diff --git a/hive-ag3nt/src/web_ui.rs b/hive-ag3nt/src/web_ui.rs
index 113da430..f2835c1d 100644
--- a/hive-ag3nt/src/web_ui.rs
+++ b/hive-ag3nt/src/web_ui.rs
@@ -664,8 +664,9 @@ struct DashboardState {
     /// `None` when no status is set.
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     status_set_at: Option<i64>,
-    /// Input token count from the most recent completed turn (`ctx_usage.input_tokens`).
-    /// `None` until the first turn finishes.
+    /// Full context-window size from the most recent completed turn
+    /// (`ctx_usage.context_tokens()` = input + cache-read + cache-creation).
+    /// `None` until the first turn finishes. Drives the `ctx·Nk` card badge.
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     ctx_tokens: Option<u64>,
     /// Effective context-window budget for the current model. Same
@@ -714,7 +715,12 @@ async fn api_dashboard_state(State(state): State<AppState>) -> axum::Json<Dashbo
         .bus
         .api_context_window()
         .unwrap_or_else(|| crate::events::context_window_tokens(&model));
-    let ctx_tokens = state.bus.last_ctx_usage().map(|u| u.input_tokens);
+    // Full context-window size = input + cache-read + cache-creation. Using
+    // raw `input_tokens` here reported only the *uncached* sliver, which is
+    // ~0 once prompt caching kicks in — so every card showed `ctx·0k`. Match
+    // the agent page (which ships the whole `ctx_usage` and sums it) and the
+    // cache-TTL logic in turn.rs, both of which use `context_tokens()`.
+    let ctx_tokens = state.bus.last_ctx_usage().map(|u| u.context_tokens());
     axum::Json(DashboardState {
         status_text,
         status_set_at,