[BUG] Plan mode permanently corrupts prompt color default forever

Status Open
Reported on v2.1.227
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Activity 0 comments · opened Aug 19, 2026

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  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

Version: 2.1.227 (Claude Code), macOS (Darwin 25.5.0), zsh

After plan mode, /color default no longer restores the default color.

Entering plan mode and then accepting a plan applies the same visual effect as /color cyan. After exiting plan mode, the original appearance cannot be restored for the life of the session:

  • /color default -> prompt renders cyan, not the original neutral
  • /color reset -> also goes to cyan

Calling /color with hex values (e.g. /color #808080) is not a valid command, sadly.

It looks like my default colour effectively gets mutated to cyan without my consent.

I also just use whatever defaults claude ships with. I have never explicitly set a theme or anything. But if I open a fresh claude (prompt color is gray), then /color green and then /color default, it gets gray again. But not when I have used plan mode.

On tangentially related note, accepting a plan also renames the session, and the tag showing the session name has a very poor contrast, being just an unreadable rectangle. I use the popular catppuccin-frappe colorscheme on alacritty terminal, if that helps.

We also cannot remove the name of a session, so we are forever stuck with some name, just like the corrupted color default, without any warnings and without my consent.

Expected: /color default restores the pre-plan-mode appearance.
Actual: the default is permanently corrupted. Only a new session recovers it.

What Should Happen?

Expected: /color default restores the pre-plan-mode appearance.
Actual: the default is permanently corrupted. Only a new session recovers it.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Start a claude session, switch to plan mode, prompt anything, accept plan. It renames the session and changes the default color without any warning, no consent, anything.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.227 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

Terminal is alacritty, version 0.18.0-dev (48ff32f7), but also happens on terminal app of macos.

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