[FEATURE] Option to disable Claude Code setting the tmux pane title
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 5, 2026 by JakeSummers Closed Mar 9, 2026
Problem
Claude Code continuously sets the tmux pane title via escape sequences (to show a spinner animation). This cannot be overridden by the user — any tmux select-pane -T "custom title" is immediately reverted.
This is problematic because:
- Users who want to label their panes with meaningful names (e.g., session summaries) cannot do so on the pane running Claude Code
- Users who prefer clean pane borders with no titles are forced to see the Claude Code spinner
- It conflicts with tmux
pane-border-statusconfigurations — users who didn't previously havepane-border-statusenabled now see titles they didn't ask for if they enable it
Proposed solution
Add a configuration option (e.g., in settings.json) to disable Claude Code from setting the tmux pane title. Something like:
{
"terminal": {
"setTmuxPaneTitle": false
}
}
When disabled, Claude Code should not emit pane title escape sequences, leaving the pane title under the user's control.
Environment
- macOS (iTerm2 + tmux)
- Claude Code CLI
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