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Claude Code v2.1.246

Welcome header now animates, and custom mascot branding is gone

You'll notice
Useful2 Signal3
Startup UI

The startup header can animate, and the hook for a replacement logo and title is gone.

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.

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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