What probably matters to youSection of the release
What
In screen-reader mode the terminal is no longer repainted the instant output changes. The cursor is parked and the redraw deferred by a short timer, so a burst of frames is announced once rather than many times. The delay is 50ms by default and settable with CLAUDE_AX_PREPARK_MS, capped at 5000ms.
Details
While the timer is outstanding, further screen-reader renders are skipped and coalesced into the pending redraw.
If the app is exiting the timer is cleared first so the final frame is written immediately; it is also cleared on unmount and whenever the render state is reset.
This sits on top of the existing startup-quiet delay, set by CLAUDE_AX_STARTUP_QUIET_MS, which is likewise clamped to a built-in maximum.
