diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/acp-agent.test.ts b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/acp-agent.test.ts
index 9d106a2c1a..f847745d69 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/acp-agent.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/acp-agent.test.ts
@@ -825,6 +825,46 @@ describe("mapACPUsage", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("ACP context-window usage", () => {
+  async function emitUsageUpdate(update: {
+    used: number;
+    size: number;
+  }): Promise<{ events: unknown[] }> {
+    const session = createSessionWithConfig({ provider: "dsh" });
+    asInternals<ACPSessionInternals>(session).sessionId = "session-1";
+    const events: unknown[] = [];
+    session.subscribe((event) => {
+      if (event.type === "usage_updated") events.push(event);
+    });
+    await session.sessionUpdate({
+      sessionId: "session-1",
+      update: { sessionUpdate: "usage_update", used: update.used, size: update.size },
+    });
+    return { events };
+  }
+
+  test("forwards usage_update as context-window usage state", async () => {
+    const { events } = await emitUsageUpdate({ used: 13_759, size: 1_000_000 });
+
+    expect(events).toEqual([
+      {
+        type: "usage_updated",
+        provider: "dsh",
+        usage: { contextWindowMaxTokens: 1_000_000, contextWindowUsedTokens: 13_759 },
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test("emits nothing when size and used cannot both drive a meter", async () => {
+    await expect(
+      emitUsageUpdate({ used: -1, size: 0 }).then((result) => result.events),
+    ).resolves.toEqual([]);
+    await expect(
+      emitUsageUpdate({ used: 13_759, size: 0 }).then((result) => result.events),
+    ).resolves.toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("deriveModesFromACP", () => {
   test("prefers explicit ACP mode state", () => {
     const result = deriveModesFromACP(
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/acp-agent.ts b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/acp-agent.ts
index 524ede92dd..de8055c787 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/acp-agent.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/acp-agent.ts
@@ -3178,8 +3178,29 @@ export class ACPAgentSession implements AgentSession, ACPClient {
     }
   }
 
+  // ACP reports context occupancy out of band from the prompt response, so the
+  // composer's context meter cannot read it from `turn_completed`. Forward it as
+  // the same `usage_updated` snapshot the native adapters emit, preserving the
+  // turn usage this session already recorded. The guards match the meter's own
+  // validity rules, so a provider cannot push a window the meter would reject.
   private handleUsageUpdate(update: UsageUpdate): void {
-    void update;
+    const contextWindowMaxTokens =
+      Number.isFinite(update.size) && update.size > 0 ? update.size : undefined;
+    const contextWindowUsedTokens =
+      Number.isFinite(update.used) && update.used >= 0 ? update.used : undefined;
+    if (contextWindowMaxTokens === undefined || contextWindowUsedTokens === undefined) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this.pushEvent({
+      type: "usage_updated",
+      provider: this.provider,
+      usage: {
+        ...this.currentTurnUsage,
+        contextWindowMaxTokens,
+        contextWindowUsedTokens,
+      },
+      turnId: this.activeForegroundTurnId ?? undefined,
+    });
   }
 
   private handlePromptResponse(response: PromptResponse, turnId: string): void {