Terminal title spinner animation causes tab width to constantly change

Status Closed — not planned
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Activity 2 comments · opened Jan 13, 2026 · closed Feb 26, 2026

Description

The new terminal title behavior (introduced in v2.1.6) sets the title to "Claude Code" with an animated spinner glyph while thinking.

Problem

The spinner characters (⠋ ⠙ ⠹ ⠸ ⠼ ⠴ ⠦ ⠧ ⠇ ⠏) have different widths, causing the terminal tab to constantly resize/flicker during thinking. This is visually distracting, especially when working with multiple tabs open.

Environment

  • Windows Terminal
  • Claude Code v2.1.6

Suggestion

Either:

  1. Remove the spinner from the terminal title entirely (keep it in the terminal output only)
  2. Use a fixed-width character for the spinner
  3. Use a static glyph in the title instead of an animated one

Screenshot

The tab width changes constantly during thinking:

!tab title

(Tab shows ⠋ Claude Code⠙ Claude Code → etc., with visible width changes)

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