You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Startup UIArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.246,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
The startup header renders either an animated sequence at 100ms per frame or a static version, decided by a runtime check combined with an oneShotsAllowed option that defaults to true when the caller omits it. The branding indirection that allowed a replacement logo and title has been removed, so the title is always the plain bold "Claude Code" text.
Details
What the runtime check reads is not visible from the header code itself, so which of the two renderings you see is decided elsewhere.
Evidence
oneShotsAllowed
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
