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Problem

Fixes #28721.

Refreshing providers (server.refreshProviders, as sent by the Usage page, the usage and provider settings and the command palette) returns Claude usage from the capabilities probe cache, which keeps a fresh probe for five minutes (CAPABILITIES_PROBE_TTL). An explicit refresh can therefore show Claude usage up to five minutes old while other providers come back freshly probed.

Change

ManagedServerProvider.refresh now runs invalidateUsageCache inside the refresh permit before the forced check, as refreshUsage already does, but only when the published usage reading is at least a minute old.

The floor exists because of #27772: Claude's /api/oauth/usage is rate-limited per account, so unbounded re-reads on every refresh would add 429s. With the floor, repeated explicit refreshes read the endpoint at most once a minute per instance; a reading kept fresh by live session updates is not re-read at all. Interval checks call applySnapshotBase directly and still reuse the cache, so background probing is unchanged. Only Claude supplies invalidateUsageCache, so other drivers are unaffected. The reset redemption keeps its own unconditional invalidation, since it must confirm the new limits even within the floor.

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A small, focused fix for an obvious bug, reported in #28721: an explicit refresh should not answer with usage up to five minutes old. It changes no contract, setting, or UI, and stays inside the existing refresh path. It does not attempt #27772's broader back-off; it only avoids making that problem worse.

Verification

  • New managedProvider.test.ts case "re-reads cached usage on an explicit refresh once the reading passes the floor" (TestClock): a refresh within a minute reuses the cached reading; after one minute it re-reads. On main the second assertion fails (expected 1 to equal 2, cache hit).
  • vp test run for packages/provider-core (188 passed) and for apps/server/src/provider, ProviderEventIngestor.test.ts and OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts (846 passed). The one failure, ClaudeSkills.test.ts > merges plugin enablement…, fails identically on unmodified main on my machine and is unrelated.
  • tsc --noEmit for apps/server and packages/provider-core; vp fmt, vp lint and knip:check pass.
  • Manual, macOS, vp run dev:server --home-dir <scratch> --no-seed with a real Claude Pro account, calling server.refreshProviders repeatedly. The startup check read usage at 16:06:36.481Z.
    • Refreshes started 16:07:19, 16:07:24 and 16:07:27 (within a minute): checkedAt stayed 16:06:36.481Z.
    • Refresh started 16:07:37 (past the floor): checkedAt advanced to 16:07:41.183Z.
    • Refresh started 16:07:43: checkedAt stayed 16:07:41.183Z.
    • On main, refreshes at 15:58:43 and 15:59:06 both kept the 15:58:40.443Z startup reading.

Not checked: Windows and Linux, and the web Usage page UI itself (the change is server-side; the page calls the same RPC).

Written with Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code.

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Verdict: Approved at 248d1bd

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Explicit provider refresh now re-reads Claude usage instead of returning cached values. The change preserves background caching and existing refresh serialization, with no change to charges, permissions, or product defaults.

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An explicit provider refresh (`server.refreshProviders`, as sent by the
Usage page, the usage and provider settings and the command palette)
re-ran the Claude check but read usage from the capabilities probe
cache, which keeps a fresh probe for five minutes. Refreshing could
therefore show usage up to five minutes old.

Invalidate the usage cache on an explicit refresh, inside the refresh
permit as `refreshUsage` does, but only when the published reading is
at least a minute old. Claude's usage endpoint is rate-limited per
account (pingdotgg#27772), so repeated refreshes still read it at most once a
minute. Interval checks keep reusing the cache, so background probing
is unchanged.
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Explicit provider refreshes now use a one-minute floor between usage-cache invalidations. The refresh checks the latest usage probe timestamp, conditionally invalidates the cache, and then forces a provider check. A test covers cached and refreshed usage readings.

Changes: Provider refresh behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Usage cache invalidation on refresh
packages/provider-core/src/server/managedProvider.ts, packages/provider-core/src/server/managedProvider.test.ts
refreshSnapshot acquires the refresh semaphore and invalidates the usage cache only when the probe timestamp is invalid or at least one minute old. The test checks that a refresh within the floor reuses the 20% reading, then reads the 100% value after one minute.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Possibly related issues

  • pingdotgg/t3code#29676: This issue concerns stale usage after re-login through the background interval path, which this PR does not change.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#27772: This issue concerns rate-limited usage probes. This PR adds a one-minute floor for explicit refreshes but does not implement broader back-off.

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Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Low · up to 8d933

Explicit provider refresh now re-reads Claude usage once the last probe is at least a minute old. A narrow edge case may remain where some usage windows stay stale for a few minutes after a refresh. This is low risk and does not block merging.

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Title check Passed The title names the main change: refreshing providers now re-reads Claude usage that is older than a minute. The changeset adds a one-minute floor in ManagedServerProvider.refresh that invalidates the…
Description check Passed The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and each section has specific content. The Problem section states the expected behavior and the reproduc…
Linked Issues check Passed Directly linked issue #28721 requires that an explicit provider refresh return a freshly read Claude usage reading when the published reading is stale, and it requires that the fix not read the rate-l…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed All source changes sit in the explicit refresh path of ManagedServerProvider (refreshSnapshot) plus the timestamp tracking it needs. applySnapshot is unchanged for other callers. Interval checks still…
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The title names the main change: refreshing providers now re-reads Claude usage that is older than a minute. The changeset adds a one-minute floor in ManagedServerProvider.refresh that invalidates the Claude usage cache before a forced check, and the title matches that behavior. The title uses the conventional commit form and is specific.

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The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and each section has specific content. The Problem section states the expected behavior and the reproduction paths, and cites issue #28721. The Change section explains the one-minute floor and why it exists, and says other drivers and interval checks are unaffected. The Scope section explains why the change is a small bug fix and links the issue. The Verification section lists a new focused test, the commands run, the manual macOS results with timestamps, and what was not checked. The description does not include a model and harness line in the template's final comment form, but it does say the work was written with Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code. The description also does not follow the template's conventional-title guidance in its own body, but the PR title already follows it.

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Directly linked issue #28721 requires that an explicit provider refresh return a freshly read Claude usage reading when the published reading is stale, and it requires that the fix not read the rate-limited endpoint without a bound (#27772). The diff in packages/provider-core/src/server/managedProvider.ts adds usageProbedAtRef, set from each probe's usageLimits.checkedAt. refreshSnapshot takes refreshSemaphore, calls input.invalidateUsageCache when the probe reading is missing or at least one minute old (EXPLICIT_USAGE_REFRESH_FLOOR), and then calls applySnapshotBase with forceRefresh. This meets the issue's repro steps: a refresh a minute or two after the startup check re-reads usage. The new test in managedProvider.test.ts covers both sides of the floor with TestClock: a refresh within a minute reuses the cached reading (calls stays 1), and a refresh after one minute re-reads (calls becomes 2). The reading is not re-read on each refresh, which satisfies the bound requested in the issue. Minor note, not a failing requirement: when a probe returns no usageLimits, the timestamp is undefined, so every explicit refresh invalidates the cache. This is a narrow case and the issue does not address it.

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All source changes sit in the explicit refresh path of ManagedServerProvider (refreshSnapshot) plus the timestamp tracking it needs. applySnapshot is unchanged for other callers. Interval checks still call applySnapshotBase without invalidation, and refreshUsage and the reset redemption keep their existing invalidation. The Clock and DateTime imports and the new test support the stated change. No contract, setting, or UI change appears in the diff. Other provider drivers are unaffected because only Claude supplies invalidateUsageCache. Scope is consistent with the linked issue.

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- Around line 227-231: Update the explicit refresh age check around `checkedAt`
to use a timestamp tracking the capabilities-probe read or invalidation age,
separate from `usageLimits.checkedAt` updates. Extend the managed-provider test
to cover an old cached probe, a single-window rate-limit update, and an explicit
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const checkedAt = Date.parse(snapshot.usageLimits?.checkedAt ?? "");
if (
!Number.isFinite(checkedAt) ||
(yield* Clock.currentTimeMillis) - checkedAt >=
Duration.toMillis(EXPLICIT_USAGE_REFRESH_FLOOR)

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

sed -n '195,255p' packages/provider-core/src/server/managedProvider.ts
rg -n 'applyUsageLimits|invalidateUsageCache|checkedAt|rate.limit|rateLimit' apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/ClaudeDriver.ts packages/provider-core/src/server/managedProvider.ts
sed -n '200,260p' packages/provider-core/src/server/managedProvider.test.ts

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 7492


Script executed:

set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- usage update helper and managed provider callers ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'function applyUsageLimitsUpdate' -e 'const applyUsageLimitsUpdate' -e 'applyUsageLimitsUpdate' packages/provider-core apps/server/src/provider
printf '%s\n' '--- helper source ---'
helper=$(rg -l -F --glob '*.ts' 'applyUsageLimitsUpdate' packages/provider-core apps/server/src/provider | head -n 1)
if [ -n "$helper" ]; then
  sed -n '1,240p' "$helper"
fi
printf '%s\n' '--- Claude event and probe source ---'
sed -n '130,210p' apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/ClaudeDriver.ts
sed -n '270,390p' apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/ClaudeDriver.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- cache definitions and usage ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'capabilitiesProbeCache' -e 'makeWith' -e 'invalidateAll' apps/server/src/provider packages/provider-core/src

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 15364


Script executed:

set -o pipefail
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'applyUsageLimitsUpdate' -e 'capabilitiesProbeCache' -e 'invalidateAll' apps/server/src/provider packages/provider-core/src
sed -n '1,220p' packages/provider-core/src/server/usageLimits.ts
sed -n '130,210p' apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/ClaudeDriver.ts
sed -n '285,380p' apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/ClaudeDriver.ts

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 13602


Script executed:

set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- Claude usage update producers ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'onUsageLimits' -e 'ProviderUsageLimitsUpdate' -e 'rate_limit' -e 'rateLimit' apps/server/src/provider/Adapters apps/server/src/provider/Drivers apps/server/src/orchestration-v2 packages 2>/dev/null || true
printf '%s\n' '--- managed provider probe application ---'
sed -n '1,120p' packages/provider-core/src/server/managedProvider.ts
sed -n '285,340p' packages/provider-core/src/server/managedProvider.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- Claude cache and checkProvider block ---'
sed -n '200,290p' apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/ClaudeDriver.ts

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 38228


Script executed:

set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- Claude rate-limit producer ---'
sed -n '3715,3760p' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
sed -n '8168,8205p' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
sed -n '3928,3970p' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- managed provider snapshot application ---'
rg -n -F -- 'const applySnapshotBase' packages/provider-core/src/server/managedProvider.ts
sed -n '115,205p' packages/provider-core/src/server/managedProvider.ts

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 8941


Script executed:

set -o pipefail
rg -n -F -- 'function claudeRateLimitEventToUpdate' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
line=$(rg -n -F -- 'function claudeRateLimitEventToUpdate' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts | cut -d: -f1 | head -n1)
if [ -n "$line" ]; then
  start=$((line-5)); end=$((line+75))
  sed -n "${start},${end}p" apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
fi

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 154


Script executed:

set -o pipefail
rg -n -F -- 'claudeRateLimitEventToUpdate' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
rg -n -F -- 'CLAUDE_USAGE_LIMIT_WINDOWS' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 378


Script executed:

set -o pipefail
sed -n '155,180p' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
rg -n -F -- 'claudeRateLimitEventToUpdate' apps/server/src packages

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 2068


Script executed:

sed -n '135,205p' apps/server/src/provider/claudeUsageLimits.ts
sed -n '220,270p' apps/server/src/provider/claudeUsageLimits.test.ts

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 4289


Use the capabilities-cache age for explicit refresh invalidation.

Claude rate-limit events update one window and stamp usageLimits.checkedAt, but they do not invalidate the capabilities cache. If the cached probe is old and an explicit refresh occurs within the one-minute floor, the refresh can reuse that probe. The published event window remains current, but other windows remain stale until the cache expires.

Track the capabilities-probe read or invalidation age separately from live usage updates. Extend the existing managed-provider test with an old cached probe, a single-window rate-limit update, and an explicit refresh.

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Review comment at @packages/provider-core/src/server/managedProvider.ts around
lines 227 - 231:
Update the explicit refresh age check around `checkedAt` to use a timestamp
tracking the capabilities-probe read or invalidation age, separate from
`usageLimits.checkedAt` updates. Extend the managed-provider test to cover an
old cached probe, a single-window rate-limit update, and an explicit refresh,
verifying that the stale capabilities probe is refreshed.

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Claude's rate_limit_event updates one window and advanced the published
checkedAt, so during a turn an explicit refresh kept the cached probe and
the remaining windows stayed stale. Measure the one-minute floor from the
last usage probe instead.

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The automated pipeline stopped on this pull request and will not merge it:

the fix is written and reviewed, but proving it needs something no worker has:

  • Permanent blocker: a signed-in native Claude provider with first-party Claude OAuth usage is required and is listed as unavailable on every VM. Could not observe the stale reading on base, its refresh after one minute on head, or immediate refresh reuse. The replay provider cannot establish Claude-specific usage-cache behavior.

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[Bug]: Refreshing providers keeps showing Claude usage up to five minutes old

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