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Problem

In a Claude thread, /clear left the composer's context window meter on the old token count until the next turn that made an API call. Reproduced on main (61c3794c32) in the web dev server with Claude Fable 5.1. One turn brought the meter to 7.9% (79k/1m). After /clear, Claude's own /context reported 29.8k / 1m (3%), but the meter still read 7.9% · 79k/1m. Claude Haiku 5.5 behaved the same (stayed at 6.7%).

The Claude CLI marks a clear with a conversation_reset frame, followed by a zero-usage result. The adapter ignored the reset frame and drops zero-input usage, so the /clear turn reported no usage. The client then kept showing the newest earlier report, from before the clear.

Change

ClaudeAdapterV2 now handles conversation_reset. It clears the turn's cached stream usage and reports the turn's context as 0 used, keeping the model's window and auto-compact threshold. This mirrors what compact_boundary already does with its post-compaction size. Both paths share one small helper. Every reset trigger counts, as the SDK says a consumer should reset on every conversation_reset frame whatever its trigger says. The next real request reports the real size again.

Idle compaction also reads the newest turn usage, so it no longer sees the pre-clear size after a /clear.

Scope and approval

Fixes #29951

Triaged via the automated issue flow.

Verification

• ClaudeAdapterV2 background wake turns > reports an empty context when /clear resets the conversation (apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts). It replays the frames the real CLI emits on /clear. It fails on main: the newest report is still the pre-clear usedTokens: 166100. It passes with the fix. All 296 tests in that file pass, and so does vp run check:changed (format, lint, knip, typecheck, tests).

• Real app, same steps on each side, each started with T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0 vp run dev (fresh database), Claude CLI 2.1.304, Claude Fable 5.1. The steps: turn on the legacy context window indicator, send one turn that reads a large file, then /clear, then /context. The table shows the provider turns afterwards (tokenUsage.usedTokens / maxTokens):

  Turn	main 61c3794c32	this branch a930b9a07e (head 4ee6ad51dd only rewords a comment)
  1. read a file	78659 / 1000000	78348 / 1000000
  2. /clear	(none)	0 / 1000000
  3. /context	(none)	(none)
  Meter popover afterwards	7.9% · 79k/1m	0% · 0/1m

  Claude CLI frames on /clear (stream-json probe on the same machine):

  {"type": "conversation_reset", "trigger": "clear"}
  {"type": "system", "subtype": "init"}
  {"type": "result", "subtype": "success", "num_turns": 0, "usage": {"input_tokens": 0, "cache_creation_input_tokens": 0, "cache_read_input_tokens": 0, "output_tokens": 0}}
  

  On main, a real follow-up message after the clear corrected the meter (42876 tokens). The fix only changes what is shown between the clear and that next request.

• Not attached: before/after screenshots of the meter popover. They were taken, but the upload tool was unavailable on the machine that ran them. No render code changes. The composer meter and the thread details "Context" row both read the same snapshot, built from this turn usage.

• Not checked: desktop and mobile clients. Both use the same server projection and the shared client-runtime state, and neither has client-specific code here.

Model and harness: Claude Opus 5.5 (claude-opus-5-5) in Claude Code, via T3 Code's automated issue flow. Review by GPT-6.1 Sol (Codex) and Claude Opus 5.5.

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Fixes #30097

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at f8cd554

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The Claude context meter now resets to zero when a conversation-reset event arrives. The change is limited to usage bookkeeping and reporting, without changing conversation deletion behavior or product defaults.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.5 KiB	21.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: d290c1f · PR result: f8cd554 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Walkthrough

ClaudeAdapterV2 now clears active stream usage and emits zero context usage when it receives a conversation_reset frame. A regression test checks that the clear attempt reports zero used tokens and retains the prior maximum.

Changes: Claude context usage

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Reset context usage apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts	A conversation_reset frame clears active stream usage, records zero compaction tokens, and emits zero context usage. The regression test checks the clear attempt's usage report.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#31092 — This PR's reset usage report is relevant to the stale context state around /clear. It does not address the separate compact-before-send action.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#31455 — Both PRs affect the usage data that informs Claude idle-compaction decisions. This PR emits reset usage; #31455 adjusts the threshold using the reported context-window size.
• pingdotgg/t3code#32303 — The reset usage report from this PR can provide a post-clear occupancy point for the context-occupancy series added by #32303.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Low · up to f8cd5

The change is mergeable with awareness of a narrow edge case: if usage reports from separate turns share a timestamp, idle compaction could act on pre-clear usage.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly identifies the server fix for the stale Claude context meter after /clear.
Description check		The description covers the problem, change, scope, and verification. It links the issue and reports focused tests, broader checks, real-app results, and limitations.
Linked Issues check		For [#29951], ClaudeAdapterV2 handles conversation_reset, clears cached stream usage, and emits a zero-used token-usage report. The regression test verifies that the clear turn becomes the latest …
Out of Scope Changes check		The adapter change and regression test directly support [#29951] and [#30097]. Clearing stale context usage also makes the cleared turn the newest usage considered by idle compaction. No unrelated cha…

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Explanation

For [#29951], ClaudeAdapterV2 handles conversation_reset, clears cached stream usage, and emits a zero-used token-usage report. The regression test verifies that the clear turn becomes the latest context report and retains the model window. For [#30097], this report becomes the newest usage used by idleCompactionWindow; that code returns no compaction window when usedTokens is below MIN_CONTEXT_TOKENS. The reset therefore prevents pre-clear usage and cache expiry from triggering idle compaction.

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Explanation

The adapter change and regression test directly support [#29951] and [#30097]. Clearing stale context usage also makes the cleared turn the newest usage considered by idle compaction. No unrelated changes appear in the whole-PR diff.

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Follow-up Comments

Document why the usage emitters are untraced.

5138-5138: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

Document why the usage emitters are untraced.

Add one comment above this helper group that explains why it omits spans. As per coding guidelines, “Use Effect.fnUntraced deliberately for per-chunk/per-event work” and “Explain the reason beside the function or a group of related functions.”

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beginning with emitTokenUsage, clarifying why these per-chunk or per-event
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Assert the auto-compact threshold on the /clear report.

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Assert the auto-compact threshold on the /clear report.

The /clear test uses the default empty autoCompactWindow, so the reset report has no autoCompactThreshold. Its assertions do not check that field. A change that drops the threshold from the reset path would still pass this test. Configure a populated window and assert the threshold. The helper call and the expected value match the neighboring populated-threshold test.

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-      const harness = yield* makeWakeHarness;
+      const harness = yield* makeWakeHarnessWithOptions({
+        settings: { ...DEFAULT_CLAUDE_SETTINGS, autoCompactWindow: "150000" },
+      });
...
       assert.equal(latest?.maxTokens, contextReports[0]?.maxTokens);
+      assert.equal(latest?.autoCompactThreshold, 117_000);

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Update the “reports an empty context when /clear resets the conversation” test
to use a populated autoCompactWindow, following the existing populated-threshold
test’s harness setup. Assert that the cleared turn’s latest context report
retains the expected autoCompactThreshold of 117,000.

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Evidence

Enable Context window, read the same synthetic large file, send /clear, then /context without a normal prompt, then send a normal prompt. Both recordings use the real web app in Chromium, light theme, 1280×800, separate fresh databases, and the same driver. Recordings show a continuous privacy crop of the actual meter with command timing annotations.

Before	After
Base recording	Head recording
d290c1f1b6	f8cd5549b0
Retains 179k / 1m through /clear and /context.	Immediately resets to 0 / 1m, retaining the limit.
Normal prompt supplies 35k / 1m.	Normal prompt supplies 35k / 1m.

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AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.

Not shown:

• Desktop and mobile were not exercised; evidence covers the real web client and server.
• Reset triggers other than /clear were not exercised.
• The uploaded privacy crops omit Claude's /context report; its approximately 21.7k / 1m output was observed in the app on both sides.