949Z.json

Claude found a similar issue (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/61661) on a different version and a different OS, but this is different.

in my case the directory does not load at all.

What Should Happen?

I expect the directory of the plugins to display in Customize/Plugins

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Steps to Reproduce

  1. Install the application
  2. Open the application
  3. Login
  4. Go to Menu/Customize/Plugins

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

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Claude Code Version

N/A

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

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Additional Information

<img width="1268" height="860" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1f6c8f32-70d3-48e5-8502-2b8890a09a66" />

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