diff --git a/docs/CLI.md b/docs/CLI.md
index a9c25bcdcc9..063a48c2c1e 100644
--- a/docs/CLI.md
+++ b/docs/CLI.md
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ codexbar serve --port 8080
 
 Typical endpoints: `/health`, `/usage`, `/cost`, and `/dashboard/v1/snapshot`. Loopback default keeps local use simple; treat non-loopback as a threat-model choice because the token for protected requests crosses the network over HTTP.
 
+The dashboard page at `/` has a "Usage display" control (Follow server, Used, Remaining). Follow server uses `host.usageBarsShowUsed` from the snapshot; the other two override it for this browser only, stored in `localStorage` under `codexbar.dashboard.usageDisplay`. Changing it re-renders the cached snapshot without refetching. Bar colour always follows consumption (70% used warns, 90% used is full), whichever value is shown.
+
 Pass `--metrics` to enable the Prometheus text endpoint at `/metrics`; it returns `404` when the flag is absent. The endpoint uses the same Host allowlist, Bearer token, snapshot cache, and single-flight collection as the dashboard snapshot. A scrape never waits for provider I/O: it returns the last successful snapshot while an expired value refreshes in the background, or `codexbar_up 0` until the first collection succeeds.
 
 ```powershell
diff --git a/rust/src/cli/serve/dashboard/dashboard.html b/rust/src/cli/serve/dashboard/dashboard.html
index 73e117b7564..16360f7e595 100644
--- a/rust/src/cli/serve/dashboard/dashboard.html
+++ b/rust/src/cli/serve/dashboard/dashboard.html
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
 <style>
   :root { color-scheme: dark; }
   body { margin: 0; background: #101014; color: #e8e8ec; font: 13px/1.45 -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Microsoft YaHei", sans-serif; }
-  header { position: sticky; top: 0; z-index: 2; display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 12px; padding: 14px 20px; background: rgba(16,16,20,.92); backdrop-filter: blur(8px); border-bottom: 1px solid #26262e; }
+  header { position: sticky; top: 0; z-index: 2; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: baseline; gap: 8px 12px; padding: 14px 20px; background: rgba(16,16,20,.92); backdrop-filter: blur(8px); border-bottom: 1px solid #26262e; }
   h1 { font-size: 15px; margin: 0; font-weight: 650; }
   #freshness { color: #8b8b95; font-size: 12px; }
   #freshness.stale { color: #f8b04a; }
+  .display-preference { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; color: #8b8b95; font-size: 12px; }
+  .display-preference select { background: #17171d; color: #e8e8ec; border: 1px solid #33333c; border-radius: 6px; padding: 3px 6px; font: inherit; }
   #first-load { padding: 40px 20px; color: #8b8b95; }
   #error-banner { display: none; margin: 14px 20px 0; padding: 10px 14px; border: 1px solid #7c3f3f; background: #2a1b1b; color: #f0a0a0; border-radius: 8px; }
   #auth-bar { display: none; gap: 8px; margin: 14px 20px 0; }
@@ -56,6 +58,13 @@
   <h1>CodexBar</h1>
   <span id="freshness">connecting…</span>
   <span style="flex:1"></span>
+  <label class="display-preference" for="usage-display">Usage display
+    <select id="usage-display">
+      <option value="server">Follow server</option>
+      <option value="used">Used</option>
+      <option value="remaining">Remaining</option>
+    </select>
+  </label>
   <span id="who" style="color:#63636b;font-size:11px"></span>
 </header>
 <div id="error-banner" role="alert"></div>
@@ -72,7 +81,16 @@ <h1>CodexBar</h1>
 const DEFAULT_REFRESH = Math.max(15, __REFRESH_SECONDS__);
 const SNAPSHOT_URL = "/dashboard/v1/snapshot";
 const COST_URL = "/cost";
-const state = { token: sessionStorage.getItem("codexbar.dashboard.token") || "", timer: null, refreshSeconds: DEFAULT_REFRESH };
+const USAGE_DISPLAY_KEY = "codexbar.dashboard.usageDisplay";
+function storedUsageDisplay() {
+  try {
+    const value = localStorage.getItem(USAGE_DISPLAY_KEY);
+    return value === "used" || value === "remaining" ? value : "server";
+  } catch (e) {
+    return "server";
+  }
+}
+const state = { token: sessionStorage.getItem("codexbar.dashboard.token") || "", timer: null, refreshSeconds: DEFAULT_REFRESH, usageDisplay: storedUsageDisplay(), snapshot: null, dailyCharts: {} };
 
 const els = {
   content: document.getElementById("content"),
@@ -81,6 +99,7 @@ <h1>CodexBar</h1>
   error: document.getElementById("error-banner"),
   authBar: document.getElementById("auth-bar"),
   tokenInput: document.getElementById("token-input"),
+  usageDisplay: document.getElementById("usage-display"),
 };
 
 function authHeaders() {
@@ -128,6 +147,16 @@ <h1>CodexBar</h1>
   if (used >= 70) return "bar warn";
   return "bar";
 }
+// Severity follows consumption in every display mode (70 warn, 90 full), so a
+// window with 95% left is never coloured as if it were nearly exhausted.
+function windowBarClass(w) {
+  const used = w && w.usedPercent != null ? Number(w.usedPercent) : NaN;
+  return Number.isFinite(used) ? pctClass(used) : "bar";
+}
+function showUsedBars() {
+  if (state.usageDisplay !== "server") return state.usageDisplay === "used";
+  return Boolean(state.snapshot && state.snapshot.host && state.snapshot.host.usageBarsShowUsed);
+}
 function visibleWindows(windows) {
   return (windows || []).filter(w => w.idle !== true);
 }
@@ -137,7 +166,7 @@ <h1>CodexBar</h1>
   return Number.isFinite(raw) ? Math.max(0, Math.min(100, raw)) : null;
 }
 function windowRow(w) {
-  const showUsed = Boolean(state.snapshot && state.snapshot.host && state.snapshot.host.usageBarsShowUsed);
+  const showUsed = showUsedBars();
   const pct = windowPercent(w, showUsed);
   const suffix = showUsed ? "used" : "left";
   const value = pct === null ? "unknown" : pct.toFixed(0) + "% " + suffix;
@@ -145,7 +174,7 @@ <h1>CodexBar</h1>
   const ariaNow = pct === null ? "" : ' aria-valuenow="' + width + '"';
   return '<div class="wrow">' +
     '<span class="wlabel" title="' + esc(w.label) + '">' + esc(w.label) + "</span>" +
-    '<span class="' + (pct === null ? "bar unknown" : pctClass(pct)) + '" role="progressbar" aria-label="' + esc(w.label || "Usage") + '" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100" aria-valuetext="' + esc(value) + '"' + ariaNow + '><i style="width:' + width.toFixed(1) + '%"></i></span>' +
+    '<span class="' + (pct === null ? "bar unknown" : windowBarClass(w)) + '" role="progressbar" aria-label="' + esc(w.label || "Usage") + '" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100" aria-valuetext="' + esc(value) + '"' + ariaNow + '><i style="width:' + width.toFixed(1) + '%"></i></span>' +
     '<span class="wpct">' + esc(value) + "</span>" +
     '<span class="wreset">' + esc(untilTime(w.resetAt)) + "</span></div>";
 }
@@ -198,7 +227,10 @@ <h1>CodexBar</h1>
   }
   return inner;
 }
-function render(snapshot, dailyCharts) {
+function renderProviders() {
+  const snapshot = state.snapshot;
+  const dailyCharts = state.dailyCharts;
+  if (!snapshot) return;
   els.firstLoad.style.display = "none";
   els.content.hidden = false;
   const rows = (snapshot.providers || []).slice().sort((a, b) =>
@@ -215,7 +247,11 @@ <h1>CodexBar</h1>
   });
   if (!rows.length) html = '<div id="first-load">No enabled providers.</div>';
   els.content.innerHTML = html;
+}
+function render(snapshot, dailyCharts) {
   state.snapshot = snapshot;
+  state.dailyCharts = dailyCharts;
+  renderProviders();
   const host = snapshot.host || {};
   state.refreshSeconds = Math.max(15, Number(host.refreshIntervalSeconds) || DEFAULT_REFRESH);
   updateFreshness();
@@ -264,6 +300,18 @@ <h1>CodexBar</h1>
     schedule();
   }
 }
+function changeUsageDisplay() {
+  const value = els.usageDisplay.value;
+  state.usageDisplay = value === "used" || value === "remaining" ? value : "server";
+  els.usageDisplay.value = state.usageDisplay;
+  try {
+    if (state.usageDisplay === "server") localStorage.removeItem(USAGE_DISPLAY_KEY);
+    else localStorage.setItem(USAGE_DISPLAY_KEY, state.usageDisplay);
+  } catch (e) { /* the selection still applies to this page without storage */ }
+  renderProviders();
+}
+els.usageDisplay.value = state.usageDisplay;
+els.usageDisplay.addEventListener("change", changeUsageDisplay);
 document.getElementById("token-save").addEventListener("click", () => {
   state.token = els.tokenInput.value.trim();
   sessionStorage.setItem("codexbar.dashboard.token", state.token);
diff --git a/rust/src/cli/serve/dashboard/html.rs b/rust/src/cli/serve/dashboard/html.rs
index bf8f965067a..8900f377926 100644
--- a/rust/src/cli/serve/dashboard/html.rs
+++ b/rust/src/cli/serve/dashboard/html.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,93 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(html.contains("function windowPercent(w, showUsed)"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn usage_display_control_offers_server_used_remaining() {
+        let html = render_shell(60);
+        assert!(html.contains(r#"<select id="usage-display">"#));
+        assert!(html.contains(r#"<option value="server">Follow server</option>"#));
+        assert!(html.contains(r#"<option value="used">Used</option>"#));
+        assert!(html.contains(r#"<option value="remaining">Remaining</option>"#));
+        assert!(html.contains(r#"<label class="display-preference" for="usage-display">"#));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn usage_display_preference_is_stored_defensively() {
+        let html = render_shell(60);
+        assert!(html.contains(r#"const USAGE_DISPLAY_KEY = "codexbar.dashboard.usageDisplay""#));
+        // Only `used` and `remaining` are accepted; everything else, including a
+        // throwing `getItem`, falls back to following the server.
+        assert!(
+            html.contains(
+                r#"return value === "used" || value === "remaining" ? value : "server";"#
+            )
+        );
+        assert!(html.contains("localStorage.removeItem(USAGE_DISPLAY_KEY)"));
+        assert!(html.contains("localStorage.setItem(USAGE_DISPLAY_KEY, state.usageDisplay)"));
+        assert!(html.contains("the selection still applies to this page without storage"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn usage_display_change_rerenders_cached_snapshot_without_refetch() {
+        let html = render_shell(60);
+        let start = html
+            .find("function changeUsageDisplay()")
+            .expect("change handler");
+        let end = html[start..].find("\n}\n").expect("handler end") + start;
+        let handler = &html[start..end];
+        assert!(handler.contains("renderProviders();"));
+        for forbidden in [
+            "refresh(",
+            "fetch(",
+            "showError(",
+            "sessionStorage",
+            "state.token",
+        ] {
+            assert!(
+                !handler.contains(forbidden),
+                "usage display change must not touch {forbidden}"
+            );
+        }
+        assert!(html.contains("els.usageDisplay.addEventListener(\"change\", changeUsageDisplay)"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn usage_display_override_wins_over_server_preference() {
+        let html = render_shell(60);
+        assert!(html.contains("const showUsed = showUsedBars();"));
+        assert!(html.contains(
+            r#"if (state.usageDisplay !== "server") return state.usageDisplay === "used";"#
+        ));
+        assert!(html.contains(
+            "Boolean(state.snapshot && state.snapshot.host && state.snapshot.host.usageBarsShowUsed)"
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn severity_follows_consumption_not_displayed_value() {
+        let html = render_shell(60);
+        assert!(html.contains("function windowBarClass(w)"));
+        assert!(html.contains("return Number.isFinite(used) ? pctClass(used) : \"bar\";"));
+        assert!(html.contains("windowBarClass(w)"));
+        assert!(
+            !html.contains("pctClass(pct)"),
+            "severity must not be derived from the displayed (possibly remaining) value"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn snapshot_is_cached_before_rows_render() {
+        let html = render_shell(60);
+        let assign = html.find("state.snapshot = snapshot;").expect("assignment");
+        let render = html
+            .find("renderProviders();\n  const host")
+            .expect("render call");
+        assert!(
+            assign < render,
+            "rows must read the new snapshot's host preference"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn daily_chart_gate_reads_upstream_total_cost_key() {
         let html = render_shell(60);