{"version":"2.1.108","anchor":"usage-analysis-dashboard-birch-compass-gradual-rollout","canonical_anchor":"usage-analysis-dashboard-birch-compass-gradual-rollout","heading":"Usage Analysis Dashboard (Birch Compass) [Gradual Rollout]","tier":null,"area":null,"scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.108\/e\/usage-analysis-dashboard-birch-compass-gradual-rollout","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.108","markdown":"### Usage Analysis Dashboard (Birch Compass) [Gradual Rollout]\n\n**What**\n\nA new settings panel that analyzes your local sessions and shows what's contributing to your rate limit usage, with actionable recommendations.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Available to Pro and Max subscribers\n- Shows approximate usage breakdown based on local sessions (does not include other devices or claude.ai)\n- Tracks five cost behavior categories:\n- **Cache misses**: \"X% of your usage hit a >100k-token cache miss\" \u2014 recommendation: `\/compact` before stepping away\n- **Long context**: \"X% of your usage was at >150k context\" \u2014 recommendation: `\/compact` mid-task, `\/clear` when switching\n- **Subagent-heavy sessions**: \"X% of your usage came from subagent-heavy sessions\" \u2014 recommendation: configure cheaper models for simpler subagents\n- **High parallelism**: \"X% of your usage was while 4+ sessions ran in parallel\" \u2014 recommendation: queue sessions for more even usage\n- **Long-running sessions**: \"X% of your usage came from sessions active for 8+ hours\" \u2014 recommendation: ensure continuous usage is intentional\n- Toggle between 24-hour and 7-day views with `d` and `w` keyboard shortcuts\n- Notes: \"these are independent characteristics of your usage, not a breakdown\"\n- Warns about oversized session files (>200MB) that would skew analysis\n\n**Evidence**\n\nFeature gated by `tengu_birch_compass` flag (search for `\"tengu_birch_compass\"` and `\"What's contributing to your limits usage\"`)\n\n- Flag `tengu_birch_compass`: On for this account, and not off by default (read for one account on one subscription tier against v2.1.108; this account: on, anonymous baseline: off, compiled default: no gate table built for this version) These values were read against a different version of Claude Code, so treat them as the nearest reading available instead of one taken on this release."}