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Claude Code v2.1.265 ·

New spinner/verb flavor text: "Kerfuffling" and "Transmogrifying"

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Two new whimsical status words, "Kerfuffling" and "Transmogrifying", added to Claude Code's working spinner

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Two new whimsical status words, "Kerfuffling" and "Transmogrifying", added to Claude Code's working spinner

What

While Claude Code is working on a request, it shows a rotating status word next to the spinner. Two new ones have been added: "Kerfuffling" and "Transmogrifying".

Why

This is a cosmetic addition to the set of playful words shown while Claude is thinking or working; it doesn't change functionality.

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Names in the bundleKerfufflingTransmogrifying

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