You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Terminal UIArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.271,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
The status label Claude Code shows for its longest-running 'thinking' state now reads "deep in thought".
Why
This is a wording change to what's displayed while Claude is taking a long time to think, with no functional effect.
How sure we are
One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.
Anthropic's release notes agreeImproved the spinner status during long thinking: it now reads "deep in thought" after 45s, and shows "picking the thought back up" while…
