diff --git a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeCapabilitiesProbe.test.ts b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeCapabilitiesProbe.test.ts
index 232b8cc02d00..4a7fa9ebc3e4 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeCapabilitiesProbe.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeCapabilitiesProbe.test.ts
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ it.effect("preserves initialized capabilities when optional usage times out", ()
       decodeClaudeSettings({ binaryPath: "claude" }),
     ).pipe(Effect.forkChild);
     yield* Deferred.await(usageStarted);
-    yield* TestClock.adjust("4 seconds");
+    yield* TestClock.adjust("15 seconds");
     const capabilities = yield* Fiber.join(probe);
     assert.equal(capabilities?.email, "dev@example.com");
     assert.equal(capabilities?.subscriptionType, "pro");
@@ -223,3 +223,40 @@ it.effect("preserves initialized capabilities when optional usage times out", ()
     assert.equal(abortSignal?.aborted, true);
   }).pipe(Effect.scoped, Effect.provide(NodeServices.layer)),
 );
+
+it.effect("keeps usage that answers after the shared 4 second budget", () =>
+  Effect.gen(function* () {
+    const usageStarted = yield* Deferred.make<void>();
+    let answerUsage: (() => void) | undefined;
+    const query = vi.spyOn(ClaudeSdk, "query").mockImplementation(() => {
+      return {
+        initializationResult: async () => ({
+          account: { email: "dev@example.com", subscriptionType: "max", tokenSource: "oauth" },
+          commands: [],
+        }),
+        usage_EXPERIMENTAL_MAY_CHANGE_DO_NOT_RELY_ON_THIS_API_YET: () => {
+          Deferred.doneUnsafe(usageStarted, Effect.void);
+          return new Promise((resolve) => {
+            answerUsage = () =>
+              resolve({
+                rate_limits_available: true,
+                rate_limits: { five_hour: { utilization: 22, resets_at: "2026-09-28T09:50:00Z" } },
+              });
+          });
+        },
+      } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof ClaudeSdk.query>;
+    });
+    yield* Effect.addFinalizer(() => Effect.sync(() => query.mockRestore()));
+    const probe = yield* probeClaudeCapabilities(
+      decodeClaudeSettings({ binaryPath: "claude" }),
+    ).pipe(Effect.forkChild);
+    yield* Deferred.await(usageStarted);
+    yield* TestClock.adjust("5 seconds");
+    answerUsage?.();
+    const capabilities = yield* Fiber.join(probe);
+    assert.deepEqual(capabilities?.usage, {
+      rate_limits_available: true,
+      rate_limits: { five_hour: { utilization: 22, resets_at: "2026-09-28T09:50:00Z" } },
+    });
+  }).pipe(Effect.scoped, Effect.provide(NodeServices.layer)),
+);
diff --git a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeProvider.ts b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeProvider.ts
index db06557c7c8e..8be3eb3f14ef 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeProvider.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeProvider.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ function apiProviderAuthMetadata(
 // `undefined` and left the provider unverified and unselectable in the picker.
 const CAPABILITIES_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS = 25_000;
 
+// `get_usage` makes the CLI fetch the account's usage from Anthropic, which
+// takes 2.7–4.3s on a Max account with Claude Code 2.1.283. The shared 4s
+// budget cut it off on most probes and showed "Could not read limits."
+const CLAUDE_USAGE_TIMEOUT_MS = 15_000;
+
 /**
  * Keep workspace-scoped command discovery intact while isolating the periodic
  * health check from configured MCP servers.
@@ -366,7 +371,11 @@ const probeClaudeCapabilities = (
         // Usage has its own deadline so a slow optional request cannot discard initialization.
         const usageResult = yield* Effect.tryPromise(() =>
           q.usage_EXPERIMENTAL_MAY_CHANGE_DO_NOT_RELY_ON_THIS_API_YET(),
-        ).pipe(Effect.timeout(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS), Effect.result);
+        ).pipe(
+          Effect.timeout(CLAUDE_USAGE_TIMEOUT_MS),
+          Effect.tapError((cause) => Effect.logWarning("Claude usage read failed.", { cause })),
+          Effect.result,
+        );
         const usage = Result.isSuccess(usageResult)
           ? {
               rate_limits_available: usageResult.success.rate_limits_available,