feat: local cost ledger, /cost command, and soft budget warnings

[BabyKoan]

Summary

Adds local, offline cost tracking: a JSONL usage ledger under ~/.haze/usage/, /cost and /usage slash commands, optional soft budget warnings, and a live session-cost estimate in the status bar.

Closes #28

Changes

• New src/core/usage/pricing.ts with bundled model-price table and user-editable priceOverrides.
• New src/core/usage/usageLedger.ts for date-partitioned JSONL append/read.
• New src/core/usage/budget.ts for optional soft-budget threshold warnings.
• New src/cli/commands/costCommand.ts implementing /cost [session|today|week] and /usage alias.
• streaming.ts now persists every finished turn and subagent tool-result usage to the ledger.
• chat.tsx shows an incremental ~$ session cost in the status bar and surfaces budget warnings as system messages.
• settings.ts extended with priceOverrides and budget fields.
• README updated with /cost, /usage, and budget configuration docs.

Test plan

• npm test -- tests/core/usage/pricing.test.ts tests/core/usage/usageLedger.test.ts tests/core/usage/budget.test.ts tests/cli/commands/costCommand.test.ts tests/cli/commands/streaming.test.ts passes.
• npm test (808 tests) passes.
• npm run typecheck and npm run lint pass.

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Quality Report

Changes: 15 files changed, 598 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Code scan: clean

Tests: passed (0 test)

Branch hygiene: clean

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[BabyKoan]

Previous review — superseded by a newer review below.

[BabyKoan]

Rebase with requested adjustments

Branch koan/implement-28 was rebased onto main and review feedback was applied.

Changes applied

• Changes applied and checks pass.
• src/cli/commands/chat.tsx: wrapped async checkBudget and priceForModel calls in try/catch, routing failures to debugLog to prevent unhandled rejections.
• src/cli/commands/streaming.ts: replaced empty .catch(() => undefined) on both ledger writes with debugLog-backed handlers so disk/permission errors are visible.
• src/core/usage/usageLedger.ts: readUsageEntries now treats only ENOENT as an empty ledger; other read errors are logged and re-thrown. Malformed JSONL lines are logged with line number and preview before being skipped.

Stats

15 files changed, 619 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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[atoomic]

@BabyKoan review

[BabyKoan]

Previous review — superseded by a newer review below.

[BabyKoan]

Rebase with requested adjustments

Branch koan/implement-28 was rebased onto main and review feedback was applied.

Changes applied

• ew feedback.
• src/core/usage/pricing.ts: Reject partial priceOverrides. If either input or output is missing, priceForModel returns undefined instead of defaulting the missing side to $0.
• src/core/usage/usageLedger.ts: Track files with malformed JSONL lines in a module-level set; expose getCorruptedLedgerFiles() / clearCorruptedLedgerFiles().
• src/cli/commands/costCommand.ts: Clear corruption state at start and append a warning when corrupted ledger lines were skipped, so /cost no longer silently undercounts.
• src/cli/commands/chat.tsx: Budget-check failures now log to stderr and emit a one-time system message. Session-cost failures also log to stderr and show cost unavailable in the status bar.
• src/cli/commands/streaming.ts: Added logUsageLedgerError helper that writes to stderr and surfaces a system message. Both main-turn and subagent usage-entry writes now use it instead of swallowing failures with debugLog.
• Type-check and lint pass.

Stats

15 files changed, 654 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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[atoomic]

@BabyKoan rr

[BabyKoan]

Previous review — superseded by a newer review below.

[BabyKoan]

Rebase with requested adjustments

Branch koan/implement-28 was rebased onto main and review feedback was applied.

Changes applied

• , surfaces a warning instead of silently returning undefined. Added matching test.
• Fixed session aggregation across midnight in src/cli/commands/costCommand.ts: /cost session now reads every daily ledger file from ctx.sessionStart through now instead of only the current day.
• Made cost/session React state pure and reset cleanly in src/cli/commands/chat.tsx: moved async budget/cost side effects out of setTokenUsage into a stable ref callback; added sessionUsageRef; reset budget warning registry, session usage, and session cost in startNewSession, initializeSession, and resumeLatestSession.
• Fixed architectural layer inversion: moved TokenUsage to new src/core/usage/types.ts; updated src/cli/commands/streaming.ts, src/cli/commands/streaming/turnRuntime.ts, src/cli/chat/turnState.ts, src/core/usage/usageLedger.ts, and src/core/usage/budget.ts to import from the shared core location.
• Validation: npm run typecheck and npm run lint pass.

Stats

18 files changed, 736 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

Actions performed

• Already-solved check: skipped (Claude call failed)
• Resolved merge conflicts (1 round(s))
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Previous review — superseded by a newer review below.

[BabyKoan]

Rebase with requested adjustments

Branch koan/implement-28 was rebased onto main and review feedback was applied.

Changes applied

• stinstead ofsessionUsage+runtime. chat.tsxtracks a running session cost per turn using the active model's price and passes that precomputed cost tocheckBudget`. Reviewer noted the old code priced every model's token aggregate with the current model's rate.
• Fixed midnight race in appendUsageEntry. A single Date is now captured at the start and used for both the entry ts and the file path. Reviewer warned that two separate new Date() calls could write an entry into the wrong daily JSONL file.
• Fixed silent partial priceOverrides fallback. priceForModel now merges the provided override field with the bundled default for the missing field, returning undefined only when neither exists. Reviewer flagged partial overrides were being silently discarded.
• Updated tests. budget.test.ts exercises the new sessionCost input; pricing.test.ts covers partial override merging and unknown-model fallback. Reviewer requested tests cover new behavior and edge cases.

Stats

18 files changed, 745 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

Actions performed

• Already-solved check: skipped (Claude call failed)
• Rebased koan/implement-28 onto upstream/main
• Applied review feedback
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[BabyKoan]

PR Review — feat: local cost ledger, /cost command, and soft budget warnings

Good foundation, but several prior-review correctness issues are still unfixed and one input-validation gap remains.

The rebase fixed the session-budget repricing bug by tracking a running session cost in chat.tsx and passing it to checkBudget, fixed the appendUsageEntry midnight race by using a single Date, and added partial-override merging in priceForModel. Tests now cover those paths.

Still needs attention:

• costForUsage ignores cache and reasoning tokens, so estimates are wrong for Anthropic-style pricing.
• Subagent tool-result usage is still logged under the parent model and priced at the parent's rate.
• Unknown /cost scopes silently produce an empty-looking report.
• The async budget-warning check can emit duplicate warnings under rapid usage.
• queuedWrite uses a temp file despite already having per-file write serialization.

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🟡 Important

1. Cost math ignores cache and reasoning tokens
src/core/usage/pricing.ts:36-42

costForUsage only prices inputTokens and outputTokens. The ledger already records cacheReadTokens, cacheWriteTokens, and reasoningTokens, but none of them affect the computed cost.

For providers that discount cache reads or bill reasoning separately (e.g. Anthropic), estimates will be materially wrong, and /cost totals will diverge from real spend. The bundled Anthropic prices make this especially noticeable.

Either extend TokenPricing with cache/read and reasoning rates and include those counters in costForUsage, or document this limitation explicitly in the README so users know the estimate is input+output only.

export function costForUsage(
  usage: {inputTokens?: number; outputTokens?: number},
  price: TokenPricing,
): number {
  const input = usage.inputTokens ?? 0;
  const output = usage.outputTokens ?? 0;
  return Math.round(((input * price.input + output * price.output) / 1000) * 1_000_000) / 1_000_000;
}

2. Subagent usage priced at the parent model rate
src/cli/commands/streaming.ts:331-337

Subagent token estimates from tool output are persisted with runtime.config, which is the parent turn's provider/model, not the subagent's actual model.

If the subagent ran a different model, the ledger will attribute those tokens to the parent model and price them at the parent's rate. The live session cost in chat.tsx prices the same subagent usage with the currently active model, so the two can disagree.

When the subagent's runtime config is available, pass it to appendUsageEntry. If it is not available, consider adding a flag (e.g. isSubagentEstimate: true) to the ledger entry so /cost can distinguish parent-model estimates from real turn usage.

          const nestedTokens = subagentTokenEstimate(part.output);
          if (nestedTokens) {
            const subUsage: TokenUsage = {inputTokens: nestedTokens.input, outputTokens: nestedTokens.output, systemPrompt: 0, messages: 0, toolSchemas: 0, outputEstimate: 0, cacheReadTokens: 0, cacheWriteTokens: 0, noCacheTokens: nestedTokens.input, reasoningTokens: 0, logicalInputEstimate: nestedTokens.input, effectiveNonCachedInput: nestedTokens.input};
            void appendUsageEntry(runtime.config, subUsage, {sessionStart: session?.start}).catch(error => {
              logUsageLedgerError('subagent', error, callbacks);
            });
            callbacks.recordTokenUsage?.(subUsage);
          }

3. Unknown `/cost` scope silently renders an empty report
src/cli/commands/costCommand.ts:81-100

/cost foo falls through all scope checks and outputs only the header line, with no error or usage hint.

A user who mistypes the scope will think the command is broken or that there is no usage data. Add an else branch that rejects unknown scopes, e.g. Unknown scope 'foo'. Use session, today, or week.

This is the main user-facing input boundary for the new command, so validation should be explicit.

  if (scope === '' || scope === 'session') {
    ...
  }
  if (scope === '' || scope === 'today') {
    ...
  }
  if (scope === '' || scope === 'week') {
    ...
  }

  const corrupted = getCorruptedLedgerFiles();

4. Budget warning check can race and emit duplicate warnings
src/cli/commands/chat.tsx:131-165

recordTokenUsageRef.current is async and not serialized. Two rapid usages can both await checkBudget, both see the same warning key as missing, and both append the same system message because the has-and-add guard is not atomic across the await boundary.

Users may see the same budget warning multiple times in one session. Serialize the checks with a promise chain, or re-check budgetWarningsRef.current.has(warning.key) immediately before calling setMessages.

      try {
        const warning = await checkBudget({settings, sessionCost: sessionCostRef.current, baseDir: HAZE_DIR});
        if (warning && !budgetWarningsRef.current.has(warning.key)) {
          budgetWarningsRef.current.add(warning.key);
          setMessages(m => [...m, {role: 'system', text: warning.message}]);
        }
      } catch (error) {

🟢 Suggestions

1. Unnecessary temp file in serialized ledger write
src/core/usage/usageLedger.ts:45-59

queuedWrite already serializes all writes to each file via writeQueues. Writing the line to a random temp file, reading it back, and then appending adds extra I/O and leaves temp files behind if the process crashes between the append and the finally cleanup.

Since serialization is already guaranteed, append the JSON line directly. If cross-process atomicity is required, write to a temp file and rename it to the target file name rather than using appendFile.

async function queuedWrite(file: string, line: string): Promise<void> {
  const previous = writeQueues.get(file) ?? Promise.resolve();
  const next = previous.then(async () => {
    await fs.ensureDir(path.dirname(file));
    const tmpFile = path.join(path.dirname(file), `.tmp-${process.pid}-${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}.jsonl`);
    await fs.writeFile(tmpFile, line, 'utf8');
    try {
      await fs.appendFile(file, await fs.readFile(tmpFile, 'utf8'), 'utf8');
    } finally {
      await fs.remove(tmpFile).catch(() => undefined);
    }
  });
  writeQueues.set(file, next.catch(() => undefined));
  await next;
}

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Checklist

• No hardcoded secrets or credentials
• Input validation at boundaries — warning ＃3
• Error handling for I/O and async operations
• Tests cover new behavior and edge cases — warning ＃1, warning ＃2, warning ＃3
• Backward-compatible config and data changes
• Core modules remain independent of CLI layer

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Silent Failure Analysis

🟡 **MEDIUM** — fire-and-forget async without error handling
src/cli/commands/costCommand.ts:54

Risk: clearCorruptedLedgerFiles is called without await or a catch handler, so if the cleanup is async and fails, the error is dropped and the user may still see stale corruption warnings.

export async function handleCostCommand(
  args: string,
  ctx: CommandContext,
  options?: {baseDir?: string},
): Promise<CommandResult> {
  clearCorruptedLedgerFiles();
  const scope = args.trim().toLowerCase();

Fix: Await clearCorruptedLedgerFiles and surface any failure to the user before proceeding to read the ledger.

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Automated review by Kōan (Claude) HEAD=d665e39 22 min 12s