Spinner persists after /clear command

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Feb 28, 2026 by aaronwald Closed Mar 28, 2026

Bug

When a background agent/task is running and the user executes /clear, the conversation context is cleared but the spinner from the previous task continues to display (e.g., ✶ Embellishing… (5m 48s · 3.5k tokens)).

Expected behavior

/clear should cancel any active spinners/progress indicators along with clearing the conversation.

Actual behavior

The spinner from the previously running agent continues ticking indefinitely after /clear, even though the conversation context has been reset.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Start a task that spawns a background agent or long-running operation
  2. While the spinner is active, run /clear
  3. Observe the spinner continues to display

Environment

  • Platform: macOS (Darwin 25.3.0)
  • Model: claude-opus-4-6

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