spinnerTipsEnabled: false does not disable spinner verb variations

Status Fixed / completed

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Activity 3 comments · opened Jan 23, 2026 · closed Jan 23, 2026

Description

Setting spinnerTipsEnabled: false in .claude/settings.json does not disable the rotating spinner verbs like "pondering", "contemplating", "reasoning", "Brewed for Xs", etc.

Expected behavior

With spinnerTipsEnabled: false, the spinner should show a plain/neutral message (e.g., just "thinking") instead of cycling through thesaurus variations.

Actual behavior

Spinner still shows varied verbs despite the setting being disabled.

Config

{
  "autoUpdatesChannel": "latest",
  "spinnerTipsEnabled": false
}

Environment

OS: Windows
Config location: .claude/settings.json (project-level)

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