[BUG] Failed to install Anthropic marketplace · Will retry on next startup

[vampik33]

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• [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

When I start claude code I see this error on every startip:

Failed to install Anthropic marketplace · Will retry on next startup

This message starts to appear in 2.0.71 I already have anthropics plugins added to claude:

   ● claude-code-plugins                                                                                                                                                                      │
│     anthropics/claude-code                                                                                                                                                                   │
│     13 available • Updated 12/17/2025                                                                                                                                                        │
│                                                                                                                                                                                              │
│   ● ✻ claude-plugins-official ✻                                                                                                                                                              │
│     anthropics/claude-plugins-official                                                                                                                                                       │
│     29 available • 2 installed • Updated 12/17/2025   

What Should Happen?

Claude should start without this error

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Start claude code 2.0.71 version

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

2.0.69

Claude Code Version

2.0.71

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Terminal/Shell

Warp

Additional Information

No response

[arnojin-szis]

v2.0.72 has the same issue

[vasileracovita-rgb]

v2.0.73 has the same issue

[jaodsilv]

This occurs in Windows as well, so it is not platform specific (I'm facing it as well and I'm not in WSL, I'm in native Windows installation).

Is this because we have "anthropics/claude-code" or "anthropics/claude-plugins-official" marketplaces already added? That is in fact my case as well.

[sathish-mg]

Claude Code v2.0.75 has the same issue

[liq0221]

Claude Code v2.0.76 has the same issue

[lululau]

work around:

1. open ~/.claude.json
2. find fields which name begin with officialMarketplace ..., and delete these fields
3. restart claude

[justinoboyle]

work around:

1. open `~/.claude.json`

2. find fields which name begin with `officialMarketplace` ..., and delete these fields

3. restart claude

Confirmed this is still an issue in v2.1.2 — and that this workaround also still works.

one-liner to automatically do this and keep a backup of config:

cp ~/.claude.json ~/.claude.json.bak && jq 'with_entries(select(.key | startswith("officialMarketplace") | not))' ~/.claude.json.bak > ~/.claude.json