Replace misleading AI thinking messages with fun elephant-themed ones.

The previous messages like "Vacuuming the catalog..." and "Analyzing
table statistics..." could be mistaken for actual database operations.
Replace them with clearly whimsical elephant-themed messages, expand
the pool to 32 messages, and consolidate them into a single shared
module with gettext() support.

Fixes #9702

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: dpage

docs/en_US/release_notes_9_14.rst

@@ -30,4 +30,5 @@ Bug fixes
 
   | `Issue #9279 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9279>`_ -  Fixed an issue where OAuth2 authentication fails with 'object has no attribute' if OAUTH2_AUTO_CREATE_USER is False.
   | `Issue #9392 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9392>`_ -  Ensure that the Geometry Viewer refreshes when re-running queries or switching geometry columns, preventing stale data from being displayed.
+  | `Issue #9702 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9702>`_ -  Fixed misleading AI activity messages that could be mistaken for actual database operations.
   | `Issue #9721 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9721>`_ -  Fixed an issue where permissions page is not completely accessible on full scroll.

web/pgadmin/static/js/Explain/AIInsights.jsx

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import gettext from 'sources/gettext';
 import url_for from 'sources/url_for';
 import getApiInstance from '../api_instance';
+import { getRandomThinkingMessage } from '../ai_thinking_messages';
 import Loader from '../components/Loader';
 import EmptyPanelMessage from '../components/EmptyPanelMessage';
 import { DefaultButton, PrimaryButton } from '../components/Buttons';
@@ -131,22 +132,6 @@ const LoadingContainer = styled(Box)({
   gap: '16px',
 });
 
-// PostgreSQL/Elephant themed thinking messages
-const THINKING_MESSAGES = [
-  gettext('Analyzing query plan...'),
-  gettext('Examining node costs...'),
-  gettext('Looking for sequential scans...'),
-  gettext('Checking index usage...'),
-  gettext('Evaluating join strategies...'),
-  gettext('Identifying bottlenecks...'),
-  gettext('Calculating row estimates...'),
-  gettext('Reviewing execution times...'),
-];
-
-function getRandomThinkingMessage() {
-  return THINKING_MESSAGES[Math.floor(Math.random() * THINKING_MESSAGES.length)];
-}
-
 function getSeverityIcon(severity) {
   switch (severity) {
   case 'high':

web/pgadmin/static/js/ai_thinking_messages.js

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// pgAdmin 4 - PostgreSQL Tools
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2013 - 2026, The pgAdmin Development Team
+// This software is released under the PostgreSQL Licence
+//
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+import gettext from 'sources/gettext';
+
+// Fun elephant-themed processing messages (avoid anything that sounds
+// like a real database operation, as that can be misleading).
+const THINKING_MESSAGES = [
+  gettext('Consulting the elephant...'),
+  gettext('Joining the herds...'),
+  gettext('Querying the watering hole...'),
+  gettext('Rolling back the peanuts...'),
+  gettext('Trumpeting for answers...'),
+  gettext('Herding the elephants...'),
+  gettext('Foraging for ideas...'),
+  gettext('Pondering pachyderm thoughts...'),
+  gettext('Charging through the tall grass...'),
+  gettext('Flapping those big ears...'),
+  gettext('Stomping through the jungle...'),
+  gettext('Swishing the trunk...'),
+  gettext('Calling the herd...'),
+  gettext('Splashing in the watering hole...'),
+  gettext('Following the elephant trail...'),
+  gettext('Munching on some peanuts...'),
+  gettext('Doing a trunk stand...'),
+  gettext('Remembering everything...'),
+  gettext('Migrating across the plains...'),
+  gettext('Shaking off the dust...'),
+  gettext('Tiptoeing through the tulips...'),
+  gettext('Taking a mud bath...'),
+  gettext('Polishing the tusks...'),
+  gettext('Stretching the trunk...'),
+  gettext('Packing the trunk...'),
+  gettext('Wading through the river...'),
+  gettext('Gathering the herd...'),
+  gettext('Tromping through the underbrush...'),
+  gettext('Listening with big ears...'),
+  gettext('Raising the trunk in triumph...'),
+  gettext('Thundering across the savanna...'),
+  gettext('Napping under the baobab tree...'),
+];
+
+export function getRandomThinkingMessage() {
+  return THINKING_MESSAGES[Math.floor(Math.random() * THINKING_MESSAGES.length)];
+}

web/pgadmin/tools/sqleditor/static/js/components/sections/NLQChatPanel.jsx

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { format as formatSQL } from 'sql-formatter';
 import gettext from 'sources/gettext';
 import url_for from 'sources/url_for';
 import getApiInstance from '../../../../../../static/js/api_instance';
+import { getRandomThinkingMessage } from '../../../../../../static/js/ai_thinking_messages';
 import usePreferences from '../../../../../../preferences/static/js/store';
 import {
   QueryToolContext,
@@ -139,30 +140,6 @@ const MESSAGE_TYPES = {
   ERROR: 'error',
 };
 
-// Elephant/PostgreSQL-themed processing messages
-const THINKING_MESSAGES = [
-  'Consulting the elephant...',
-  'Traversing the B-tree...',
-  'Vacuuming the catalog...',
-  'Analyzing table statistics...',
-  'Joining the herds...',
-  'Indexing the savanna...',
-  'Querying the watering hole...',
-  'Optimizing the plan...',
-  'Warming up the cache...',
-  'Gathering the tuples...',
-  'Scanning the relations...',
-  'Checking constraints...',
-  'Rolling back the peanuts...',
-  'Committing to memory...',
-  'Trumpeting the results...',
-];
-
-// Helper function to get a random thinking message
-function getRandomThinkingMessage() {
-  return THINKING_MESSAGES[Math.floor(Math.random() * THINKING_MESSAGES.length)];
-}
-
 // Single chat message component
 function ChatMessage({ message, onInsertSQL, onReplaceSQL, textColors, cmKey }) {
   if (message.type === MESSAGE_TYPES.USER) {