Context Usage in status bar shows global/last-updated value instead of the active chat
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Oct 5, 2025 by meAloex Closed Oct 8, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (gpeal, contributor)
responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.
What version of the VS Code extension are you using?
Version 0.5.17
Which IDE are you using?
Visual Studio Code – Insiders 1.105.0-insider
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26120.0 x64
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Create several Codex chats: A, B, C, D, E (each has its own task)
- Stay focused on chat A (or even the home page)
- Trigger work in other chats (B/C run background actions)
- Watch the Context Usage meter in the bottom-right status bar
What is the expected behavior?
Actual behavior
- The meter updates with whoever chat reports last
- While viewing A, the number fluctuates as B/C/D/E progress, so you can't read A real context at that moment
Expected behavior
- When a chat is focused, the status-bar meter should only reflect that chat’s usage
Artifacts:
Video:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/58f68521-0372-42fc-9fbf-273dd5edc914
What do you see instead?
On the home page, either:
- a) show nothing
- b) show a scoped value ("selected chat")
- c) show a compact hint for the chat with the highest fill ratio (Max: 75% — "Hello, describe…") or (Max elsewhere: 92%). Clicking the status item opens that chat
Additional information
_No response_
3 Comments
This has been fixed and rolled out.
And how exactly was this fixed? For me it's showing different values in every window. I run some codex in separate VMs for safety / sandboxing and in each vscode window / session it's reporting something completely different.
These 2 are from same moment, same user account
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