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Always visible context window status #1953
Description
Describe the feature or problem you'd like to solve
I'd like to see the current context usage permanently in the Copilot UI, like the "remaining reqs".
Proposed solution
Getting towards the end of the context window degrades LLM performance. The Copilot CLI doesn't give any indication when that's the case, however. Similar to "Remaining reqs.: 85.4%" in the bottom right, there could be an indicator like "67k/160k tokens (42%)".
Example prompts or workflows
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Additional context
Inspired by this video (timestamp 11:33):
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LeeLiZhang commentedon Aug 31, 2026
How to upvote this?
thomasa88 commentedon Oct 11, 2026
I think
/statusline-> context-used alleviates this a bit, but it is not always visible. E.g. when answering plan question dialogs, the statusline gets hidden.UX-wise, I'm not sure why the plan use is placed above the input box and the context use is placed below it. For me, the percentage shown closest to the chat contents would most naturally be the context window usage, not the plan usage.