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Problem

A Claude model outside the bundled catalog, such as one added with Add custom model for a
gateway or router, gets a context meter with used tokens but no limit or percentage. The adapter
reads the context window only from the bundled catalog (claudeContextWindow and
getModelContextWindow), so every custom model reports maxTokens: null.

Claude Code already knows the window: every SDK result reports
modelUsage[model].contextWindow, the window Claude Code compacts against.

Reproduction: on a Claude instance whose endpoint serves a non-Anthropic model, add that model with
Add custom model, select it, and send a message. On T3 Code 0.1.6 with custom model
MiniMax-M78, the meter shows only the used count ("60k") with no limit.

Change

The adapter records the window each result reports per model, and uses it when the catalog has no
entry: for live usage, compaction updates, and getModelContextWindow. When a result first reveals
a window, the turn's last measured usage is emitted again so the meter gets its limit before the
turn settles instead of on the next turn. Catalog models keep their catalog windows.

claudeProviderTurnTokenUsage now takes the resolved window instead of the selection, so the
window is resolved in one adapter-scoped place.

Scope and approval

A small fix for an obvious defect in an existing feature: custom Claude models are documented in
providers-claude.md,
and their meter cannot show a limit. It adds no setting and changes nothing for catalog models.

#16583 also touches claudeContextWindow (it scopes compilation to the live catalog, and keeps
unknown windows unknown). The two fix different problems; whichever lands second needs a small
rebase.

Verification

• New adapter case measures a model outside the catalog against the window Claude reports fails on
  main (maxTokens stays [null]) and passes with the fix ([null, 1048576], and
  getModelContextWindow returns 1048576 after the result).

• vp test run apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts apps/server/src/provider/TurnTokenUsage.test.ts: 314 passed.

• vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck, and tests pass.

• Runtime transcript, Claude Agent SDK 0.3.276 (the version T3 pins) with Claude Code 2.1.316 on
  Linux, against an Anthropic-compatible gateway serving MiniMax-M78
  (ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_MODEL_OPTION=MiniMax-M78, CLAUDE_CODE_MAX_CONTEXT_TOKENS=1048576):

  system/init.model = MiniMax-M78
  result.subtype = success
  result.modelUsage = { "MiniMax-M78": { "inputTokens": 9667, "outputTokens": 2, ...,
    "contextWindow": 1048576, "maxOutputTokens": 32000, "canonicalModel": "minimax-m78" } }
  

Not checked: the patched server end to end in a client, and Claude Code versions before 2.1.316.

Claude Opus 5.5 (MiniMax Code)

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 82d619a

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Claude now uses SDK-reported context windows when a model is absent from the catalog, refreshing usage telemetry and making the window available to handoff budgeting. Catalog values and existing settings retain precedence, keeping the change narrowly scoped.

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Findings

Refresh each turn that has not emitted the window.
Retain the last valid usage measurement.

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Review comments at
@apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:
- Line 9575: Update the context-window reporting condition around
resultsReportingNewContextWindow and contextUsage to compare the resolved window
against the window last emitted for the current turn, rather than relying on
adapter-wide cache state. Ensure each turn emits its limit once, including when
concurrent sessions using the same custom model resolve to the same window.
- Line 9574: Track the last accepted usage measurement separately from
context.streamUsage in the flow that computes contextUsage, so a later
message_start zero-input placeholder cannot replace it. Use the retained
measurement when emitting context usage, and clear it when compaction occurs.

Walkthrough

The Claude adapter now obtains context-window limits from the bundled catalog or Claude result-frame model usage. It uses resolved limits for token-usage calculations and runtime lookups, and retains compaction token counts for context-usage updates.

Changes: Claude context windows and usage

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Resolve reported context windows apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeTurnTokenUsage.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts	A new helper extracts valid context-window values from model usage. The adapter prefers catalog values, then uses reported values, and updates its reported-window map when results contain changed values.
Emit context usage apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts	Token-usage calculation receives a resolved limit. Numeric compaction token counts can be emitted as context usage. Tests cover uncatalogued models, newly reported limits, and compaction usage.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ClaudeResult as Claude result frame
  participant ClaudeAdapterV2
  participant claudeReportedContextWindows
  participant claudeProviderTurnTokenUsage
  ClaudeResult->>ClaudeAdapterV2: provide modelUsage
  ClaudeAdapterV2->>claudeReportedContextWindows: parse reported context windows
  claudeReportedContextWindows-->>ClaudeAdapterV2: return model-to-window map
  ClaudeAdapterV2->>ClaudeAdapterV2: update reported-window map
  ClaudeAdapterV2->>claudeProviderTurnTokenUsage: pass resolved context-window limit
  ClaudeAdapterV2->>ClaudeAdapterV2: emit context usage when result usage is available

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Possibly related issues

• [Bug]: Claude custom/local models get no context window, so the context meter ring stays empty #26476 — This change also supplies context-window values for uncatalogued Claude models, using SDK-reported values rather than the issue’s suggested environment-variable fallback.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#29961 — Both changes update Claude context usage at context boundaries; this change includes compaction usage handling.
• pingdotgg/t3code#29001 — Both changes read Claude’s result-level modelUsage data.
• pingdotgg/t3code#22318 — Both changes affect context-window lookup for Claude custom models.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Low · up to f508b

Custom-model meters can miss a reported limit in some turns. These bounded display issues warrant owner awareness or follow-up.

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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Verified in a real dev environment

reproduced on github/main (cefb544af3) in a separate worktree, then ran the exact pr head (82d619a877) and the fix at f508bc0b03. used Playwright from the repo with /usr/bin/google-chrome, one background dev server at a time, isolated empty state, and projects and threads created through the app. all turns used real providers through the local gateway; no mocks, fixtures or replay data.

• a custom gpt-6.1-sol model on the Claude provider exercises the gateway/custom-model path outside the Claude catalog. main persisted usedTokens: 19277, maxTokens: null. the pr's first completed turn persisted usedTokens: 19298, maxTokens: 200000; the client displayed 19k / 200k and 10% used before another turn. follow-up and reload retained the limit.
• found and fixed the compaction edge case in the existing review: after restarting the server, native /compact learned the window in its result but left the meter at 6.4k. the fix retains the compaction watermark separately from streamed usage. re-running the real flow after a clean restart persisted usedTokens: 8441, maxTokens: 200000; the client displayed 8.4k / 200k. a subsequent real turn completed and displayed 23k / 200k.
• nearby paths still work: catalog Claude Haiku 5.5 retains its catalog limit of 1000000; Codex gpt-6.1-sol completes with its own 258400 limit. both were exercised again after the fix.
• extended the existing compaction test. its new assertion failed on the original pr ([null] instead of [null, 200000]) and passes with the fix. Blacksmith passed all 314 focused tests and vp run check:changed cefb544af3c98224874419198c0359b652ca3c94 (format, lint, knip, GraphQL, affected typechecks and tests).

before, main:

after, first completed turn:

after the compaction fix:

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Not verified

native desktop and iOS/Android clients were not exercised on this Linux VM. automatic threshold-triggered compaction, other gateways such as OpenRouter/MiniMax, older Claude Code versions, and cross-model window changes were not exercised. the gateway rejected the retired Haiku 4.5 identifiers; catalog coverage used the available Haiku 5.5 instead. GitHub CI for the pushed fix is separate from the passing Blacksmith checks and was still starting at the last check.

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Retain the last valid usage measurement.

A later message_start can replace valid usage with a zero-input placeholder. The result then selects that placeholder, which emitContextUsage rejects, so the newly reported window is never emitted. This sequence is covered by an existing usage test. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

Retain the last accepted measurement separately and clear it at compaction.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
at line 9574:
Track the last accepted usage measurement separately from context.streamUsage in
the flow that computes contextUsage, so a later message_start zero-input
placeholder cannot replace it. Use the retained measurement when emitting
context usage, and clear it when compaction occurs.

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Refresh each turn that has not emitted the window.

If two sessions use the same custom model concurrently, both can emit usage with maxTokens: null. The first result populates the adapter-wide cache. The second result reports the same window, so it is not marked and its turn never emits the limit. Compare the resolved window with the window last emitted for this turn instead. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
at line 9575:
Update the context-window reporting condition around
resultsReportingNewContextWindow and contextUsage to compare the resolved window
against the window last emitted for the current turn, rather than relying on
adapter-wide cache state. Ensure each turn emits its limit once, including when
concurrent sessions using the same custom model resolve to the same window.

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