spinnerVerbs setting not applied to turn duration summary (past-tense verb)

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 29, 2026 by rick-suspends Closed Apr 2, 2026

Description

The spinnerVerbs setting in settings.json correctly controls the verb shown in the thinking spinner, but does not control the past-tense verb shown in the turn duration summary at the end of a response (e.g. "Cogitated for 46s", "Sautéed for 41s").

Expected behavior

With the following config, the turn duration summary should show "thought for Xs" (or similar derived from the configured verb):

\\\json
{
"spinnerVerbs": {
"mode": "replace",
"verbs": ["thinking"]
}
}
\
\\

Actual behavior

The spinner correctly shows "Thinking..." but the turn duration summary still uses random cooking/whimsical verbs from the default list (e.g. "Sautéed for 41s", "Cogitated for 46s").

Environment

  • Claude Code version: 2.1.87
  • OS: WSL2 (Linux 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2)

Steps to reproduce

  1. Set spinnerVerbs in ~/.claude/settings.json with mode: "replace" and a custom verb
  2. Use Claude Code with extended thinking enabled
  3. Observe that the spinner uses the correct verb, but the turn duration summary at the end of the response still uses default cooking verbs

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