UI: Text flashing/shaking rapidly after context compaction in WSL2

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Feb 18, 2026 by PowerPress Closed Feb 22, 2026

Environment

  • OS: Linux (WSL2 — kernel 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2)
  • Claude Code version: latest (session 2026-02-18)

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Run a long session with many tool calls (context usage rises to near-compaction threshold)
  2. Context refresh/compaction occurs
  3. Immediately after refresh, some text in the prompt area begins flashing/shaking rapidly

Observed Behavior

  • The prompt text and 2 lines above it flash and shake rapidly
  • Started immediately after context refresh
  • Stopped after answering an AskUserQuestion prompt (workspace selection)
  • Recurred later in the same session during another burst of tool calls

Expected Behavior

Text should remain static and not animate unexpectedly.

Notes

  • The flashing stopped on its own after user interaction
  • Did not cause loss of functionality — purely visual
  • Appears correlated with high-frequency tool call bursts or context compaction events

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