Thinking status message reworded / Claude Code v2.1.271

You'll notice

The status message shown during Claude's longest thinking pauses was reworded to 'deep in thought'

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…

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Anthropic's note

Upstream's own release notes for v2.1.271 name something this entry names, so the two are probably about the same change. Probably: the pairing is made on a shared name rather than on the words around it.

Improved the spinner status during long thinking: it now reads "deep in thought" after 45s, and shows "picking the thought back up" while recovering from the output-token limit

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