diff --git a/apps/desktop-tauri/src/components/MenuCard.chartRefresh.test.tsx b/apps/desktop-tauri/src/components/MenuCard.chartRefresh.test.tsx
index 8b36d224bb0..f31725dc693 100644
--- a/apps/desktop-tauri/src/components/MenuCard.chartRefresh.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop-tauri/src/components/MenuCard.chartRefresh.test.tsx
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ import { buildBundle } from "../test/localeHarness";
 import type { ProviderUsageSnapshot } from "../types/bridge";
 import MenuCard from "./MenuCard";
 
-const window0 = makeRateWindow(10, { reserveWillLastToReset: false, reserveEtaSeconds: null });
+function rateWindow(used: number) {
+  return makeRateWindow(used, { reserveWillLastToReset: false, reserveEtaSeconds: null });
+}
 
-function snapshot(updatedAt: string): ProviderUsageSnapshot {
+function snapshot(updatedAt: string, used: number): ProviderUsageSnapshot {
   return makeUsageSnapshot("claude", {
     displayName: "Claude",
-    primary: window0,
-    selectedMetric: window0,
+    primary: rateWindow(used),
+    selectedMetric: rateWindow(used),
     sourceLabel: "oauth",
     updatedAt,
     errorState: "unknown",
@@ -36,11 +38,11 @@ function snapshot(updatedAt: string): ProviderUsageSnapshot {
   });
 }
 
-function card(updatedAt: string) {
+function card(updatedAt: string, used = 10) {
   return (
     <LocaleProvider>
       <MenuCard
-        provider={snapshot(updatedAt)}
+        provider={snapshot(updatedAt, used)}
         display={{ hideEmail: false, resetTimeRelative: true }}
       />
     </LocaleProvider>
@@ -63,23 +65,29 @@ describe("MenuCard chart refresh", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("re-reads chart data only when the local day changes across an update", async () => {
+  it("re-reads chart data after same-day usage updates and across midnight", async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ["Date"] });
     try {
       vi.setSystemTime(new Date(2026, 9, 7, 23, 0, 0));
       const { rerender } = render(card("2026-10-07T23:00:00Z"));
       await waitFor(() => expect(tauriMocks.getProviderChartData).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
 
-      // Plain rerender and a same-day provider update do not refetch.
+      // A plain rerender must not start a second scan.
       rerender(card("2026-10-07T23:00:00Z"));
-      vi.setSystemTime(new Date(2026, 9, 7, 23, 30, 0));
-      rerender(card("2026-10-07T23:30:00Z"));
       expect(tauriMocks.getProviderChartData).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      // A refresh that only moves the timestamp must not rescan either.
+      vi.setSystemTime(new Date(2026, 9, 7, 23, 15, 0));
+      rerender(card("2026-10-07T23:15:00Z"));
+      expect(tauriMocks.getProviderChartData).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      // Published usage changes must reach the chart on the same day too.
+      vi.setSystemTime(new Date(2026, 9, 7, 23, 30, 0));
+      rerender(card("2026-10-07T23:30:00Z", 12));
+      await waitFor(() => expect(tauriMocks.getProviderChartData).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2));
 
       // The next update lands after local midnight; Today must be re-read.
       vi.setSystemTime(new Date(2026, 9, 8, 0, 5, 0));
-      rerender(card("2026-10-08T00:05:00Z"));
-      await waitFor(() => expect(tauriMocks.getProviderChartData).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2));
+      rerender(card("2026-10-08T00:05:00Z", 12));
+      await waitFor(() => expect(tauriMocks.getProviderChartData).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3));
     } finally {
       vi.useRealTimers();
     }
diff --git a/apps/desktop-tauri/src/components/MenuCard.tsx b/apps/desktop-tauri/src/components/MenuCard.tsx
index d8747691763..725a46eb42a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop-tauri/src/components/MenuCard.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop-tauri/src/components/MenuCard.tsx
@@ -184,10 +184,15 @@ export default function MenuCard({
     setChartData(null);
   }, [provider.providerId, provider.accountEmail]);
 
-  // Re-read the local-usage chart when the local calendar day changes (seen on
-  // the next render, e.g. a provider update), so "Today" does not freeze at the
-  // first mount without a full transcript walk on every refresh.
+  // Re-read the local-usage chart after a provider publishes changed usage and
+  // when a render crosses the local calendar day, so Today keeps advancing.
+  // `updatedAt` changes on every refresh, and each read can walk the local
+  // transcripts, so key on the usage values instead.
   const localDay = new Date().toLocaleDateString("sv");
+  const usageRevision = [provider.primary, provider.secondary, provider.tertiary]
+    .map((window) => window?.usedPercent ?? "")
+    .concat(provider.cost?.used ?? "")
+    .join("|");
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!providerSupportsChartData(provider.providerId) || accountScoped) return;
     let cancelled = false;
@@ -207,7 +212,7 @@ export default function MenuCard({
       if (frame !== undefined) cancelAnimationFrame(frame);
     };
     // "Track costs" flips local estimates on or off; the backend answers for the new value.
-  }, [provider.providerId, provider.accountEmail, localDay, costTrackingEnabled, accountScoped, onLayoutChange]);
+  }, [provider.providerId, provider.accountEmail, usageRevision, localDay, costTrackingEnabled, accountScoped, onLayoutChange]);
 
   // The Conversations list reads the same backend-cached summary as Usage & Spend,
   // which masks titles itself; a summary fetched under the other Hide Personal
diff --git a/apps/desktop-tauri/src/components/card/InlineDashboard.test.tsx b/apps/desktop-tauri/src/components/card/InlineDashboard.test.tsx
index 7fdba8534a0..9faaa768c17 100644
--- a/apps/desktop-tauri/src/components/card/InlineDashboard.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop-tauri/src/components/card/InlineDashboard.test.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ vi.mock("../../hooks/useLocale", () => ({
 
 import InlineDashboard, { barHeight, barOpacity } from "./InlineDashboard";
 import type { InlineDashboardModel } from "../../lib/inlineDashboard";
+import { inlineDashboardModel } from "../../lib/inlineDashboard";
 
 const model: InlineDashboardModel = {
   kpis: [
@@ -19,9 +20,9 @@ const model: InlineDashboardModel = {
     { title: "30d cost", value: "$25.42", emphasis: false },
   ],
   points: [
-    { date: "2026-10-09", value: 2, title: "2026-10-09: $2.00 · 10K tokens" },
-    { date: "2026-10-10", value: null, title: "2026-10-10" },
-    { date: "2026-10-11", value: 8, title: "2026-10-11: $8.00 · 40K tokens" },
+    { date: "2026-10-09", value: 2, hasUnpricedUsage: false, title: "2026-10-09: $2.00 · 10K tokens" },
+    { date: "2026-10-10", value: null, hasUnpricedUsage: false, title: "2026-10-10" },
+    { date: "2026-10-11", value: 8, hasUnpricedUsage: false, title: "2026-10-11: $8.00 · 40K tokens" },
   ],
   maxValue: 8,
   scaleLabel: "$8",
@@ -58,6 +59,27 @@ describe("bar geometry", () => {
 });
 
 describe("InlineDashboard", () => {
+  it("keeps token usage visible when its day has no known price", () => {
+    const unpriced = inlineDashboardModel({
+      providerId: "codex",
+      summary: {
+        todayCost: null, thirtyDayCost: null, thirtyDayTokens: 1000,
+        periodCost: null, periodTokens: 1000, reportingPeriod: "rolling:30",
+        latestTokens: 1000, topModel: null, estimateNote: "", tokenCostUpdatedAtMs: 0,
+      },
+      costHistory: [{ date: "2026-10-21", value: null }],
+      tokensHistory: [{ date: "2026-10-21", tokens: 1000 }],
+      quotaHistory: null,
+      t: (key) => key === "UsageSpendUnpriced" ? "Unpriced" : key,
+    })!;
+    const { container } = render(<InlineDashboard model={unpriced} />);
+    const bar = container.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".card-dash__bar")!;
+    expect(Number(bar.style.opacity)).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(parseFloat(bar.style.height)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3);
+    expect(bar.title).toContain("Unpriced");
+    expect(bar.title).not.toContain("$0");
+  });
+
   it("renders the KPIs, the chart, the recent windows and the detail lines", () => {
     const { container } = render(<InlineDashboard model={model} />);
     expect(screen.getByText("Today")).toHaveClass("card-dash__kpi-title");
diff --git a/apps/desktop-tauri/src/components/card/InlineDashboard.tsx b/apps/desktop-tauri/src/components/card/InlineDashboard.tsx
index d4595e23967..35c2fddd3d5 100644
--- a/apps/desktop-tauri/src/components/card/InlineDashboard.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop-tauri/src/components/card/InlineDashboard.tsx
@@ -54,12 +54,15 @@ function UsageBars({
           <span
             key={`${point.date}-${index}`}
             className={`card-dash__bar${hovered === index ? " card-dash__bar--selected" : ""}`}
-            data-empty={point.value == null ? "true" : undefined}
+            data-empty={point.value == null && !point.hasUnpricedUsage ? "true" : undefined}
+            data-unpriced={point.hasUnpricedUsage ? "true" : undefined}
             title={point.title}
             onMouseEnter={() => setHovered(index)}
             style={{
-              height: `${barHeight(point.value, maxValue)}px`,
-              opacity: barOpacity(point.value, maxValue),
+              height: `${point.hasUnpricedUsage ? 3 : barHeight(point.value, maxValue)}px`,
+              opacity: point.hasUnpricedUsage ? 0.55 : barOpacity(point.value, maxValue),
+              outline: point.hasUnpricedUsage ? "1px dashed currentColor" : undefined,
+              background: point.hasUnpricedUsage ? "transparent" : undefined,
             }}
           />
         ))}
diff --git a/apps/desktop-tauri/src/lib/inlineDashboard.ts b/apps/desktop-tauri/src/lib/inlineDashboard.ts
index 365e977317f..d77789cfea9 100644
--- a/apps/desktop-tauri/src/lib/inlineDashboard.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop-tauri/src/lib/inlineDashboard.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export interface DashboardKpi {
 export interface DashboardPoint {
   date: string;
   value: number | null;
+  hasUnpricedUsage: boolean;
   title: string;
 }
 
@@ -180,13 +181,16 @@ function chartPoints(input: InlineDashboardInput): DashboardPoint[] {
   const tokensByDate = new Map(input.tokensHistory.map((point) => [point.date, point.tokens]));
   return input.costHistory.slice(-CHART_DAYS).map((point) => {
     const tokens = tokensByDate.get(point.date);
+    const hasUnpricedUsage = point.value == null && tokens != null && tokens > 0;
+    const cost = hasUnpricedUsage ? input.t("UsageSpendUnpriced")
+      : point.value == null ? "—" : formatCostAmount(point.value, "USD");
     const title =
       point.value == null && tokens == null
         ? point.date
-        : `${point.date}: ${point.value == null ? "—" : formatCostAmount(point.value, "USD")} · ${
+        : `${point.date}: ${cost} · ${
             tokens == null ? "—" : `${compactCount(tokens)} ${input.t("UsageSpendTokens")}`
           }`;
-    return { date: point.date, value: point.value, title };
+    return { date: point.date, value: point.value, hasUnpricedUsage, title };
   });
 }