Experimental Features
Settings > Experimental holds toggles for features that are still maturing. “Experimental” doesn’t mean unsafe — these are shipped and tested — but the surface area, defaults, or persistence shape may shift between releases. Toggling one off is always reversible.
Two toggles live there today — Claude Code Usage and OpenRouter balance in usage meter. Agent backend choices such as Ollama, LM Studio, OpenAI API, and Codex live in Settings > Models as first-class model/provider controls. Claude Code Plugins, Claude Remote Control, Community Registry, and Claudette Terminal are visible by default in their normal settings locations.
Claude Code Usage
Section titled “Claude Code Usage”Gates the Anthropic OAuth Usage API integration: the chat composer’s usage meter normally shows local token totals (or, on Codex backends, live Codex account/rateLimits/* quotas), but for Anthropic / Custom Anthropic sessions the meter can additionally surface real Claude subscription quotas — 5-hour session, weekly all-model, weekly Sonnet/Opus, extra usage — by querying Anthropic’s usage API directly. Requires a Pro or Max plan with standard login (env-var auth tokens don’t have the OAuth scopes the API needs).
When this is off, the meter on Anthropic-family sessions renders in a greyed-out state that links here when clicked. Codex (Native and Subscription) / OpenAI / OpenRouter / Pi / Ollama / LM Studio sessions are unaffected — the meter stays live for them because it’s driven by Codex’s own rate-limit notifications and Claudette’s per-turn token records, not the Anthropic Usage API.
When this is off, Claudette never reads your Claude Code OAuth tokens for usage data — they stay strictly in the keychain / .credentials.json for the claude CLI’s own use. The Claude Code sign-in flow in Settings > Models remains available because agent credential failures need a recovery path independent of usage tracking.
Enabling this toggle opens a confirmation dialog that explains how the data flows and warns that this endpoint is undocumented, so programmatic access may not be permitted under Anthropic’s Consumer Terms. Disabling never prompts.
→ What the panel shows and how it’s cached: Usage & Metrics
OpenRouter balance in usage meter
Section titled “OpenRouter balance in usage meter”Shows your live OpenRouter credit balance alongside local token totals for OpenRouter-backed sessions, including Pi OpenRouter models. Turn this off to avoid polling the OpenRouter credits endpoint.
Stability outlook
Section titled “Stability outlook”| Toggle | What’s still moving |
|---|---|
| Claude Code Usage | Cache invalidation around tier changes; richer breakdown views; (non-Anthropic providers already render local-aggregate totals unconditionally). |
| OpenRouter balance in usage meter | Polling cadence and how the balance is surfaced in the meter. |
If a toggle moves to “default-on” or graduates out of experimental, the release notes for that feature describe any one-time migration. Experimental toggles are otherwise independent, never bundled.