diff --git a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
index 9fbd1d7..8201546 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   },
   "metadata": {
     "description": "Claude Code plugin suite: brewcode for infinite task execution and brewdoc for documentation tools",
-    "version": "3.4.2"
+    "version": "3.4.3"
   },
   "plugins": [
     {
       "name": "brewcode",
       "description": "Brewcode - full-featured development platform for Claude Code: infinite focus tasks, prompt optimization, skill/agent creation, quorum reviews, rules management",
-      "version": "3.4.2",
+      "version": "3.4.3",
       "category": "productivity",
       "keywords": [
         "brewcode",
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     {
       "name": "brewdoc",
       "description": "Brewdoc - Claude Code documentation tools: auto-sync for skills/agents/rules, my-claude installation docs, memory optimization, md-to-pdf conversion",
-      "version": "3.4.2",
+      "version": "3.4.3",
       "category": "productivity",
       "keywords": [
         "brewdoc",
diff --git a/brewcode/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/brewcode/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 446fd75..2a56729 100644
--- a/brewcode/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/brewcode/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "brewcode",
-  "version": "3.4.2",
+  "version": "3.4.3",
   "description": "Brewcode - full-featured development platform for Claude Code: infinite focus tasks, prompt optimization, skill/agent creation, quorum reviews, rules management",
   "author": {
     "name": "Maksim Kochetkov",
diff --git a/brewcode/hooks/session-start.mjs b/brewcode/hooks/session-start.mjs
index 722ab47..12ea5d7 100644
--- a/brewcode/hooks/session-start.mjs
+++ b/brewcode/hooks/session-start.mjs
@@ -88,33 +88,75 @@ async function fetchJson(url, timeoutMs) {
   }
 }
 
-async function checkLatestVersion(pluginRoot) {
-  try {
-    const local = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(pluginRoot, '.claude-plugin', 'plugin.json'), 'utf8')).version;
-    if (!local) return null;
+function parseVersionFromPath(pluginRoot) {
+  const match = pluginRoot.match(/\/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\/?$/);
+  return match ? match[1] : null;
+}
 
-    const data = await fetchJson('https://api.github.com/repos/kochetkov-ma/claude-brewcode/releases/latest', 1000);
-    if (!data) return null;
+async function checkLatestVersion(pluginRoot, cwd, sessionId) {
+  try {
+    const local = parseVersionFromPath(pluginRoot);
+    if (!local) {
+      log('debug', '[session-start]', `Cannot parse version from path: ${pluginRoot}`, cwd, sessionId);
+      return null;
+    }
+    log('debug', '[session-start]', `Local version from path: ${local}`, cwd, sessionId);
+
+    const url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/kochetkov-ma/claude-brewcode/releases/latest';
+    log('debug', '[session-start]', `Fetching remote version from ${url}`, cwd, sessionId);
+
+    const data = await fetchJson(url, 1000);
+    if (!data) {
+      log('debug', '[session-start]', `Remote version fetch failed or empty response`, cwd, sessionId);
+      return { updateAvailable: false, local, remote: null, remoteFailed: true };
+    }
 
     const remote = (data.tag_name || '').replace(/^v/, '');
-    if (!remote) return null;
+    if (!remote) {
+      log('debug', '[session-start]', `Remote tag_name missing or empty: ${JSON.stringify(data.tag_name)}`, cwd, sessionId);
+      return { updateAvailable: false, local, remote: null, remoteFailed: true };
+    }
 
-    return { updateAvailable: isNewer(remote, local), local, remote };
-  } catch {
+    const result = { updateAvailable: isNewer(remote, local), local, remote };
+    log('debug', '[session-start]', `Version check: local=${local}, remote=${remote}, updateAvailable=${result.updateAvailable}`, cwd, sessionId);
+    return result;
+  } catch (e) {
+    log('debug', '[session-start]', `checkLatestVersion error: ${e.message}`, cwd, sessionId);
     return null;
   }
 }
 
-async function checkClaudeCodeVersion() {
+async function checkClaudeCodeVersion(cwd, sessionId) {
   try {
-    const local = (execFileSync('claude', ['-v'], { timeout: 500, encoding: 'utf8' }).match(/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/) || [])[1];
-    if (!local) return null;
+    let rawOutput;
+    try {
+      rawOutput = execFileSync('claude', ['-v'], { timeout: 500, encoding: 'utf8' });
+    } catch (e) {
+      log('debug', '[session-start]', `claude -v failed: ${e.message}`, cwd, sessionId);
+      return null;
+    }
 
-    const data = await fetchJson('https://registry.npmjs.org/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/latest', 1000);
-    if (!data?.version) return null;
+    const local = (rawOutput.match(/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/) || [])[1];
+    if (!local) {
+      log('debug', '[session-start]', `Cannot parse claude version from: ${rawOutput.trim()}`, cwd, sessionId);
+      return null;
+    }
+    log('debug', '[session-start]', `Claude Code local version: ${local}`, cwd, sessionId);
 
-    return { updateAvailable: isNewer(data.version, local), local, remote: data.version };
-  } catch {
+    const url = 'https://registry.npmjs.org/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/latest';
+    log('debug', '[session-start]', `Fetching Claude Code remote version from npm`, cwd, sessionId);
+
+    const data = await fetchJson(url, 1000);
+    if (!data?.version) {
+      log('debug', '[session-start]', `npm fetch failed or no version in response`, cwd, sessionId);
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const result = { updateAvailable: isNewer(data.version, local), local, remote: data.version };
+    log('debug', '[session-start]', `Claude Code version check: local=${local}, remote=${data.version}, updateAvailable=${result.updateAvailable}`, cwd, sessionId);
+    return result;
+  } catch (e) {
+    log('debug', '[session-start]', `checkClaudeCodeVersion error: ${e.message}`, cwd, sessionId);
     return null;
   }
 }
@@ -153,12 +195,14 @@ async function main() {
     const versionLines = [];
     try {
       const [brewcodeResult, claudeResult] = await Promise.all([
-        pluginRoot ? checkLatestVersion(pluginRoot).catch(() => null) : Promise.resolve(null),
-        checkClaudeCodeVersion().catch(() => null)
+        pluginRoot ? checkLatestVersion(pluginRoot, cwd, session_id).catch(() => null) : Promise.resolve(null),
+        checkClaudeCodeVersion(cwd, session_id).catch(() => null)
       ]);
 
       if (brewcodeResult === null && pluginRoot) {
         versionLines.push(`check brewcode updates: https://github.com/kochetkov-ma/claude-brewcode/releases/latest`);
+      } else if (brewcodeResult?.remoteFailed) {
+        versionLines.push(`brewcode ${brewcodeResult.local} (remote check failed): https://github.com/kochetkov-ma/claude-brewcode/releases/latest`);
       } else if (brewcodeResult?.updateAvailable) {
         versionLines.push(`UPDATE brewcode ${brewcodeResult.local} → ${brewcodeResult.remote}: https://github.com/kochetkov-ma/claude-brewcode/releases/latest`);
       }
diff --git a/brewcode/package.json b/brewcode/package.json
index 7a648aa..68a0383 100644
--- a/brewcode/package.json
+++ b/brewcode/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "claude-plugin-brewcode",
-  "version": "3.4.2",
+  "version": "3.4.3",
   "description": "Infinite task execution with automatic handoff for Claude Code",
   "keywords": [
     "claude-code",
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@
   },
   "claude-plugin": {
     "name": "brewcode",
-    "version": "3.4.2"
+    "version": "3.4.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/brewdoc/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/brewdoc/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 4723bd5..0231dc4 100644
--- a/brewdoc/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/brewdoc/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "brewdoc",
-  "version": "3.4.2",
+  "version": "3.4.3",
   "description": "Brewdoc - Claude Code documentation tools: auto-sync for skills/agents/rules, my-claude installation docs, memory optimization",
   "author": {
     "name": "Maksim Kochetkov",