Activity indicator while processing a query?

[NemanSyed]

When asking a question of privateGPT, the processing time can be considerable on my laptop. Response times of over 140 seconds are normal. During that time, all I see is a blinking cursor:

It's hard to tell - especially as a n00b - whether it's waiting for me, thinking, stuck, etc. Other activities, like ingestion, feature clear visual indicators of work progress.

Humans are more willing to wait when there's information vs. no information, even if the information state takes more time than the no information state. Since the wait time is already so long, a couple of extra seconds to see a progress bar or percentage complete wouldn't be a problem. Especially if the processing time is reasonably linear - knowing I have 2.5 minutes to do something is FAR better than just wondering if anything happened.

For the people who value speed over the no information state, perhaps a command line switch to suppress progress updates would do the trick. Default of information on, not information off, is probably better: everyone who uses this can have first experience confusion.