Status bar and Context Usage panel show different token counts and percentages

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jan 19, 2026 by jdvmi00 Closed Jan 23, 2026

Description

The status bar at the bottom of the Claude Code interface shows different token counts and percentages than the Context Usage panel.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open Claude Code in a project
  2. Look at the status bar token count and percentage
  3. Compare with the Context Usage panel

Expected Behavior

Both displays should show consistent token counts and percentages.

Actual Behavior

  • Status bar: 5.4% | 10.8k tokens
  • Context Usage panel: 11% | 21k/200k tokens

These values don't match - the percentages differ (5.4% vs 11%) and the token counts differ (10.8k vs 21k).

Environment

  • Platform: Windows
  • Model: claude-opus-4-5-20251101

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