diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7b73efd..9c6e812 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "devdeck",
-  "version": "1.38.0",
+  "version": "1.38.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "devdeck",
-      "version": "1.38.0",
+      "version": "1.38.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@fontsource-variable/geist": "5.3.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 700178c..782ff13 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "devdeck",
-  "version": "1.38.0",
+  "version": "1.38.1",
   "description": "Project command deck — at-a-glance state + Claude Code, Codex, and Antigravity resume",
   "main": "dist/main/main.js",
   "type": "commonjs",
diff --git a/src/main/claudeUsage.test.ts b/src/main/claudeUsage.test.ts
index 6c85db8..b077f42 100644
--- a/src/main/claudeUsage.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/claudeUsage.test.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,20 @@ describe('getClaudeUsage', () => {
     expect((await getClaudeUsage(deps({ readCredentials: () => ({ ...baseCreds, expiresAt: 500 }) }))).state).toBe('expired');
   });
 
+  it('expired access token with a live refresh token => refresh-pending, not a re-login', async () => {
+    let fetched = false;
+    const fetchUsage = async () => { fetched = true; return { ok: false, status: 401 }; };
+    const pending = await getClaudeUsage(deps({ fetchUsage, readCredentials: () => ({ ...baseCreds, expiresAt: 500, hasRefreshToken: true, refreshTokenExpiresAt: 5000 }) }));
+    expect(pending.state).toBe('refresh-pending');
+    expect(fetched).toBe(false);
+    expect((await getClaudeUsage(deps({ readCredentials: () => ({ ...baseCreds, expiresAt: 500, hasRefreshToken: true, refreshTokenExpiresAt: null }) }))).state).toBe('refresh-pending');
+  });
+
+  it('expired access token whose refresh token is gone or expired => expired', async () => {
+    expect((await getClaudeUsage(deps({ readCredentials: () => ({ ...baseCreds, expiresAt: 500, hasRefreshToken: true, refreshTokenExpiresAt: 900 }) }))).state).toBe('expired');
+    expect((await getClaudeUsage(deps({ readCredentials: () => ({ ...baseCreds, expiresAt: 500, hasRefreshToken: false }) }))).state).toBe('expired');
+  });
+
   it('api subscription => not-applicable', async () => {
     expect((await getClaudeUsage(deps({ readCredentials: () => ({ ...baseCreds, subscriptionType: 'api' }) }))).state).toBe('not-applicable');
   });
diff --git a/src/main/claudeUsage.ts b/src/main/claudeUsage.ts
index d1d633b..09b0997 100644
--- a/src/main/claudeUsage.ts
+++ b/src/main/claudeUsage.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ import { parseClaudeUsageResponse, type ProviderUsage } from '../shared/usageWin
 const API_TIMEOUT_MS = 15_000;
 const MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES = 256 * 1024;
 
-export interface Credentials { accessToken: string; subscriptionType: string; expiresAt: number | null; }
+export interface Credentials {
+  accessToken: string; subscriptionType: string; expiresAt: number | null;
+  /** Whether a refresh token is on disk, and when it stops working. The token itself is never read out. */
+  hasRefreshToken?: boolean; refreshTokenExpiresAt?: number | null;
+}
 export interface FetchResult { ok: boolean; body?: unknown; status?: number; }
 
 export interface UsageDeps {
@@ -57,7 +61,16 @@ export async function getClaudeUsage(deps: UsageDeps): Promise<ProviderUsage> {
 
   const creds = deps.readCredentials();
   if (!creds) return result('login-required', now);
-  if (creds.expiresAt != null && creds.expiresAt <= now) return result('expired', now);
+  if (creds.expiresAt != null && creds.expiresAt <= now) {
+    // The access token lives ~8 hours and Claude Code renews it only when it next calls the API, so an
+    // idle night leaves an expired one on disk every morning. That is not a lost sign-in: while the
+    // refresh token is still good, the next reply renews the file and the following poll recovers.
+    // Calling it "expired" sent the user through /login daily for nothing. DevDeck must not refresh it
+    // itself — refresh tokens rotate, and the running Claude Code sessions would be left holding a dead one.
+    const refreshable = creds.hasRefreshToken === true
+      && (creds.refreshTokenExpiresAt == null || creds.refreshTokenExpiresAt > now);
+    return result(refreshable ? 'refresh-pending' : 'expired', now);
+  }
 
   const plan = planName(creds.subscriptionType);
   if (!plan) return result('not-applicable', now); // API / custom-key mode has no subscription windows
@@ -84,6 +97,8 @@ export function readClaudeCredentials(home = homedir()): Credentials | null {
       accessToken,
       subscriptionType: typeof o.subscriptionType === 'string' ? o.subscriptionType : '',
       expiresAt: typeof o.expiresAt === 'number' ? o.expiresAt : null,
+      hasRefreshToken: typeof o.refreshToken === 'string' && o.refreshToken.length > 0,
+      refreshTokenExpiresAt: typeof o.refreshTokenExpiresAt === 'number' ? o.refreshTokenExpiresAt : null,
     };
   } catch { return null; }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/usageProviders.ts b/src/main/usageProviders.ts
index ddee896..b771452 100644
--- a/src/main/usageProviders.ts
+++ b/src/main/usageProviders.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export function antigravityUsage(now: number): ProviderUsage {
   };
 }
 
-const STATES: UsageProviderState[] = ['ready', 'stale', 'login-required', 'expired', 'not-applicable', 'cli-missing', 'offline', 'rate-limited', 'unsupported'];
+const STATES: UsageProviderState[] = ['ready', 'stale', 'login-required', 'expired', 'not-applicable', 'cli-missing', 'offline', 'rate-limited', 'unsupported', 'refresh-pending'];
 const KINDS = ['session', 'weekly', 'model-weekly', 'primary', 'secondary'];
 
 function sanitizeLimit(v: unknown): UsageLimit | null {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export interface UsageCoordinatorDeps {
 }
 
 /** States that carry no numbers of their own — for these, last-good data is worth keeping as `stale`. */
-const DATALESS = new Set<UsageProviderState>(['offline', 'rate-limited', 'expired']);
+const DATALESS = new Set<UsageProviderState>(['offline', 'rate-limited', 'expired', 'refresh-pending']);
 
 /**
  * Ceiling on one provider read, above every provider's own timeouts.
diff --git a/src/renderer/locales/en.json b/src/renderer/locales/en.json
index dee3acb..368317c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/renderer/locales/en.json
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@
   "usage.state_offline": "Unavailable",
   "usage.state_rate_limited": "API busy",
   "usage.state_unsupported": "Check in CLI",
+  "usage.state_refresh_pending": "Awaiting refresh",
+  "usage.refresh_pending_hint": "Sign-in renews automatically the next time Claude Code responds — no need to log in again",
   "usage.local_title": "Claude Code + Codex local analytics",
   "usage.local_explainer": "API-equivalent token and cost history computed from ~/.claude and ~/.codex logs. It may differ from subscription billing. Antigravity is excluded because stable local cost data is unavailable; the footer usage bar continues to show live subscription limits.",
   "usage.range_label": "Analysis period",
diff --git a/src/renderer/locales/ja.json b/src/renderer/locales/ja.json
index e3c7833..ced6e3c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/locales/ja.json
+++ b/src/renderer/locales/ja.json
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@
   "usage.state_offline": "取得できません",
   "usage.state_rate_limited": "API混雑",
   "usage.state_unsupported": "CLIで確認",
+  "usage.state_refresh_pending": "自動更新待ち",
+  "usage.refresh_pending_hint": "次に Claude Code が応答すると自動で更新されます — 再ログインは不要です",
   "usage.local_title": "Claude Code + Codex ローカル分析",
   "usage.local_explainer": "~/.claude と ~/.codex のログから算出した API 換算のトークン・コスト履歴です。実際のサブスクリプション請求とは異なる場合があります。安定したローカルコストデータがない Antigravity は対象外で、フッターの使用量バーは従来どおりリアルタイム上限を表示します。",
   "usage.range_label": "分析期間",
diff --git a/src/renderer/locales/ko.json b/src/renderer/locales/ko.json
index 788660b..57707e2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/locales/ko.json
+++ b/src/renderer/locales/ko.json
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@
   "usage.state_offline": "연결 실패",
   "usage.state_rate_limited": "API 혼잡",
   "usage.state_unsupported": "CLI에서 확인",
+  "usage.state_refresh_pending": "자동 갱신 대기",
+  "usage.refresh_pending_hint": "Claude Code가 다음에 응답할 때 로그인이 자동으로 갱신됩니다 — 다시 로그인할 필요 없음",
   "usage.local_title": "Claude Code + Codex 로컬 분석",
   "usage.local_explainer": "~/.claude 및 ~/.codex 로그에서 계산한 API 환산 토큰·비용 기록입니다. 실제 구독 청구액과 다를 수 있으며, 안정적인 로컬 비용 데이터가 없는 Antigravity는 포함하지 않습니다. 하단 사용량 바는 기존처럼 실시간 구독 한도를 표시합니다.",
   "usage.range_label": "분석 기간",
diff --git a/src/renderer/locales/zh.json b/src/renderer/locales/zh.json
index 1de5467..7306a5f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/locales/zh.json
+++ b/src/renderer/locales/zh.json
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@
   "usage.state_offline": "无法获取",
   "usage.state_rate_limited": "API 繁忙",
   "usage.state_unsupported": "在 CLI 查看",
+  "usage.state_refresh_pending": "等待自动刷新",
+  "usage.refresh_pending_hint": "下次 Claude Code 响应时登录会自动续期 — 无需重新登录",
   "usage.local_title": "Claude Code + Codex 本地分析",
   "usage.local_explainer": "根据 ~/.claude 和 ~/.codex 日志计算的 API 等效 token 与费用记录，可能与实际订阅账单不同。由于缺少稳定的本地费用数据，暂不包含 Antigravity；底栏用量条仍按原方式显示实时订阅额度。",
   "usage.range_label": "分析期间",
diff --git a/src/renderer/usageBar.ts b/src/renderer/usageBar.ts
index 717e09c..1adc7dc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/usageBar.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/usageBar.ts
@@ -99,11 +99,14 @@ function startTimer(): void { if (!timer) timer = setInterval(() => { void refre
 function staleChip(summary: ReturnType<typeof summarizeProviderUsage>, now: number): HTMLElement {
   const fixable = summary.staleReason === 'expired' || summary.staleReason === 'login-required';
   const age = summary.staleSince != null ? formatStaleAge(summary.staleSince, now, tr) : null;
-  const cause = fixable ? tr(usageStateKey(summary.staleReason!)) : tr('usage.state_stale');
+  // An access token waiting for Claude Code's next reply is named too, but as the self-healing pause it
+  // is — no button, since signing in again would fix nothing.
+  const pending = summary.staleReason === 'refresh-pending';
+  const cause = fixable || pending ? tr(usageStateKey(summary.staleReason!)) : tr('usage.state_stale');
   const text = age ? `${cause} · ${age}` : cause;
   if (!fixable) {
     const st = document.createElement('span'); st.className = 'ub-stale'; st.textContent = text;
-    st.title = `${tr('usage.stale_note')}${age ? ` · ${age}` : ''}`;
+    st.title = pending ? tr('usage.refresh_pending_hint') : `${tr('usage.stale_note')}${age ? ` · ${age}` : ''}`;
     return st;
   }
   const st = document.createElement('button'); st.type = 'button'; st.className = 'ub-stale fix'; st.textContent = text;
diff --git a/src/renderer/usageModal.ts b/src/renderer/usageModal.ts
index d4955e2..386548d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/usageModal.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/usageModal.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ function providerSection(p: ProviderUsage): HTMLElement {
     if (p.staleReason) stateParts.push(tr(usageStateKey(p.staleReason)));
   }
   state.textContent = stateParts.join(' · ');
+  if ((p.state === 'stale' ? p.staleReason : p.state) === 'refresh-pending') state.title = tr('usage.refresh_pending_hint');
   head.appendChild(state);
   sec.appendChild(head);
 
diff --git a/src/shared/usageWindows.test.ts b/src/shared/usageWindows.test.ts
index 6857914..b6f14a9 100644
--- a/src/shared/usageWindows.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/usageWindows.test.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe('formatReset', () => {
 
 describe('usageStateKey', () => {
   it('maps every normalized state to an i18n key', () => {
-    for (const s of ['ready', 'stale', 'login-required', 'expired', 'not-applicable', 'cli-missing', 'offline', 'rate-limited', 'unsupported'] as const) {
+    for (const s of ['ready', 'stale', 'login-required', 'expired', 'not-applicable', 'cli-missing', 'offline', 'rate-limited', 'unsupported', 'refresh-pending'] as const) {
       expect(usageStateKey(s)).toMatch(/^usage\.state_/);
     }
   });
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ describe('usageActionFor', () => {
     expect(usageActionFor('claude', 'expired')).toBe('login');
     expect(usageActionFor('codex', 'cli-missing')).toBe('install');
     expect(usageActionFor('claude', 'ready')).toBeNull();
+    expect(usageActionFor('claude', 'refresh-pending')).toBeNull();
+    expect(usageActionFor('claude', 'stale', 'refresh-pending')).toBeNull();
     expect(usageActionFor('antigravity', 'unsupported')).toBeNull();
   });
 
diff --git a/src/shared/usageWindows.ts b/src/shared/usageWindows.ts
index 8100f83..a9d7e62 100644
--- a/src/shared/usageWindows.ts
+++ b/src/shared/usageWindows.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export type Severity = 'ok' | 'warn' | 'crit';
 /** Why a provider section looks the way it does. `stale` = last-good data after a failed refresh. */
 export type UsageProviderState =
   | 'ready' | 'stale' | 'login-required' | 'expired' | 'not-applicable'
-  | 'cli-missing' | 'offline' | 'rate-limited' | 'unsupported';
+  | 'cli-missing' | 'offline' | 'rate-limited' | 'unsupported' | 'refresh-pending';
 
 /** `session`/`weekly` = Claude's fixed windows, `model-weekly` = a model-scoped weekly quota,
  *  `primary`/`secondary` = Codex's two app-server windows. */