Weekly quota display is ambiguous in VS Code extension

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
vscode

Research direction

Start in the VS Code extension's Work Locally menu and inspect the Usage Remaining UI and its tooltip. Reproduce the display with the reported Pro-plan context, identify what 10:37 represents, and verify that the percentage and time are explicitly labeled in both places.

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Description

enhancement extension rate-limits
What version of the IDE extension are you using?

26.527.31454

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which IDE are you using?

VS Code

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 24.6.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?
What issue are you seeing?

The Usage Remaining UI shows:

Weekly 13% 10:37

There is no label or explanation for what 10:37 means.

Why this is confusing

It is unclear whether 10:37 represents:

  • a countdown
  • time remaining until reset
  • a reset time of day
  • a duration
  • a local time or UTC time

The tooltip repeats the same values and does not provide clarification.

Observed behavior
  • The percentage changes over time.
  • The 10:37 value remained unchanged for more than 15 hours.
  • I am on the Pro plan.
  • Latest VS Code extension version.
What steps can reproduce the bug?

Open the Usage Remaining menu item in the Work Locally menu

What is the expected behavior?

The UI should explicitly state something like:

  • "13% remaining — resets at 10:37 AM NZST"
  • "13% remaining — 10h 37m until reset"

or otherwise explain the meaning of the time value.

Additional information

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