[BUG]

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What's Wrong?

itle: spinnerVerbs setting not respected in VSCode extension

Description:

The spinnerVerbs setting in ~/.claude/settings.json has no effect when using Claude Code inside the VSCode extension. The default verbs (pondering, mustering, pontificating, sussing, etc.) continue to appear regardless of configuration.

Steps to reproduce:

Add the following to ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
"spinnerVerbs": {
"mode": "replace",
"verbs": ["Working"]
}
}
Restart VSCode
Start a new chat in the Claude Code VSCode extension
Observe that the default spinner verbs still appear
Expected: Only "Working" should appear as the spinner verb

Actual: Default verbs (pondering, mustering, etc.) still appear

Environment:

VSCode extension
macOS

What Should Happen?

stop outputting that nonsense

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

itle: spinnerVerbs setting not respected in VSCode extension

Description:

The spinnerVerbs setting in ~/.claude/settings.json has no effect when using Claude Code inside the VSCode extension. The default verbs (pondering, mustering, pontificating, sussing, etc.) continue to appear regardless of configuration.

Steps to reproduce:

Add the following to ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
"spinnerVerbs": {
"mode": "replace",
"verbs": ["Working"]
}
}
Restart VSCode
Start a new chat in the Claude Code VSCode extension
Observe that the default spinner verbs still appear
Expected: Only "Working" should appear as the spinner verb

Actual: Default verbs (pondering, mustering, etc.) still appear

Environment:

VSCode extension
macOS

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

Claude 1.1.8359 (64248d) 2026-03-23T22:17:05.000Z

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

_No response_