From 715b86a3663648211347d2bb0cf3beb8fc057f2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xuan-Son Nguyen <son@huggingface.co>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 11:11:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] cli: fix spinner not show during prompt processing (#24283)

---
 tools/cli/cli.cpp | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/cli/cli.cpp b/tools/cli/cli.cpp
index e830f262de..a164b3bb91 100644
--- a/tools/cli/cli.cpp
+++ b/tools/cli/cli.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,18 @@ struct cli_context {
         console::spinner::start();
         server_task_result_ptr result = rd.next(should_stop);
 
-        console::spinner::stop();
+        while (true) {
+            auto res_partial = dynamic_cast<server_task_result_cmpl_partial *>(result.get());
+            if (res_partial && res_partial->is_begin) {
+                // this is the "send 200 status to client" signal in streaming mode
+                // skip, do not stop the spinner
+                result = rd.next(should_stop);
+            } else {
+                console::spinner::stop();
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
         std::string curr_content;
         bool is_thinking = false;