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Claude Code v2.1.246 ·

Prompt banner is drawn without a gradient

The banner above the prompt lost its colour gradient for a plain divider.

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You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Terminal UIArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.246,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What

The banner above the prompt no longer renders a colour gradient; the divider is now a plain repeated character. Its label text also no longer picks up the prompt border colour as a background.

Evidence

promptBorder

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

How sure we are
One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.
Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed /rename replacing the theme's prompt border color (including a custom theme's promptBorder) with the default cyan; the border now…

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