Release / 2026-09-30

ai-usagebar v1.29.0

Get a desktop notification when any AI limit is about to run out.

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Before you upgrade to v1.29.0

2 to fix

Use Rust 1.90 or newer to build from source.

Action requiredAffects: People building with cargo install or the source AUR package

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Star again any SuperGrok slice you had starred in the tray popover or menu bar; rows are now keyed by their group.

Action requiredOpen a usage dashboard from a tray icon on Windows.Affects: Tray users who starred SuperGrok breakdown rows

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Meters and the run-out flame now allow up to 110% of the pace line before warning, and the Omarchy bar no longer turns red just because a refresh failed or is cached.

Behavior changedAffects: Users watching bar colors

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What changed in v1.29.0

[notifications] threshold (default 97%) sends notify-send alerts, and banked resets warn 48 hours before they expire. account switch and account add work for Codex (--codex). Named accounts work for every API-key provider, Claude banked resets are shown, and DeepInfra is a new vendor. An experimental Linux Mint Cinnamon tray was added. Groups v1.23.0 to v1.29.0.

Also: Claude Code session context rows in the report; OpenRouter across workspaces; Grok Bot on Windows; the macOS tray updates itself; GNOME menu lists every provider; meters turn red only past 110% of the pace line.

v1.29.0; building from source now needs Rust 1.90. The ai-usagebar-bin AUR package now checks PGP signatures.

New things you can do

[notifications] threshold, default 97%.

AddedGet a desktop notification when a usage window crosses a threshold or a banked reset is about to expire.

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Fixed and improved

account switch <label> --codex and account add <label> --codex do the same for Codex logins, also from the macOS tray.

ImprovedSee and switch which Claude account the Claude Desktop app and the claude CLI are signed in as, on a Mac.

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Shows Claude's banked limit resets with their expiry ({resets_available}, {resets}).

ImprovedShow your Claude subscription's 5-hour session and weekly usage, with reset times, in Waybar and a terminal.

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DeepInfra added (balance, monthly spend, optional limit); named accounts work for every API-key provider.

ImprovedShow the remaining prepaid credit on Kilo, Novita, Moonshot and Grok (xAI) accounts.

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Experimental Linux Mint Cinnamon tray; right-click opens the Options menu, which is now the only place with Refresh.

ImprovedOpen a usage dashboard from a tray icon on Windows.

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Seeded by @iluxav with Claude Code (canido), from the release's public sources. Each change links to its evidence.