diff --git a/bin/omarchy-agent-usage-claude b/bin/omarchy-agent-usage-claude
index d8443094..e615c583 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-agent-usage-claude
+++ b/bin/omarchy-agent-usage-claude
@@ -1031,11 +1031,8 @@ def probe_limits(access_token: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
   return {"ok": True, "limits": limits}
 
 
-# A cached percentage outlives the probe that measured it, but only until its
-# window rolls over: once a window has reset, the figure describes a period
-# that is over, and a stale 78% would misreport an allowance that is now
-# untouched. A window with no reset time, or one that will not parse, is kept
-# — an unreadable timestamp is no reason to throw away a real number.
+# Cached windows reset to zero when their measured period ends. Without a
+# fresh probe, the next rolling window has no known reset time yet.
 def limit_window_open(entry: dict[str, Any], now: dt.datetime) -> bool:
   raw = str(entry.get("resetsAt") or "")
   if raw == "":
@@ -1054,7 +1051,10 @@ def usable_cached_limits(cached: dict[str, Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
   if not isinstance(entries, list):
     return []
   now = dt.datetime.now(dt.timezone.utc)
-  return [entry for entry in entries if isinstance(entry, dict) and limit_window_open(entry, now)]
+  return [
+    entry if limit_window_open(entry, now) else dict(entry, percent=0.0, resetsAt="")
+    for entry in entries if isinstance(entry, dict)
+  ]
 
 
 def collect_limits(access_token: str, expires_at_ms: int, refresh_expires_at_ms: int, force: bool, cache_name: str = "claude-limits.json") -> dict[str, Any]:
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ def collect_limits(access_token: str, expires_at_ms: int, refresh_expires_at_ms:
   # refreshes the credential file when it runs, so a machine left alone long
   # enough finds the saved token lapsed. Say so — an empty limits list with
   # nothing else set hides the whole section and explains nothing — and keep
-  # showing the last numbers whose window has not since reset.
+  # showing the last numbers, resetting elapsed windows to zero.
   if access_token == "":
     result["limits"] = fallback
     result["usageStatusText"] = "Waiting for auth"
@@ -1168,24 +1168,6 @@ def registered_accounts() -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
   return accounts
 
 
-# A parked account whose sign-in lapsed can't be probed, and once every window
-# it last saw has reset, the cache has nothing current to offer. That is not
-# "unknown" — a reset window is an untouched allowance, and switching needs to
-# know this account is the one with the most room. Each window it last saw
-# comes back at 0%.
-def replenished_limits(cache_name: str) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
-  cached = read_json(cache_root() / cache_name) or {}
-  entries = cached.get("limits")
-  if not isinstance(entries, list):
-    return []
-  now = dt.datetime.now(dt.timezone.utc)
-  return [
-    dict(entry, percent=0.0, resetsAt="")
-    for entry in entries
-    if isinstance(entry, dict) and not limit_window_open(entry, now)
-  ]
-
-
 def current_account_id(home: Path) -> str:
   try:
     account = json.loads(profile_path(home).read_text(encoding="utf-8")).get("oauthAccount") or {}
@@ -1211,8 +1193,6 @@ def account_limits(account: dict[str, Any], force: bool) -> dict[str, Any]:
   else:
     cache_name = f"claude-limits-{key}.json"
   limits = collect_limits(access_token, expires_at_ms, refresh_expires_at_ms, force, cache_name)
-  if not limits["live"] and not limits["limits"]:
-    limits["limits"] = replenished_limits(cache_name)
   return {
     "id": account["id"],
     "label": str(account.get("label") or account["id"]),
diff --git a/shell/plugins/agents/Panel.qml b/shell/plugins/agents/Panel.qml
index a209ddfc..67563f62 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/agents/Panel.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/agents/Panel.qml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Panel {
 
   property bool cursorActive: false
 
-  // Countdowns and "as of" ages read this instead of Date.now() so the
+  // Countdowns and "last updated" ages read this instead of Date.now() so the
   // panel keeps telling the truth while it sits open.
   property double nowMs: Date.now()
 
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ Panel {
 
   function otherTrouble(item) {
     var status = String(item && item.usageStatusText || "")
-    return status !== "" && !needsSignIn(item) ? status : ""
+    return status !== "" && status !== "Limits paused" && !needsSignIn(item) ? status : ""
   }
 
   // Sign an account that's already here in again, following along in the
@@ -499,10 +499,12 @@ Panel {
   // titled after its model, and a name like "Opus 5 (1M context)" would parse
   // as a one-minute window.
   function limitWindow(label, percent, resetAt, title) {
+    var reset = new Date(String(resetAt || "")).getTime()
+    var expired = isFinite(reset) && reset <= root.nowMs
     return {
       title: String(title || "") !== "" ? String(title) : windowTitle(label),
-      percent: Number(percent),
-      resetAt: String(resetAt || "")
+      percent: expired ? 0 : Number(percent),
+      resetAt: expired ? "" : String(resetAt || "")
     }
   }
 
@@ -1837,10 +1839,9 @@ Panel {
   component CompactLimit: Item {
     id: compact
     property var window: null
-    // Numbers kept past a failed check dim, and say how old they are on hover.
+    // The age of numbers kept past a failed check is shown only on hover.
     property bool stale: false
     property real fetchedAt: 0
-    opacity: stale ? 0.5 : 1.0
     readonly property var scoped: window && window.scoped ? window.scoped : []
     readonly property bool alarming: window && window.percent >= 0.9
     readonly property real resetMs: root.resetMsFor(window)
@@ -1858,8 +1859,8 @@ Panel {
         }
         if (compact.stale)
           lines.push(compact.fetchedAt > 0 && root.nowMs - compact.fetchedAt > 60000
-            ? "As of " + root.formatDuration(root.nowMs - compact.fetchedAt) + " ago"
-            : "Last known")
+            ? "Last updated " + root.formatDuration(root.nowMs - compact.fetchedAt) + " ago"
+            : compact.fetchedAt > 0 ? "Last updated less than a minute ago" : "Last updated time unavailable")
         for (var i = 0; i < compact.scoped.length; i++)
           lines.push(compact.scoped[i].title + ": " + Math.round(compact.scoped[i].percent * 100) + "% of its "
             + String(compact.window ? compact.window.title : "").toLowerCase() + " allowance")
diff --git a/test/shell.d/agent-usage-claude-limits-test.sh b/test/shell.d/agent-usage-claude-limits-test.sh
index 7c2b469c..5372075a 100644
--- a/test/shell.d/agent-usage-claude-limits-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/agent-usage-claude-limits-test.sh
@@ -171,18 +171,20 @@ expired=$(collect_limits "token" 1000 1000 "$cache")
   fail "Claude collector says how to refresh an expired sign-in" "$expired"
 pass "Claude collector reports an expired sign-in instead of hiding the section"
 
-# The window that has not reset is still true; the one that has is not.
-[[ $(jq -c '[.limits[].label]' <<<"$expired") == '["Weekly (7-day)"]' ]] ||
-  fail "Claude collector keeps only cached windows that have not reset" "$expired"
-pass "Claude collector keeps only cached windows that have not reset"
+# The elapsed session resets to zero while the weekly usage stays intact.
+[[ $(jq -c '[.limits[].label]' <<<"$expired") == '["Session (5-hour)","Weekly (7-day)"]' ]] ||
+  fail "Claude collector keeps cached windows and resets elapsed ones" "$expired"
+[[ $(jq '[.limits[].percent] == [0,0.11]' <<<"$expired") == "true" && $(jq -r '.limits[0].resetsAt' <<<"$expired") == "" ]] ||
+  fail "Claude collector resets just the elapsed window" "$expired"
+pass "Claude collector keeps cached windows and resets elapsed ones"
 
-# Nothing worth showing: the status still explains the silence.
+# A wholly reset cache still shows the empty allowance.
 stale=$(collect_limits "token" 1000 1000 "$(jq -c '.limits |= [.[0]]' <<<"$cache")")
-[[ $(jq -c '.limits' <<<"$stale") == "[]" && $(jq -r '.usageStatusText' <<<"$stale") == "Sign-in expired" ]] ||
-  fail "Claude collector drops a wholly reset cache but keeps explaining itself" "$stale"
-[[ $(jq -r '.authHelpText' <<<"$stale") != *"last known"* ]] ||
-  fail "Claude collector promises no last-known limits when it has none" "$stale"
-pass "Claude collector drops a wholly reset cache but keeps explaining itself"
+[[ $(jq '.limits | map(.percent) == [0]' <<<"$stale") == "true" && $(jq -r '.usageStatusText' <<<"$stale") == "Sign-in expired" ]] ||
+  fail "Claude collector resets a wholly elapsed cache to zero" "$stale"
+[[ $(jq -r '.authHelpText' <<<"$stale") == *"last known"* ]] ||
+  fail "Claude collector keeps the timestamp and guidance for a reset cache" "$stale"
+pass "Claude collector resets a wholly elapsed cache to zero"
 
 # The access token lives about eight hours; the refresh token behind it lives
 # about thirty days, and the CLI mints a new access token from it on its next
@@ -194,7 +196,7 @@ paused=$(collect_limits "token" 1000 "$live_refresh" "$cache")
   fail "Claude collector calls a lapsed access token paused, not signed out" "$paused"
 [[ $(jq -r '.authHelpText' <<<"$paused") != *"claude auth login"* ]] ||
   fail "Claude collector does not send a signed-in machine back through login" "$paused"
-[[ $(jq -c '[.limits[].label]' <<<"$paused") == '["Weekly (7-day)"]' ]] ||
+[[ $(jq -c '[.limits[].label]' <<<"$paused") == '["Session (5-hour)","Weekly (7-day)"]' ]] ||
   fail "Claude collector keeps open cached windows while the access token is stale" "$paused"
 pass "Claude collector calls a lapsed access token paused, not signed out"
 
@@ -202,7 +204,7 @@ pass "Claude collector calls a lapsed access token paused, not signed out"
 signed_out=$(collect_limits "" 0 0 "$cache")
 [[ $(jq -r '.usageStatusText' <<<"$signed_out") == "Waiting for auth" ]] ||
   fail "Claude collector still reports a missing token" "$signed_out"
-[[ $(jq -c '[.limits[].label]' <<<"$signed_out") == '["Weekly (7-day)"]' ]] ||
+[[ $(jq -c '[.limits[].label]' <<<"$signed_out") == '["Session (5-hour)","Weekly (7-day)"]' ]] ||
   fail "Claude collector serves open cached windows without a token" "$signed_out"
 pass "Claude collector serves open cached windows without a token"
 
@@ -210,14 +212,14 @@ pass "Claude collector serves open cached windows without a token"
 # time, not by the file's age. A backwards clock correction must not discard
 # an otherwise open fallback when no token is available to replace it.
 future_fallback=$(collect_limits "" 0 0 "$cache" 3600)
-[[ $(jq -c '[.limits[].label]' <<<"$future_fallback") == '["Weekly (7-day)"]' ]] ||
+[[ $(jq -c '[.limits[].label]' <<<"$future_fallback") == '["Session (5-hour)","Weekly (7-day)"]' ]] ||
   fail "Claude collector keeps open fallback limits after a backwards clock correction" "$future_fallback"
 pass "Claude collector keeps open fallback limits after a backwards clock correction"
 
 # A live token that cannot reach the endpoint keeps the old contract: the open
 # window stands in, and the shell is asked to retry sooner than its interval.
 unreachable=$(collect_limits "token" 0 0 "$cache")
-[[ $(jq -c '[.limits[].label]' <<<"$unreachable") == '["Weekly (7-day)"]' ]] ||
+[[ $(jq -c '[.limits[].label]' <<<"$unreachable") == '["Session (5-hour)","Weekly (7-day)"]' ]] ||
   fail "Claude collector falls back to cache when the probe cannot connect" "$unreachable"
 [[ $(jq -r '.retryAdvised' <<<"$unreachable") == "true" ]] ||
   fail "Claude collector advises a retry after a transport failure" "$unreachable"
@@ -321,10 +323,11 @@ pass "Claude collector caches a successful probe"
 run_node_test <<'JS'
 const fs = require('fs')
 const source = fs.readFileSync(root + '/shell/plugins/agents/Panel.qml', 'utf8')
+const panelRoot = { nowMs: Date.now() }
 const start = source.indexOf('function windowIsLong')
 const end = source.indexOf('// The window that decides')
 assert(start > 0 && end > start, 'agents panel exposes its limit-window helpers')
-eval(source.slice(start, end))
+eval(source.slice(start, end).replaceAll('root.nowMs', 'panelRoot.nowMs'))
 
 assertDeepEqual(
   limitWindows({ limits: [
@@ -344,6 +347,13 @@ assertDeepEqual(
   'agents panel still reads a window out of a label that carries no title'
 )
 
+const resetAt = new Date(panelRoot.nowMs + 1000).toISOString()
+const measured = { limits: [{ label: 'Session (5-hour)', percent: 0.78, resetsAt: resetAt }] }
+assertEqual(limitWindows(measured)[0].percent, 0.78, 'usage remains until the reset time')
+panelRoot.nowMs += 1000
+assertDeepEqual(limitWindows(measured), [{ title: 'Session', percent: 0, resetAt: '' }], 'usage resets at the deadline while the panel stays open')
+assertEqual(measured.limits[0].percent, 0.78, 'display reset leaves the measured record intact')
+
 // A model's weekly allowance rides under the Weekly row; one whose window has
 // no row of its own keeps a row.
 assertDeepEqual(
diff --git a/test/shell.d/agents-panel-test.sh b/test/shell.d/agents-panel-test.sh
index d9e742a2..e79ca340 100755
--- a/test/shell.d/agents-panel-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/agents-panel-test.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ assert(/target\.kind === "signin"\) signInAgain\(/.test(panelSource) && /target\
 assert(/target\.kind === "autoswitch"\) setSwitchMode\(/.test(panelSource), 'Enter on Autoswitch flips the switch mode')
 assert(/keyColumn = use >= 0 \? use : /.test(panelSource), 'moving up or down onto an account lands on Use')
 assert(/Qt\.callLater\(function\(\) \{ if \(picking\) pointAt\("choice", 0\) \}\)/.test(panelSource), 'picking an agent to add starts with the first one focused')
-assert(/opacity: stale \? 0\.5 : 1\.0/.test(panelSource) && /"As of " \+ root\.formatDuration/.test(panelSource), 'limits kept from an earlier check dim and say how old they are on hover')
+assert(!/opacity: stale \?/.test(panelSource) && /"Last updated " \+ root\.formatDuration/.test(panelSource), 'stale limits say how old they are only on hover')
 assert(/onPickingChanged: resetKeys\(\)/.test(panelSource), 'the cursor starts over when the agent list comes or goes')
 assert(!/t === "a" \|\| t === "A"/.test(panelSource), 'adding an account has no hotkey; the + is the way in')
 assert(/if \(!accounts\[a\]\.active\) \{/.test(panelSource) && /if \(row\.length > 0\) rows\.push\(row\)/.test(panelSource), 'the active account with nothing to fix is not a keyboard stop')