feat(claude-accounts): switch accounts before a usage limit

docs/site/content/docs/agents/claude-code.mdx

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Orca reads your local `~/.claude` usage state and shows current usage plus rate-
 
 Orca supports multiple Claude accounts and can swap between them in one click, matching the Codex flow. Switching accounts works even with live Claude sessions running — Orca holds the in-progress switch behind a guard so you don't trigger overlapping auth refreshes. See [Hot-swap Codex accounts](/docs/agents/codex-hot-swap) — the Claude flow is identical in shape.
 
+With two or more Claude accounts on this device, **Settings → Accounts → Claude → Switch accounts before a usage limit** lets Orca do the swap for you. Once the selected account passes 90% of its 5-hour or weekly limit and another account has clearly more room left, the next Claude you start uses that account. Claude sessions already running are handled as after a switch by hand, following **When you switch accounts while Claude is running** (ask, always restart, or never restart). It is off by default.
+
 ## Subagents and teams
 
 Background subagents and Agent Teams teammates can show as expandable child rows under the lead agent in the worktree agent list and [Agent Dashboard](/docs/model/agents-sessions#agent-dashboard). Selecting a child focuses the lead terminal.

src/main/claude-accounts/claude-account-auto-switch-policy.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import type { InactiveAccountUsage, ProviderRateLimits } from '../../shared/rate-limit-types'
+import {
+  CLAUDE_AUTO_SWITCH_COOLDOWN_MS,
+  pickClaudeAutoSwitchTarget
+} from './claude-account-auto-switch-policy'
+
+function limits(session: number, weekly = 0, status: ProviderRateLimits['status'] = 'ok') {
+  const window = (usedPercent: number, windowMinutes: number) => ({
+    usedPercent,
+    windowMinutes,
+    resetsAt: null,
+    resetDescription: null
+  })
+  return {
+    provider: 'claude' as const,
+    session: window(session, 300),
+    weekly: window(weekly, 10_080),
+    updatedAt: 0,
+    error: null,
+    status
+  }
+}
+
+function usage(accountId: string, rateLimits: ProviderRateLimits): InactiveAccountUsage {
+  return { accountId, rateLimits, updatedAt: rateLimits.updatedAt, isFetching: false }
+}
+
+// The 5-hour window ended a minute ago, as an idle session's stale report would show it.
+function sessionEnded(usedPercent: number): ProviderRateLimits {
+  const reading = limits(usedPercent)
+  return { ...reading, session: { ...reading.session, resetsAt: NOW - 60_000 } }
+}
+
+const NOW = Date.UTC(2026, 9, 12, 9)
+const COOLED_DOWN = CLAUDE_AUTO_SWITCH_COOLDOWN_MS
+
+function pick(
+  active: ProviderRateLimits,
+  candidates: InactiveAccountUsage[],
+  msSinceLastSwitch: number
+): string | null {
+  return pickClaudeAutoSwitchTarget(active, candidates, {
+    now: NOW,
+    lastSwitchAt: NOW - msSinceLastSwitch
+  })
+}
+
+describe('pickClaudeAutoSwitchTarget', () => {
+  it('stays while the active account is under the line', () => {
+    expect(pick(limits(89), [usage('b', limits(0))], COOLED_DOWN)).toBe(null)
+  })
+
+  it('moves to the account with the most room once the active account crosses the line', () => {
+    const candidates = [usage('b', limits(50)), usage('c', limits(20)), usage('d', limits(35))]
+
+    expect(pick(limits(90), candidates, COOLED_DOWN)).toBe('c')
+  })
+
+  it('counts the weekly window as well as the 5-hour one', () => {
+    expect(pick(limits(10, 95), [usage('b', limits(10, 10))], COOLED_DOWN)).toBe('b')
+  })
+
+  it('ranks candidates by their tightest window', () => {
+    const candidates = [usage('b', limits(5, 85)), usage('c', limits(40, 40))]
+
+    expect(pick(limits(92), candidates, COOLED_DOWN)).toBe('c')
+  })
+
+  it('stays when the best account is not clearly better', () => {
+    expect(pick(limits(91), [usage('b', limits(86))], COOLED_DOWN)).toBe(null)
+  })
+
+  it('never moves to an account that is itself over the line before the limit is hit', () => {
+    expect(pick(limits(99), [usage('b', limits(90))], COOLED_DOWN)).toBe(null)
+  })
+
+  it('skips accounts whose usage could not be read', () => {
+    const candidates = [usage('expired', limits(0, 0, 'error')), usage('b', limits(40))]
+
+    expect(pick(limits(95), candidates, COOLED_DOWN)).toBe('b')
+  })
+
+  it('stays while the active usage cannot be read', () => {
+    expect(pick(limits(100, 0, 'error'), [usage('b', limits(0))], COOLED_DOWN)).toBe(null)
+  })
+
+  it('waits out the cooldown after the last switch', () => {
+    const candidates = [usage('b', limits(10))]
+
+    expect(pick(limits(95), candidates, COOLED_DOWN - 1)).toBe(null)
+  })
+
+  it('at the limit, takes any account with room even during the cooldown', () => {
+    const candidates = [usage('b', limits(97)), usage('c', limits(100))]
+
+    expect(pick(limits(100), candidates, 0)).toBe('b')
+  })
+
+  it('ignores usage from a window that has already reset', () => {
+    expect(pick(sessionEnded(96), [usage('b', limits(0))], COOLED_DOWN)).toBe(null)
+  })
+
+  it('counts an account as free again once its window has reset', () => {
+    expect(pick(limits(95), [usage('b', sessionEnded(100))], COOLED_DOWN)).toBe('b')
+  })
+
+  it('reads an account whose windows have all reset as empty', () => {
+    const allEnded = (usedPercent: number): ProviderRateLimits => {
+      const reading = limits(usedPercent, usedPercent)
+      const ended = { resetsAt: NOW - 60_000 }
+      return {
+        ...reading,
+        session: { ...reading.session, ...ended },
+        weekly: { ...reading.weekly, ...ended }
+      }
+    }
+
+    expect(pick(allEnded(100), [usage('b', limits(0))], COOLED_DOWN)).toBe(null)
+    expect(pick(limits(95), [usage('b', allEnded(100))], COOLED_DOWN)).toBe('b')
+  })
+
+  it('stays when every account is out', () => {
+    const candidates = [usage('b', limits(100)), usage('c', limits(20, 100))]
+
+    expect(pick(limits(100), candidates, COOLED_DOWN)).toBe(null)
+  })
+})

src/main/claude-accounts/claude-account-auto-switch-policy.ts

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+import type { InactiveAccountUsage, ProviderRateLimits } from '../../shared/rate-limit-types'
+
+const CLAUDE_AUTO_SWITCH_THRESHOLD_PERCENT = 90
+// Why: a switch only reaches the next Claude started, so a fresh pick needs time to be used.
+export const CLAUDE_AUTO_SWITCH_COOLDOWN_MS = 5 * 60_000
+// Why: an account only a few points under the line would cross it again within minutes.
+const MIN_PERCENT_GAINED = 10
+
+/** The tightest 5-hour or weekly window still running (0 once both reset), or null when usage could not be read. */
+function getClaudeUsedPercent(limits: ProviderRateLimits | null, now: number): number | null {
+  if (limits?.status !== 'ok') {
+    return null
+  }
+  const windows = [limits.session, limits.weekly].filter((window) => window !== null)
+  if (windows.length === 0) {
+    return null
+  }
+  // Why: a window past its reset has started over, yet an idle session still reports its old usage.
+  const current = windows.filter((window) => window.resetsAt === null || window.resetsAt > now)
+  return Math.max(0, ...current.map((window) => window.usedPercent))
+}
+
+export function isClaudeOverAutoSwitchLine(
+  limits: ProviderRateLimits | null,
+  now: number
+): boolean {
+  return (getClaudeUsedPercent(limits, now) ?? 0) >= CLAUDE_AUTO_SWITCH_THRESHOLD_PERCENT
+}
+
+/** The account new Claude sessions should move to, or null to stay. */
+export function pickClaudeAutoSwitchTarget(
+  active: ProviderRateLimits | null,
+  candidates: InactiveAccountUsage[],
+  { now, lastSwitchAt }: { now: number; lastSwitchAt: number }
+): string | null {
+  const used = getClaudeUsedPercent(active, now)
+  if (used === null || used < CLAUDE_AUTO_SWITCH_THRESHOLD_PERCENT) {
+    return null
+  }
+  const atLimit = used >= 100
+  if (!atLimit && now - lastSwitchAt < CLAUDE_AUTO_SWITCH_COOLDOWN_MS) {
+    return null
+  }
+  const best = candidates
+    .flatMap((candidate) => {
+      const candidateUsed = getClaudeUsedPercent(candidate.rateLimits, now)
+      return candidateUsed !== null && candidateUsed < 100
+        ? [{ accountId: candidate.accountId, used: candidateUsed }]
+        : []
+    })
+    .sort((a, b) => a.used - b.used)[0]
+  if (!best) {
+    return null
+  }
+  // Why: at the limit the agent stops anyway, so any account with room beats staying.
+  if (atLimit) {
+    return best.accountId
+  }
+  const clearlyBetter =
+    best.used < CLAUDE_AUTO_SWITCH_THRESHOLD_PERCENT && best.used <= used - MIN_PERCENT_GAINED
+  return clearlyBetter ? best.accountId : null
+}