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
- Run a long session with many tool calls (context usage rises to near-compaction threshold)
- Context refresh/compaction occurs
- 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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