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[FEATURE TUI]: Terminal-native progress indicator #24807
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ConEmu as well as Windows Terminal support indicating "progress" by temporarily switching to a spinner icon in the terminal tab and the TaskBar. Github Copilot CLI makes use of it.
Here is described how to set/unset it, and also an animation showing how it looks like:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/tutorials/progress-bar-sequences
Idea:
- activate spinner, when requests to the backend start
- deactivate spinner, when the (streaming-) request finished
Basically, spinning == the LLM is working, not spinning == waiting for user-input.
The question tool should NOT show up as spinning!
Especially in multi-tab workflows, it would be much easier to spot when a terminal tab "finished" and waits for user input.
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github-actions commentedon Apr 28, 2026
This issue might be a duplicate of an existing issue. Please check:
opencode-terminal-progressalready exists that implements terminal progress indicators via OSC 9;4 sequences — the same mechanism used by Windows Terminal that this issue describes.github-actions commentedon Jul 3, 2026
To stay organized issues are automatically closed after 60 days of no activity. If the issue is still relevant please open a new one.
japperJ commentedon Sep 7, 2026
please revisit this :)
Would be nice to have: Spinner on Terminal tab in Windows
in opencode and opencodev2
if you have multiple tab running is would be nice to see the active ones