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Problem

After Settings > Providers > Cursor > Sign in with Cursor, Cursor shows as authenticated, but none of its usage appears. Limits are missing from Usage > Limits and the composer, and Cursor shows nothing on Usage > Cost and Usage > Tokens. Codex and Claude render normally. This was reported publicly: "i've authed successfully but it just doesn't render. chatgpt + claude usages are fine."

T3's Cursor sign-in stores the user API key that @cursor/sdk mints. Both Cursor usage readers refuse that credential:

• Limits. readCursorUsageLimits returned unsupported for any CURSOR_API_KEY, without making a request.
• History. CursorUsageAccounts.scan never looked at the instances' credentials at all. It read only a Cursor CLI or Keychain login, and with CURSOR_API_KEY set it answered "Cursor account history needs a Cursor CLI login on this server." On macOS, a user who signed in through T3 only saw an Enable button asking for Keychain access to a CLI login they may not have.

So the sign-in path T3 itself offers could never show Cursor usage. The same happened for a CURSOR_API_KEY set in the instance's environment.

Change

Both readers now use the API key from the instance's T3 sign-in or CURSOR_API_KEY. A new apiKey.ts exchanges the key for an access token at POST /auth/exchange_user_api_key. This is the same exchange @cursor/sdk 1.0.38 performs before calling aiserver.v1 services.

• Limits read DashboardService/GetCurrentPeriodUsage with that token.
• History reads DashboardService/GetFilteredUsageEvents on api2.cursor.sh with the token as a bearer. The cursor.com dashboard endpoint used for CLI logins answers 401 for API-key tokens. The RPC returns the same usageEventsDisplay shape, so parsing, paging, caching and dedupe are unchanged.
• Scan. CursorUsageAccounts.scan already received instances. It now reads each instance's CURSOR_API_KEY or its stored sign-in through readStoredCursorApiKey, an expiry-aware read of the credential store that doesn't load the SDK. When a key exists, it wins over the CLI and Keychain login, because it names the account the agent actually runs on. The CLI and Keychain paths are unchanged when no key exists. The history cache for an API key is keyed by a SHA-256 fingerprint of the key, so switching accounts never shows the previous account's records.

The original concern behind the guards still holds, because usage always comes from the key's own account and never from a CLI login that may belong to someone else. API keys only go to Cursor's default endpoint, matching the existing Keychain rule. A failed exchange becomes the existing generic error, which exposes no credential or response body. docs/user/usage.md is rewritten where it said Cursor usage needs a CLI login.

Scope and approval

This PR has no prior issue. It fixes one underlying bug: Cursor's usage readers don't accept the credential that T3's own Cursor sign-in stores. The reported symptom ("authed successfully but it just doesn't render") covers both the limits and the history views, and they're the two readers of that credential. The change stays inside packages/provider-cursor plus its tests and the user doc, with no contract, UI or settings changes. Web, desktop and mobile all read the same server snapshot and summary.

Verification

• Failing tests first. Each fix lands after a commit with failing tests.
  • Limits. usageLimits.test.ts changes its API-key case to expect exchange, then usage. It failed with expected [] to deeply equal [...], because no request was made.
  • History. accountUsage.test.ts adds an API-key source test that failed with expected 'Cursor Keychain credentials could not…' to equal null. UsageService.test.ts replaces the row that asserted "needs a Cursor CLI login" for CURSOR_API_KEY. The new case expects an env key and a stored T3 sign-in to drive the scan, and it failed with expected [] to deeply equal [ { kind: 'apiKey', … } ].
• Key change. does not show a previous Cursor account's history after the API key changes failed with expected true to be false before the fingerprinted cache key (from CodeRabbit's review).
• Live Cursor API, real key. The fixed readers return 49 history records, matching the RPC's totalUsageEventsCount, with per-model tokens and cost. They also return the three limit windows. On main, limits return { windows: [], unavailable: { reason: "unsupported" } }.
• Real client, stored sign-in. I seeded the dev server's credential store with the same StoredSdkCredentials JSON that Sign in with Cursor saves, and used no env key. Settings shows "Authenticated · Cursor account". The screenshots below come from that session, filtered to Cursor. The "before" Tokens view comes from the same session with only the history code reverted.
• vp run check:changed passes on format, lint, knip and typecheck. Two UsageService tests fail on my macOS machine, discovers Pi history in its default home… and retains Codex reconciliation…. They fail the same way on main (a /private/var vs /var path mismatch), and this PR doesn't touch them.

Running the app also caught a bug that unit tests missed. The production scan context has no ProviderHost, so the scan now provides the one CursorUsageAccounts already holds. I couldn't click through Cursor's interactive browser sign-in, because this machine has no Cursor login for the OAuth flow. That flow ends by storing the credential I seeded.

Tokens before (signed in, Cursor asks for a CLI login)	Tokens after

Cost after	Limits after (stored sign-in)

Limits before (signed in, no Cursor)	Limits after (all providers)

Maintainer pass

• Rebased onto main. exchangeCursorApiKey lost its endpoint parameter, since both callers only use Cursor's default endpoint.
• The key exchange now times out after 10 seconds. Before, a stalled exchange started before the 60-second history timeout and could leave a usage refresh waiting indefinitely.
• Keys for the same Cursor account, like two instances each signed in, now give one usage source. Before, sessions counted twice. The scan keeps a current read over another key's stale cache, and a refresh in progress over a failed key, so the client still follows up.
• Each fix landed after a test that failed without it, in accountUsage.test.ts and UsageService.test.ts. vp run check:changed passes.
• Live check on Linux with a real CURSOR_API_KEY: limits returned 3 windows and history returned the account's records. In the dev app, Settings shows Cursor authenticated with the API key, and Usage shows Cursor limits, tokens and cost.

Maintainer pass by claude-opus-5-5 in Claude Code.

Reviewed with sol-loop: 4 rounds with gpt-6.1-sol at high. Verdicts: approved, approved.

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Verdict: Approved at 0a27dc2

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Cursor usage limits now work with T3 sign-in and configured API keys. The credential exchange is restricted to Cursor's default endpoint and retains existing timeout and failure safeguards.

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Walkthrough

Cursor usage scans now accept API keys from provider environments or stored credentials. Account-history and usage-limit lookups exchange API keys for access tokens. Documentation describes credential sources, fallbacks, and endpoint restrictions.

Changes: Cursor API-key usage

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Credential discovery and routing packages/provider-cursor/src/server/accountCache.ts, packages/provider-cursor/src/server/credentialStore.ts, packages/provider-cursor/src/server/CursorUsageAccounts.ts, packages/provider-cursor/src/server/driver.ts, apps/server/src/usage/UsageService.test.ts, docs/user/usage.md	The scan accepts provider instances and uses each instance’s nonblank CURSOR_API_KEY, or its stored key when the environment value is blank or absent. It deduplicates keys and uses a SHA-256 fingerprint for API-key cache keys. The driver passes instances to the scan. Tests cover credential selection and account changes. Documentation describes usage sources and fallbacks.
Account-history requests packages/provider-cursor/src/server/apiKey.ts, packages/provider-cursor/src/server/accountUsage.ts, packages/provider-cursor/src/server/accountUsage.test.ts	Account-history lookup exchanges API keys for access tokens and uses those tokens for Cursor RPC usage-event requests. Tests check request authorization, parsed usage totals, and the exchange timeout. Other credential sources continue to use the dashboard endpoint with session-cookie authentication.
Usage-limit lookup packages/provider-cursor/src/server/apiKey.ts, packages/provider-cursor/src/server/usageLimits.ts, packages/provider-cursor/src/server/usageLimits.test.ts, docs/user/usage.md	When no auth token is supplied, limits lookup exchanges an API key for an access token at the default endpoint. API-key lookup returns unsupported for a custom endpoint. Tests and documentation cover credential and endpoint behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant readCursorAccountUsage
  participant exchangeCursorApiKey
  participant CursorUsageEvents
  readCursorAccountUsage->>exchangeCursorApiKey: Exchange API key
  exchangeCursorApiKey-->>readCursorAccountUsage: Return access token
  readCursorAccountUsage->>CursorUsageEvents: Request usage events with bearer token
  CursorUsageEvents-->>readCursorAccountUsage: Return usage events

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Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#19008: The changes exchange API-key credentials and request Cursor usage limits.

Suggested reviewers: yash-singh1, t3dotgg, juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: Low · up to 9040b

Usage can show incorrect limits or remain pending when credential reads stall; these narrow issues should be addressed or explicitly accepted.

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Use a controlled clock for this test.

1553-1553: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use a controlled clock for this test.

This case uses a fake account reader and local files. It does not need wall-clock execution. Use it.effect and set TestClock to a fixed date that fits WINDOW. As per coding guidelines, “Use wall-clock tests only for subprocess or network fixtures.” The test path instruction requires changed tests to follow that rule. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/usage/UsageService.test.ts at line 1553:
Replace the wall-clock `it.live` test for reading the Cursor account with an
`it.effect` test, and set `TestClock` to a fixed date within `WINDOW`. Preserve
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Use the API key's account for Cursor limits when both credentials are set.

74-91: Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Use the API key's account for Cursor limits when both credentials are set.

When CURSOR_API_KEY and CURSOR_AUTH_TOKEN are both set, readCursorUsageLimits skips the key exchange because the exchange runs only when !token && apiKey. It then reads limits with the auth token. The driver identifies the provider snapshot with CURSOR_API_KEY, so the limits attached to that snapshot can come from a different account.

The consequence appears when the two credentials belong to different Cursor accounts. The provider then shows one account's identity with another account's remaining quota.

The correction is to let an explicit CURSOR_API_KEY take precedence over CURSOR_AUTH_TOKEN for limits, so limits match the account used by the status check. The endpoint rule needs a decision first. The key exchange is restricted to the default endpoint, so a naive removal of the !token guard would also reject users who set a token and a custom endpoint. No patch is proposed until that policy is defined.

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Review comment at @packages/provider-cursor/src/server/usageLimits.ts around
lines 74 - 91:
Update readCursorUsageLimits so limits use the account associated with
CURSOR_API_KEY when both credentials are set, matching the provider snapshot
identity. Before changing the token-selection or exchange condition, establish
and implement the intended behavior for a configured API key with a custom
endpoint; preserve the existing endpoint restriction unless that policy is
explicitly resolved.

Bound both credential reads before starting the refresh.

291-309: Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Bound both credential reads before starting the refresh.

When an instance has no CURSOR_API_KEY, readStoredCursorApiKey waits on credentials.get without a timeout. Effect.forEach waits for that result before it creates any API-key account source. A stalled read can therefore block the Cursor usage scan.

The file-credential path has the same gap. Its existing 60-second timeout starts after the credential is read, so it does not bound fileSystem.readFileString. With awaitRefresh, a stalled read prevents the refresh from completing. Without it, the detached refresh remains pending and never updates the account cache.

Add local timeouts to both credential reads. A single outer timeout would only be sufficient if it covered both reads and the detached refresh lifetime.

Suggested fix

diff --git a/packages/provider-cursor/src/server/credentialStore.ts b/packages/provider-cursor/src/server/credentialStore.ts
@@
   const stored = yield* (yield* (yield* ProviderHost.ProviderHost).credentials(
     "cursor",
     instanceId,
-  )).get;
+  )).get.pipe(Effect.timeout("30 seconds"));
diff --git a/packages/provider-cursor/src/server/accountUsage.ts b/packages/provider-cursor/src/server/accountUsage.ts
@@
       ? fileSystem.readFileString(credentialSource).pipe(
           Effect.flatMap(decodeJson),
           Effect.map((credentials) => object(credentials).accessToken),
+          Effect.timeoutOrElse({
+            duration: Duration.seconds(30),
+            orElse: () => invalid("Cursor credential read timed out"),
+          }),
         )

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Review comment at @packages/provider-cursor/src/server/CursorUsageAccounts.ts
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Bound both credential reads with local timeouts: ensure readStoredCursorApiKey’s
underlying credentials.get and the file-credential read inside accountSource
cannot remain pending indefinitely. Apply each timeout before refresh work
begins, preserving the existing fallback and error behavior; do not rely on an
outer timeout that may not cover detached refreshes.

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Re the follow-up review, no changes for either point:

• CURSOR_AUTH_TOKEN and CURSOR_API_KEY both set. CURSOR_AUTH_TOKEN winning for limits is the precedence on main, where !token && CURSOR_API_KEY only short-circuited when no token was set. docs/user/usage.md documents it after the earlier thread. An explicit auth token is a deliberate override, and changing that precedence is a separate behavior change from this fix.
• Unbounded credential reads. The instance credential store and auth.json are local reads. On main, the driver's status check (auth.readApiKey) and the CLI-login history path already read them without a timeout. The network step this PR adds, the key exchange, is bounded at 10 seconds in 9040bbd. Adding timeouts to local reads across Cursor's credential paths belongs in its own change.