You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
4Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Terminal UIArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.290,
What probably matters to youSection of the release
Unclear Where the icons appear, and whether the new switch controls them, is not known.
What
Claude Code has a new set of status icons with four states: working, needs you, idle and failed. Screen readers announce them with labels such as "needs you:" and "working:". A new server-controlled switch is read as well.
Why
These look like pieces of a way to show at a glance which sessions are busy and which are waiting on 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 doubtWhere the icons appear, and whether the new switch controls them, is not known.
