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Claude Code v2.1.284 ·

The narration line under the spinner is no longer shown

The narration text that could appear under the working spinner is gone, while tips and the "Next:" task line still show

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JSON All of v2.1.284
You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Terminal UIArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.284,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What

While Claude works, Claude Code shows a spinner, an animated indicator that it is busy. In some cases a line of narration text could appear underneath it. That line is no longer displayed, and the empty space that was kept for it is gone too.

Tips and the "Next:" line naming the upcoming task still appear under the spinner as before.

Why

In practice, the area under the spinner now shows only tips and the next task. It looks like a narration feature has been taken out of this spot.

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tengu_shining_fractals Off in both readings

The flag server returned off for the account this site reads and for the anonymous baseline. A reading of off cannot rule out a rollout these two readings sit outside of.

This account: off · anonymous baseline: off · compiled default in v2.1.284: off

These values were read against a different version of Claude Code, so treat them as the nearest reading available instead of one taken on this release.

Read once, for one account on one subscription tier, against v2.1.284. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you

How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtIt is unclear whether the narration line was ever shown to users, or whether it now appears somewhere else.

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