Expose fast mode status in statusLine JSON

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Mar 25, 2026 by BruceBugbee-at Closed Mar 25, 2026

Summary

The statusLine JSON input (used by custom statusline-command scripts) does not include any field indicating whether fast mode (/fast) is active. This makes it impossible to show a fast mode indicator in a custom status line.

Current behavior

When fast mode is toggled via /fast:

  • The built-in icon appears next to the prompt
  • No field changes in the statusLine JSON — model.id, model.display_name, output_style.name, and all other fields remain identical

Verified empirically on v2.1.83 by dumping the full statusLine JSON with fast mode off and on — the payloads are identical except for cost/token counters.

Requested change

Add a fast_mode boolean (or similar) to the statusLine JSON schema:

{
  "model": { "id": "claude-opus-4-6[1m]", "display_name": "Opus 4.6 (1M context)" },
  "fast_mode": true,
  ...
}

This would allow custom statusline scripts to render a visual indicator, e.g.:

fast_mode=$(echo "$input" | jq -r '.fast_mode // empty')
if [ "$fast_mode" = "true" ]; then
  parts+=("\033[0;34mFAST\033[0m")
fi

Why

Users who customize their status line (via statusline-command in settings) lose the fast mode indicator because the icon is rendered separately by the CLI. The status bar is the natural place to surface mode state alongside model name, context usage, and cost.

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