Post-completion "Cogitated for Xm Ys" label ignores spinnerVerbs settings override

Status Closed — duplicate
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Activity 2 comments · opened Jul 9, 2026 · closed Jul 13, 2026

Description

The spinnerVerbs setting in settings.json lets you override the verb pool used for the live "thinking" spinner shown while a turn is in progress. However, the post-completion summary label (e.g. "Cogitated for 2m 1s") shown after a turn finishes does not respect this override — it continues to use a verb from the default pool (e.g. "Cogitated") even when spinnerVerbs.mode is set to "replace".

Settings used

"spinnerTipsEnabled": false,
"spinnerVerbs": {
  "mode": "replace",
  "verbs": ["Processing"]
}

Expected behavior

The completion-time label should use the same overridden verb pool as the live spinner (e.g. "Processing for 2m 1s"), or the docs/setting should clarify that spinnerVerbs only affects the in-progress spinner, not the completion summary.

Actual behavior

Live spinner text respects the override; the post-completion "X for Ys" label does not, and instead shows a verb from the default hardcoded pool (e.g. "Cogitated").

Environment

  • macOS (Darwin)
  • settings.json confirmed correctly applied (verified ~/.claude/settings.json contains the override above)

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