diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index b319b59ee..f2f3ec3be 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -1458,6 +1458,15 @@ packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/checkIfPluginCanBeAdded.js.map
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/checkIfPluginCanBeAdded.test.d.ts
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/checkIfPluginCanBeAdded.test.js
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/checkIfPluginCanBeAdded.test.js.map
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.d.ts
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.js
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.js.map
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.test.d.ts
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.test.js
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.test.js.map
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/types.d.ts
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/types.js
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/types.js.map
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/updateReadme.d.ts
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/updateReadme.js
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/updateReadme.js.map
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e3096b189..ce11d46bf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1446,6 +1446,15 @@ packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/checkIfPluginCanBeAdded.js.map
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/checkIfPluginCanBeAdded.test.d.ts
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/checkIfPluginCanBeAdded.test.js
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/checkIfPluginCanBeAdded.test.js.map
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.d.ts
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.js
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.js.map
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.test.d.ts
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.test.js
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.test.js.map
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/types.d.ts
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/types.js
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/types.js.map
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/updateReadme.d.ts
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/updateReadme.js
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/updateReadme.js.map
diff --git a/packages/plugin-repo-cli/index.ts b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/index.ts
index 247dbc418..8655fd7bc 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-repo-cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/index.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,8 @@ import validatePluginId from '@joplin/lib/services/plugins/utils/validatePluginI
 import { execCommand2, resolveRelativePathWithinDir, gitPullTry, gitRepoCleanTry, gitRepoClean } from '@joplin/tools/tool-utils.js';
 import checkIfPluginCanBeAdded from './lib/checkIfPluginCanBeAdded';
 import updateReadme from './lib/updateReadme';
-
-interface NpmPackage {
-	name: string;
-	version: string;
-	date: Date;
-}
+import { ImportErrors, NpmPackage } from './lib/types';
+import errorsHaveChanged from './lib/errorsHaveChanged';
 
 function stripOffPackageOrg(name: string): string {
 	const n = name.split('/');
@@ -167,7 +163,7 @@ async function processNpmPackage(npmPackage: NpmPackage, repoDir: string) {
 	chdir(packageTempDir);
 	await execCommand2('npm init --yes --loglevel silent', { quiet: true });
 
-	const errors: any = await readJsonFile(errorsPath, {});
+	const errors: ImportErrors = await readJsonFile(errorsPath, {});
 	delete errors[npmPackage.name];
 
 	let actionType: ProcessingActionType = ProcessingActionType.Update;
@@ -191,7 +187,9 @@ async function processNpmPackage(npmPackage: NpmPackage, repoDir: string) {
 	}
 
 	if (Object.keys(errors).length) {
-		await fs.writeFile(errorsPath, JSON.stringify(errors, null, '\t'), 'utf8');
+		if (errorsHaveChanged(await readJsonFile(errorsPath, {}), errors)) {
+			await fs.writeFile(errorsPath, JSON.stringify(errors, null, '\t'), 'utf8');
+		}
 	} else {
 		await fs.remove(errorsPath);
 	}
diff --git a/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.test.ts b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5065f2958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import errorsHaveChanged from './errorsHaveChanged';
+
+describe('errorsHaveChanged', () => {
+
+	test('should tell if an errors object has changed', () => {
+		const testCases = [
+			[
+				{
+					'one': '111',
+					'two': '222',
+				},
+				{
+					'two': '222',
+					'one': '111',
+				},
+				false,
+			],
+			[
+				{
+					'one': '111',
+					'two': '222',
+				},
+				{
+					'one': '111',
+					'two': '222',
+				},
+				false,
+			],
+			[
+				{
+					'one': '111',
+					'two': '222',
+				},
+				{
+					'one': '111',
+				},
+				true,
+			],
+			[
+				{
+					'one': '111',
+					'two': '222',
+				},
+				{
+					'one': '222',
+					'two': '111',
+				},
+				true,
+			],
+			[
+				{},
+				{},
+				false,
+			],
+		];
+
+		for (const t of testCases) {
+			const [oldErrors, newErrors, expected] = t;
+
+			const result = errorsHaveChanged(oldErrors, newErrors);
+			expect(result).toBe(expected);
+		}
+	});
+
+});
diff --git a/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.ts b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0868a693c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/errorsHaveChanged.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { ImportErrors } from './types';
+
+export default function(previousErrors: ImportErrors, newErrors: ImportErrors): boolean {
+	if (Object.keys(previousErrors).length !== Object.keys(newErrors).length) return true;
+
+	for (const packageName of Object.keys(previousErrors)) {
+		if (newErrors[packageName] !== previousErrors[packageName]) return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
diff --git a/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/types.ts b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..503eb4502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export type ImportErrors = Record<string, string>;
+
+export interface NpmPackage {
+	name: string;
+	version: string;
+	date: Date;
+}