Statusline shows token count exceeding budget limit (117.8% of 200k)

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Feb 3, 2026 by zizhongx Closed Feb 7, 2026

Bug Description

The statusline displays token usage exceeding the 200k budget limit, showing values like 235642/200000 (117.8%).

Expected Behavior

According to the documentation, conversations have "unlimited context through automatic summarization". When token count approaches 200k, the system should:

  1. Automatically trigger summarization to compress context
  2. Keep the actual context usage below the 200k limit
  3. Display the compressed token count in the statusline

Actual Behavior

  • Statusline shows: 235642/200000 (117.8%)
  • The percentage exceeds 100%, indicating the context has overflowed the budget
  • It's unclear if this represents:
  • Pre-compression cumulative tokens (incorrect display)
  • Post-compression actual usage (summarization not working)

Environment

  • Model: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
  • Platform: Linux

Impact

This causes confusion about actual context usage and may indicate that automatic summarization is not functioning as expected.

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