From 922ca2ee1ccb7cc00f6c9fd7252a1c41de77710e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 14:52:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(status): surface provider usage errors

---
 src/auto-reply/reply/commands.ts |  9 +++++++++
 src/infra/provider-usage.ts      | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands.ts
index 222fb9081..65a36f203 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,15 @@ export async function buildStatusReply(params: {
         agentDir: statusAgentDir,
       });
       usageLine = formatUsageSummaryLine(usageSummary, { now: Date.now() });
+      if (
+        !usageLine &&
+        (resolvedVerboseLevel === "on" || resolvedElevatedLevel === "on")
+      ) {
+        const entry = usageSummary.providers[0];
+        if (entry?.error) {
+          usageLine = `📊 Usage: ${entry.displayName} (${entry.error})`;
+        }
+      }
     }
   } catch {
     usageLine = null;
diff --git a/src/infra/provider-usage.ts b/src/infra/provider-usage.ts
index c5bc53a4f..8d840a306 100644
--- a/src/infra/provider-usage.ts
+++ b/src/infra/provider-usage.ts
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ async function fetchClaudeUsage(
     {
       headers: {
         Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
+        "User-Agent": "clawdbot",
+        Accept: "application/json",
+        "anthropic-version": "2023-06-01",
         "anthropic-beta": "oauth-2025-04-20",
       },
     },
@@ -304,11 +307,22 @@ async function fetchClaudeUsage(
   );
 
   if (!res.ok) {
+    let message: string | undefined;
+    try {
+      const data = (await res.json()) as {
+        error?: { message?: unknown } | null;
+      };
+      const raw = data?.error?.message;
+      if (typeof raw === "string" && raw.trim()) message = raw.trim();
+    } catch {
+      // ignore parse errors
+    }
+    const suffix = message ? `: ${message}` : "";
     return {
       provider: "anthropic",
       displayName: PROVIDER_LABELS.anthropic,
       windows: [],
-      error: `HTTP ${res.status}`,
+      error: `HTTP ${res.status}${suffix}`,
     };
   }