[BUG] spinnerVerbs setting not respected in VSCode extension

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• [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
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What's Wrong?

The spinnerVerbs config is set in both user-level (~/.claude/settings.json) and project-level (.claude/settings.json) settings with "mode": "replace" and "verbs": ["Thinking"], but the VSCode extension still shows rotating synonym verbs (e.g. "Pondering", "Tinkering", etc.).

Config (identical in both files):

"spinnerVerbs": {
"mode": "replace",
"verbs": ["Thinking"]
}

What Should Happen?

Expected: Spinner only shows "Thinking".

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Environment: Claude Code VSCode extension, model claude-opus-4-6.

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

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Claude Code Version

2.1.81 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

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