Leak puts expandable usage limits in Claude Code desktop

Anthropic is building a new Claude Code layout for Claude Desktop, with a reworked model selector and a usage limits section that expands when you want the detail, TestingCatalog reported in a September 26 post on Threads. This is one outlet’s report of an unreleased interface, so there is nothing to switch on yet, and the layout could still change before it ships.

Neither element is part of the Claude Code desktop app Anthropic shipped on April 14. Anthropic’s write-up of that redesign says it was built to run more Claude Code tasks at once, with a sidebar for parallel sessions, a drag-and-drop workspace and an integrated terminal and file editor. It already put usage on screen: a button that “shows both your context window and session usage at a glance.” The expandable limits section looks like the next step for that same readout, with more detail behind a click, though nothing beyond the leak shows how the two will fit together.

The model selector also has a recent precedent. Earlier in September, TestingCatalog reported a Claude Code Hub inside Claude Desktop that puts local and cloud sessions in one list and lets you set model, effort and permission mode separately for each session.