[Feature Request] Add technical status messages for actual processing operations during analysis

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Feb 4, 2026 by thymelost Closed Mar 5, 2026

Bug Description
I'm a physicist and developer using Claude Code regularly. I'd like to request more informative status messages during processing.

Current behavior: Status messages like "dilly-dallying," "pondering," etc. appear after ~1 second of processing.

Requested improvement: Replace these with technical descriptions of actual operations like "Parsing AST...", "Analyzing dependencies...", "Building type graph...", "Reading context files...", "Computing changes..."

Rationale:

  1. Debugging value - Technical messages help identify bottlenecks when operations are slow
  2. User preference - Technical users prefer informative over playful language
  3. Context awareness - Knowing what's happening helps me provide better follow-up instructions

Implementation suggestion: Either make this the default, or add a setting in settings.json like {"statusMessages": "technical"} to respect different user preferences while maintaining transparency.

Thank you for considering this feedback.

Environment Info

  • Platform: win32
  • Terminal: null
  • Version: 2.1.31
  • Feedback ID: b819b528-4302-490f-b675-127b47ab98ff

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