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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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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 4ee6ad5

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Claude conversation resets now immediately reset the context meter instead of leaving the previous count visible. The change preserves existing window and compaction settings and is supported by targeted regression and real-app verification.

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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	+19 B (+0.4%)	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	1.3 KiB	+19 B (+1.5%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.6 KiB	21.6 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	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	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 61c3794 · PR result: 4ee6ad5 · 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 emits zero context usage when it receives a conversation reset. Token-usage emission is shared with compaction replacement handling. A test checks that the cleared turn reports zero used tokens and retains the prior maximum.

Changes: Claude context usage

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared token-usage emission apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts	A shared helper emits provider-turn token usage. Existing context usage delegates to it, and replacement-context usage uses the model context limit, auto-compact threshold, and timestamp.
Reset and compaction usage apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts	A conversation_reset frame clears current stream usage and emits zero used tokens. Valid post-compaction counts use the replacement-context helper. The test checks the cleared turn's usage and retained maximum.

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

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 4ee6a

The reset behavior has no identified merge-blocking defect. Normal checks should precede merging.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: resetting the Claude context meter after /clear. It uses a valid conventional commit format.
Description check		The description is complete and focused. It covers the problem, expected behavior, implementation, scope, linked issue, tests, manual verification, unavailable screenshots, unchecked clients, and tool…
Linked Issues check		Issue [#29951] requires the Claude context meter to stop using the pre-/clear usage. ClaudeAdapterV2 now handles every conversation_reset frame, clears cached stream usage, and emits a zero-used r…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within issue [#29951]. The adapter refactor shares token-usage emission between normal usage, compaction, and reset handling. The added test covers the /clear reset behavior. No unr…

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The description is complete and focused. It covers the problem, expected behavior, implementation, scope, linked issue, tests, manual verification, unavailable screenshots, unchecked clients, and tool usage. It also states the observed results and limitations.

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Explanation

Issue [#29951] requires the Claude context meter to stop using the pre-/clear usage. ClaudeAdapterV2 now handles every conversation_reset frame, clears cached stream usage, and emits a zero-used replacement usage while preserving maxTokens and the auto-compact threshold. The regression test replays the reset and zero-usage frames and verifies that the cleared turn is the newest context report. The reported test suite and changed checks also pass.

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Explanation

The changes stay within issue [#29951]. The adapter refactor shares token-usage emission between normal usage, compaction, and reset handling. The added test covers the /clear reset behavior. No unrelated product behavior or files are changed.

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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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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
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Add one explanatory comment above the related usage-emitter helper group
beginning with emitTokenUsage, clarifying why these per-chunk or per-event
functions intentionally use Effect.fnUntraced and omit spans. Keep the change
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Assert the auto-compact threshold on the /clear report.

7269-7355: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

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.

Suggested fix

-      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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Review comment at
@apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts around lines
7269 - 7355:
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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