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

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jul 9, 2026 by dsapalawork 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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