Add raw context-token counts to the configurable TUI status line
Open 💬 0 comments Opened Aug 3, 2026 by Polarrr-hub
What variant of Codex are you using?
Codex CLI/TUI 0.146.0 on Windows.
What feature would you like to see?
Add persistent status-line items that show the active context window in token counts rather than percentages, for example:
Context 93,534 used / 164,466 left / 258,000 window
Possible configurable item IDs:
[tui]
status_line = ["context-used-tokens", "context-remaining-tokens", "context-window-size"]
The current status-line choices do not provide this:
context-usedandcontext-remainingshow percentages only.context-window-sizeshows capacity.used-tokensis cumulative session usage, not active context occupancy, so it diverges after compaction and can exceed the context-window size.
The new values should use the active/last context usage that currently drives context-used and context-remaining, not cumulative total_token_usage.
Suggested acceptance criteria:
- Show active context used and remaining as token counts.
- Update after every usage event and after context compaction.
- Keep the values distinct from cumulative input/output/session token counters.
- Omit them when the model context window or active usage is unknown, consistent with existing context status items.
- Document the new item IDs alongside the existing
/statuslineoptions.
This would let users judge exact context pressure and compaction headroom without estimating from a rounded percentage.
Additional information
A duplicate search found broader context-telemetry requests, but none for raw active-context token counts in the configurable CLI/TUI status line.