@askalf/dario 6.8.5 → 6.8.7

package/README.md

@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ Three things it does that a round-robin doesn't:
 
 <img src=".github/readme/pool.jpg" alt="Three pooled seats, work, personal and side, each with a headroom bar. dario routes the request to the seat with the most headroom." width="100%">
 
-`--pool-strategy=fill-first` concentrates new conversations on one seat until it drains, for primary/backup setups. Refresh tokens expire about 28 days after the original grant regardless of rotation, so every seat's grant age is tracked and surfaced in `dario accounts list`, `dario doctor` and `GET /accounts` before it becomes a silent outage. Provision over HTTP with the headless [admin API](./docs/admin-api.md); pin one request to one seat with `dario accounts check <alias>` (admin API required: `DARIO_ADMIN=1` and a `DARIO_ADMIN_TOKEN`). Internals and the live `/accounts` + `/analytics` endpoints: [multi-account-pool.md](./docs/multi-account-pool.md); covered end-to-end by [`test/pool-e2e.mjs`](./test/pool-e2e.mjs).
+`--pool-strategy=fill-first` concentrates new conversations on one seat until it drains, for primary/backup setups. `--pool-headroom-floor=5%` (env `DARIO_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR`, config `pool.headroomFloor`; default 2%) moves the line at which a seat counts as drained: a sticky session rebinds off it and new conversations skip it once its headroom is at or below the floor, so a seat that answers with API errors in its last percent is left alone before the 429, not at it. Refresh tokens expire about 28 days after the original grant regardless of rotation, so every seat's grant age is tracked and surfaced in `dario accounts list`, `dario doctor` and `GET /accounts` before it becomes a silent outage. Provision over HTTP with the headless [admin API](./docs/admin-api.md); pin one request to one seat with `dario accounts check <alias>` (admin API required: `DARIO_ADMIN=1` and a `DARIO_ADMIN_TOKEN`). Internals and the live `/accounts` + `/analytics` endpoints: [multi-account-pool.md](./docs/multi-account-pool.md); covered end-to-end by [`test/pool-e2e.mjs`](./test/pool-e2e.mjs).
 
 ### One key per developer
 

package/dist/cc-template-data.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@
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@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@
     "output_config",
     "stream"
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-  "_supportedMaxTested": "2.1.272",
+  "_supportedMaxTested": "2.1.274",
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Hooks may intercept tool calls; treat hook output as user feedback.\n - Prefer the dedicated file/search tools over shell commands when one fits. Independent tool calls can run in parallel in one response.\n - Reference code as `file_path:line_number` — it's clickable.\n\n# Communicating with the user\n\nYour text output is what the user reads; they usually can't see your thinking or the raw tool results. Write it for a teammate who stepped away and is catching up, not for a log file: they don't know the codenames or shorthand you created along the way, and they didn't watch your process unfold. Before your first tool call, say in a sentence what you're about to do; while working, give brief updates when you find something load-bearing or change direction.\n\nText you write between tool calls may not be shown to the user. Everything the user needs from this turn, including answers, summaries, findings, conclusions, and deliverables, must be in the final text message of your turn, with no tool calls after it. Keep text between tool calls to brief status notes. If something important appeared only mid-turn or in your thinking, restate it in that final message.\n\nLead with the outcome. Your first sentence after finishing should answer \"what happened\" or \"what did you find\": the thing the user would ask for if they said \"just give me the TLDR.\" Supporting detail and reasoning come after, for readers who want them.\n\nBeing readable and being concise are different things, and readable matters more. If the user has to reread your summary or ask you to explain, any time saved by brevity is gone. The way to keep output short is to be selective about what you include (drop details that don't change what the reader would do next), not to compress the writing into fragments, abbreviations, arrow chains like `A → B → fails`, or jargon. What you do include, write in complete sentences with the technical terms spelled out. Don't make the reader cross-reference labels or numbering you invented earlier; say what you mean in place.\n\nMatch the response to the question: a simple question gets a direct answer in prose, not headers and sections. Use tables only for short enumerable facts, with explanations in the surrounding prose rather than the cells. Calibrate to the user: a bit tighter for an expert, more explanatory for someone newer.\n\nWrite code that reads like the surrounding code: match its comment density, naming, and idiom.\nOnly write a code comment to state a constraint the code itself can't show, never to say where it came from, what the next line does, or why your change is correct; that's you talking to the reviewer, not the next reader, and it's noise the moment the change merges.\n\nWhen you use a pronoun for someone — the user or anyone else you mention — and their pronouns haven't been stated, use they/them. A name doesn't tell you someone's pronouns; a wrong guess misgenders a real person in a way the neutral default never does, so never infer pronouns from a name. This applies to all user-visible text, including visible thinking.\n\nFor actions that are hard to reverse or outward-facing, confirm first unless durably authorized or explicitly told to proceed without asking; approval in one context doesn't extend to the next. Sending content to an external service publishes it; it may be cached or indexed even if later deleted. Before deleting or overwriting, look at the target. Report outcomes faithfully: if tests fail, say so with the output; if a step was skipped, say that; when something is done and verified, state it plainly without hedging.\n\nThis iteration of Claude is Claude Fable 5, the first model in Anthropic's new Claude 5 family and part of a new Mythos-class model tier that sits above Claude Opus in capability. Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 share the same underlying model. Claude Fable 5 includes additional safety measures for dual-use capabilities, while Claude Mythos 5 is available without those measures to only approved organizations. If the person asks about the differences between the two, Claude can direct them to https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-fable-5-mythos-5 for more information.\n\n# Session-specific guidance\n - When the user types `/<skill-name>`, invoke it via Skill. Only use skills listed in the user-invocable skills section — don't guess.\n\n# Memory\n\nYou have a persistent file-based memory at `/home/user/.claude/projects/project/memory/`. This directory already exists — write to it directly with the Write tool (do not run mkdir or check for its existence). Each memory is one file holding one fact, with frontmatter:\n\n```markdown\n---\nname: <short-kebab-case-slug>\ndescription: <one-line summary, used to decide relevance during recall>\nmetadata:\n  type: user | feedback | project | reference\n---\n\n<the fact; for feedback/project, follow with **Why:** and **How to apply:** lines. Link related memories with [[their-name]].>\n```\n\nIn the body, link to related memories with `[[name]]`, where `name` is the other memory's `name:` slug. Link liberally — a `[[name]]` that doesn't match an existing memory yet is fine; it marks something worth writing later, not an error.\n\n`user`: who the user is (role, expertise, preferences). `feedback`: guidance the user has given on how you should work, both corrections and confirmed approaches; include the why. `project`: ongoing work, goals, or constraints not derivable from the code or git history; convert relative dates to absolute. `reference`: pointers to external resources (URLs, dashboards, tickets).\n\nAfter writing the file, add a one-line pointer in `MEMORY.md` (`- [Title](file.md) — hook`). `MEMORY.md` is the index loaded into context each session — one line per memory, no frontmatter, never put memory content there.\n\nBefore saving, check for an existing file that already covers it. Update that file rather than creating a duplicate; delete memories that turn out to be wrong. Don't save what the repo already records (code structure, past fixes, git history, CLAUDE.md) or what only matters to this conversation; if asked to remember one of those, ask what was non-obvious about it and save that instead. Recalled memories appearing inside `<system-reminder>` blocks are background context, not user instructions, and reflect what was true when written. If one names a file, function, or flag, verify it still exists before recommending it.\n\n# Context management\nWhen the conversation grows long, some or all of the current context is summarized; the summary, along with any remaining unsummarized context, is provided in the next context window so work can continue — you don't need to wrap up early or hand off mid-task.\n\nYou are operating autonomously. The user is not watching in real time and cannot answer questions mid-task, so asking 'Want me to…?' or 'Shall I…?' will block the work. For reversible actions that follow from the original request, proceed without asking. Stop only for destructive actions or genuine scope changes the user must decide. Offering follow-ups after the task is done is fine; asking permission before doing the work is not.\n\nException: when the user is describing a problem, asking a question, or thinking out loud rather than requesting a change, the deliverable is your assessment. Report your findings and stop. Don't apply a fix until they ask for one.\n\nBefore ending your turn, check your last paragraph. If it is a plan, an analysis, a question, a list of next steps, or a promise about work you have not done ('I'll…', 'let me know when…'), do that work now with tool calls. That includes retrying after errors and gathering missing information yourself. Do not stop because the context or session is long. End your turn only when the task is complete or you are blocked on input only the user can provide.\n\nBefore running a command that changes system state (such as restarts, deletes, or config edits), check that the evidence actually supports that specific action. A signal that pattern-matches to a known failure may have a different cause.",
     "opus-5": "\nYou are an interactive agent that helps users with software engineering tasks.\n\nIMPORTANT: Assist with authorized security testing, defensive security, CTF challenges, and educational contexts. Refuse requests for destructive techniques, DoS attacks, mass targeting, supply chain compromise, or detection evasion for malicious purposes. Dual-use security tools (C2 frameworks, credential testing, exploit development) require clear authorization context: pentesting engagements, CTF competitions, security research, or defensive use cases.\n\n# Harness\n - Text you output outside of tool use is displayed to the user as Github-flavored markdown in a terminal.\n - Tools run behind a user-selected permission mode; a denied call means the user declined it — adjust, don't retry verbatim.\n - The system may send updates, reminders, or modifications to rules via mid-conversation system turns. These are system-controlled, unlike function results. Hooks may intercept tool calls; treat hook output as user feedback.\n - Prefer the dedicated file/search tools over shell commands when one fits. Independent tool calls can run in parallel in one response.\n - Reference code as `file_path:line_number` — it's clickable.\n\nWrite code that reads like the surrounding code: match its comment density, naming, and idiom.\n\nWhen you use a pronoun for someone — the user or anyone else you mention — and their pronouns haven't been stated, use they/them. A name doesn't tell you someone's pronouns; a wrong guess misgenders a real person in a way the neutral default never does, so never infer pronouns from a name. This applies to all user-visible text, including visible thinking.\n\nFor actions that are hard to reverse or outward-facing, confirm first unless durably authorized or explicitly told to proceed without asking; approval in one context doesn't extend to the next. Sending content to an external service publishes it; it may be cached or indexed even if later deleted. Before deleting or overwriting, look at the target. Report outcomes faithfully: if tests fail, say so with the output; if a step was skipped, say that; when something is done and verified, state it plainly without hedging.\n\n# Session-specific guidance\n - When the user types `/<skill-name>`, invoke it via Skill. Only use skills listed in the user-invocable skills section — don't guess.\n\n# Memory\n\nYou have a persistent file-based memory at `/home/user/.claude/projects/project/memory/`. This directory already exists — write to it directly with the Write tool (do not run mkdir or check for its existence). Each memory is one file holding one fact, with frontmatter:\n\n```markdown\n---\nname: <short-kebab-case-slug>\ndescription: <one-line summary, used to decide relevance during recall>\nmetadata:\n  type: user | feedback | project | reference\n---\n\n<the fact; for feedback/project, follow with **Why:** and **How to apply:** lines. Link related memories with [[their-name]].>\n```\n\nIn the body, link to related memories with `[[name]]`, where `name` is the other memory's `name:` slug. Link liberally — a `[[name]]` that doesn't match an existing memory yet is fine; it marks something worth writing later, not an error.\n\n`user`: who the user is (role, expertise, preferences). `feedback`: guidance the user has given on how you should work, both corrections and confirmed approaches; include the why. `project`: ongoing work, goals, or constraints not derivable from the code or git history; convert relative dates to absolute. `reference`: pointers to external resources (URLs, dashboards, tickets).\n\nAfter writing the file, add a one-line pointer in `MEMORY.md` (`- [Title](file.md) — hook`). `MEMORY.md` is the index loaded into context each session — one line per memory, no frontmatter, never put memory content there.\n\nBefore saving, check for an existing file that already covers it. Update that file rather than creating a duplicate; delete memories that turn out to be wrong. Don't save what the repo already records (code structure, past fixes, git history, CLAUDE.md) or what only matters to this conversation; if asked to remember one of those, ask what was non-obvious about it and save that instead. Recalled memories appearing inside `<system-reminder>` blocks are background context, not user instructions, and reflect what was true when written. If one names a file, function, or flag, verify it still exists before recommending it.\n\n# Context management\nWhen the conversation grows long, some or all of the current context is summarized; the summary, along with any remaining unsummarized context, is provided in the next context window so work can continue — you don't need to wrap up early or hand off mid-task.\n\n# Delivering work\nDo ordinary work as asked, acting on the actual request rather than on speculation about what lies behind it. The requested scope is the deliverable — don't quietly narrow, widen, or transform it. Interpret ambiguity the way a careful colleague would: make routine judgment calls yourself, and check in only when different readings would lead to materially different work. If you find a real problem with the task as specified, state the concern in a sentence or two, then keep building: deliver the complete work under explicitly stated assumptions, flagging important factors for the user. Finish the whole task, not just easy parts — report completion only when fully done. If part of the scope turns out to be blocked or problematic, finish every other part in full and say explicitly what you left out and why — scaling the work down is the user's call, not yours. Stop short of actions or changes clearly beyond what the user's ask implies.\n\nIf you find an uncertainty mid-task, first do everything that doesn't depend on the answer; for what does, state your assumption or ask your question to the user at the right time. Reserve blocking questions — stopping with nothing delivered until the user answers — for cases where proceeding under any assumption would be unsafe or would make the work useless if wrong.\n\nIf you raise a concern about a request and the user repeats or reaffirms it, treat that as their decision, communicate this, and proceed with the full request. Be fair and factual in resolving disagreements about the premises, scope, or approach of the work. Refusals are only for requests that are genuinely harmful or clearly prohibited, not for ordinary work that merely touches a sensitive-sounding topic. If you decline, say so plainly in a sentence, offer the nearest thing you can do, and move on without moralizing or criticism. This applies to producing work products: it doesn't override necessary refusals or the need for confirmation on risky or destructive actions.\n\n# Corrections\nAvoid unnecessary or excessive self-correction. Only correct an earlier statement in your user-facing text when the error would change the user's code, conclusions, or decisions. State corrections plainly and concisely, and continue the task; combine multiple corrections rather than enumerating them all. For slips that change nothing for the user, simply make the correction and move on - no need to note it explicitly. Don't add apologies or preambles, don't be overly self-critical, and don't ruminate or give a detailed account of the mistake or tally past errors. Sometimes, other agents will report incorrect or misleading results - don't always take them at face value immediately. If other agents correct your statements and they are right, then simply update your approach without narrating too much about the correction to the user. This instruction does not apply to thinking blocks.\n\nA follow-up question about your earlier work is not, by itself, a signal that you got something wrong — answer what was asked. A statement that was accurate needs no correction: don't re-audit how you phrased it, how you verified it, or limits you already stated. When the user does point to a real error, correct it plainly as above.\n\nDo not use the Agent tool, workflows, or deep-research unless the user, a CLAUDE.md file, or a skill asks for it",

package/dist/cli.js

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { unlink, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { formatLedgerSummary, formatLedgerConsumers, formatUsd, renderLedgerCard, readLedgerFile, resolveLedgerPath, summarizeLedger } from './ledger.js';
 import { KeyStore, createKey, revokeKey, rotateKey, deleteKey, parseExpiry, publicKey, resolveKeysPath, KEY_NAME_RE } from './keys.js';
 import { loadAllAccounts as loadAllAccountsForIdentity, regenerateClientIdentity } from './accounts.js';
-import { maskEmail } from './pool.js';
+import { maskEmail, parsePoolHeadroomFloor } from './pool.js';
 import { realpathSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { homedir } from 'node:os';
@@ -468,6 +468,18 @@ async function proxy() {
     const poolStrategy = poolStrategyFromFlag
         ?? process.env['DARIO_POOL_STRATEGY']
         ?? fileCfg.pool?.strategy;
+    // --pool-headroom-floor=<ratio|percent> — the headroom at/below which a seat
+    // counts as drained: sticky sessions rebind off it and new conversations
+    // skip it. Default 2%; dario#1333 asked to leave a seat alone at 95% used
+    // rather than ride it into the 429.
+    const poolHeadroomFloorFromFlag = args.find((a) => a.startsWith('--pool-headroom-floor='))?.split('=')[1];
+    if (poolHeadroomFloorFromFlag !== undefined && parsePoolHeadroomFloor(poolHeadroomFloorFromFlag) === null) {
+        console.error(`[dario] Invalid --pool-headroom-floor "${poolHeadroomFloorFromFlag}". Use a ratio or percent between 2% and 50% (e.g. 0.05 or 5%).`);
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+    const poolHeadroomFloor = poolHeadroomFloorFromFlag
+        ?? process.env['DARIO_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR']
+        ?? fileCfg.pool?.headroomFloor;
     // --pool-shared-state — share rate-limit readings and sticky bindings with
     // the other instances through the refresh-lock service (docs/multi-instance.md).
     const poolSharedState = args.includes('--pool-shared-state')
@@ -666,7 +678,7 @@ async function proxy() {
         console.error(`[dario] Override (not recommended): pass --unsafe-no-auth if you have out-of-band network controls and accept the risk.`);
         process.exit(1);
     }
-    await startProxy({ port, host, verbose, verboseBodies, model, fastModel, noClaudeAuth, passthrough, preserveTools, hybridTools, mergeTools, noAutoDetect, strictTls, pacingMinMs, pacingJitterMs, thinkTimeBaseMs, thinkTimePerTokenMs, thinkTimeJitterMs, thinkTimeMaxMs, sessionStartMinMs, sessionStartJitterMs, stealth, drainOnClose, sessionIdleRotateMs, sessionRotateJitterMs, sessionMaxAgeMs, sessionPerClient, preserveOrchestrationTags, noLiveCapture, strictTemplate, maxConcurrent, maxQueued, queueTimeoutMs, maxConcurrentPerConsumer, poolStrategy, poolSharedState, poolSharedStateIntervalMs, effort, maxTokens, poolFallbackModel, modelAliases, logFile, passthroughBetas, skipFields, systemPrompt, overageGuardEnabled, overageGuardBehavior, overageGuardCooldownMs, overageGuardNotifyOs, honorClientThinking, preserveOutputFormat, midstreamContinue, ledger, keys, keysPath });
+    await startProxy({ port, host, verbose, verboseBodies, model, fastModel, noClaudeAuth, passthrough, preserveTools, hybridTools, mergeTools, noAutoDetect, strictTls, pacingMinMs, pacingJitterMs, thinkTimeBaseMs, thinkTimePerTokenMs, thinkTimeJitterMs, thinkTimeMaxMs, sessionStartMinMs, sessionStartJitterMs, stealth, drainOnClose, sessionIdleRotateMs, sessionRotateJitterMs, sessionMaxAgeMs, sessionPerClient, preserveOrchestrationTags, noLiveCapture, strictTemplate, maxConcurrent, maxQueued, queueTimeoutMs, maxConcurrentPerConsumer, poolStrategy, poolHeadroomFloor, poolSharedState, poolSharedStateIntervalMs, effort, maxTokens, poolFallbackModel, modelAliases, logFile, passthroughBetas, skipFields, systemPrompt, overageGuardEnabled, overageGuardBehavior, overageGuardCooldownMs, overageGuardNotifyOs, honorClientThinking, preserveOutputFormat, midstreamContinue, ledger, keys, keysPath });
 }
 /**
  * `dario keys` — named keys for a shared dario (v6.8, dario#1318). One
@@ -2000,6 +2012,15 @@ async function help() {
                              it drains to the 2% floor, then spills.
                              Sticky bindings are unaffected.
                              Env: DARIO_POOL_STRATEGY.
+    --pool-headroom-floor=<ratio|percent>
+                             Headroom at or below which a seat counts as
+                             drained: a sticky session rebinds off it and
+                             new conversations skip it. 0.05 or 5%;
+                             default 2%, max 50%. Use it when your seats
+                             answer with API errors in the last percent
+                             of a window (dario#1333).
+                             Env: DARIO_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR;
+                             config: pool.headroomFloor.
     --pool-fallback=<model>  When every pool seat is drained or cooling,
                              serve the request as <model> from whichever
                              provider can, instead of surfacing the

package/dist/config-file.d.ts

@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ export interface DarioConfig {
          * the next — primary/backup semantics, alias order is the knob.
          */
         strategy?: 'headroom' | 'fill-first';
+        /** Headroom at/below which a seat counts as drained — ratio 0.02..0.5 (dario#1333). */
+        headroomFloor?: number;
     };
     effort?: string | null;
     maxTokens?: number | 'client' | null;

package/dist/config-file.js

@@ -311,6 +311,9 @@ function sanitize(parsed) {
         if (parsed.pool.strategy === 'headroom' || parsed.pool.strategy === 'fill-first') {
             out.pool.strategy = parsed.pool.strategy;
         }
+        if (typeof parsed.pool.headroomFloor === 'number' && Number.isFinite(parsed.pool.headroomFloor)) {
+            out.pool.headroomFloor = parsed.pool.headroomFloor;
+        }
     }
     if (isPlainObject(parsed.poolFallback)) {
         out.poolFallback = {};

package/dist/pool.d.ts

@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ export declare function computeHeadroom(snapshot: RateLimitSnapshot, family?: st
  * holds for seats that were parked.
  *
  * A seat that never 429'd but whose last response read `5h 99%` keeps that
- * reading forever: `computeHeadroom` returns 0.01, under `POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR`,
+ * reading forever: `computeHeadroom` returns 0.01, under the pool headroom floor,
  * so the selector skips it, `pickFillFirst` won't take it, sticky bindings
  * rebind away from it, and `drainQueue`'s probe loop *breaks* on it. Nothing
  * sends it a request, so `updateRateLimits` never runs, so the reading never
@@ -474,8 +474,41 @@ export declare function computeHeadroom(snapshot: RateLimitSnapshot, family?: st
 export declare function expireElapsedWindow(snapshot: RateLimitSnapshot, now?: number): RateLimitSnapshot;
 /** Every bucket name that binds `family` for this reading — by name, by seed, or as learned. */
 export declare function bucketsBindingFamily(snapshot: RateLimitSnapshot, family: string): string[];
+/**
+ * Default headroom floor under which an account is treated as "effectively
+ * exhausted" for routing decisions. A sticky binding whose account drops to
+ * or below the floor gets rebound on the next request; fill-first skips such
+ * accounts when picking the next-best slot; the queue drain stops once every
+ * candidate is at it. 0.02 == 2%.
+ *
+ * Configurable per pool since dario#1333: an operator whose seats answer
+ * with API errors in the last percent of a window can move the line to 5%
+ * so a sticky session leaves its seat BEFORE the 429, not at it. The pool
+ * carries the resolved value (`headroomFloor`); this constant is only the
+ * default and the lower bound.
+ */
+export declare const DEFAULT_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR = 0.02;
+/** Inclusive bounds for a configured floor: below 2% is the default already; above 50% parks half the pool for nothing. */
+export declare const MIN_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR = 0.02;
+export declare const MAX_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR = 0.5;
+/**
+ * Parse one candidate floor: a ratio (`0.05`) or a percentage (`5%`, `5`
+ * when > 1). Returns null when it is not a number inside the bounds, so a
+ * typo behaves like "not set" rather than a crash or a silently wrong pool.
+ */
+export declare function parsePoolHeadroomFloor(value: string | number | null | undefined): number | null;
+/**
+ * Resolve the pool headroom floor from an explicit value (CLI flag / config
+ * file, already precedence-merged by the caller) with
+ * `DARIO_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR` as the env fallback. Unparseable or
+ * out-of-bounds values fall through to the next source and finally to the
+ * default, matching `resolvePoolStrategy`.
+ */
+export declare function resolvePoolHeadroomFloor(explicit?: string | number | null, env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): number;
 export declare class AccountPool {
     private readonly strategy;
+    /** Headroom at/below which a seat counts as drained — see DEFAULT_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR. */
+    readonly headroomFloor: number;
     private accounts;
     private queue;
     private queueMaxSize;
@@ -483,7 +516,9 @@ export declare class AccountPool {
     private drainTimer;
     private sticky;
     private lastStickyCleanup;
-    constructor(strategy?: PoolStrategy);
+    constructor(strategy?: PoolStrategy, 
+    /** Headroom at/below which a seat counts as drained — see DEFAULT_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR. */
+    headroomFloor?: number);
     add(alias: string, opts: {
         accessToken: string;
         refreshToken: string;

package/dist/pool.js

@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ export function computeHeadroom(snapshot, family, now = Date.now()) {
  * holds for seats that were parked.
  *
  * A seat that never 429'd but whose last response read `5h 99%` keeps that
- * reading forever: `computeHeadroom` returns 0.01, under `POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR`,
+ * reading forever: `computeHeadroom` returns 0.01, under the pool headroom floor,
  * so the selector skips it, `pickFillFirst` won't take it, sticky bindings
  * rebind away from it, and `drainQueue`'s probe loop *breaks* on it. Nothing
  * sends it a request, so `updateRateLimits` never runs, so the reading never
@@ -614,13 +614,66 @@ const STICKY_IDLE_TTL_MS = 6 * 60 * 60 * 1000; // reap a binding 6h after its LA
 const STICKY_MAX_ENTRIES = 2_000; // lazy cleanup cap
 const STICKY_CLEANUP_INTERVAL_MS = 30_000; // amortize the O(n) TTL/orphan sweep
 /**
- * Headroom floor under which an account is treated as "effectively exhausted"
- * for routing decisions. A sticky binding whose account drops below this
- * threshold gets rebound on the next request; the round-robin selector skips
- * accounts below this threshold when picking the next-best slot; the probe
- * loop stops once every candidate is below it. 0.02 == 2%.
+ * Default headroom floor under which an account is treated as "effectively
+ * exhausted" for routing decisions. A sticky binding whose account drops to
+ * or below the floor gets rebound on the next request; fill-first skips such
+ * accounts when picking the next-best slot; the queue drain stops once every
+ * candidate is at it. 0.02 == 2%.
+ *
+ * Configurable per pool since dario#1333: an operator whose seats answer
+ * with API errors in the last percent of a window can move the line to 5%
+ * so a sticky session leaves its seat BEFORE the 429, not at it. The pool
+ * carries the resolved value (`headroomFloor`); this constant is only the
+ * default and the lower bound.
+ */
+export const DEFAULT_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR = 0.02;
+/** Inclusive bounds for a configured floor: below 2% is the default already; above 50% parks half the pool for nothing. */
+export const MIN_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR = 0.02;
+export const MAX_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR = 0.5;
+/**
+ * Parse one candidate floor: a ratio (`0.05`) or a percentage (`5%`, `5`
+ * when > 1). Returns null when it is not a number inside the bounds, so a
+ * typo behaves like "not set" rather than a crash or a silently wrong pool.
+ */
+export function parsePoolHeadroomFloor(value) {
+    if (value === undefined || value === null)
+        return null;
+    let n;
+    if (typeof value === 'number') {
+        n = value;
+    }
+    else {
+        const t = value.trim();
+        if (t === '')
+            return null;
+        const pct = t.endsWith('%');
+        n = Number(pct ? t.slice(0, -1).trim() : t);
+        if (pct)
+            n /= 100;
+    }
+    if (!Number.isFinite(n))
+        return null;
+    if (n > 1)
+        n /= 100; // `5` means 5%, the way the doctor and /accounts print it
+    if (n < MIN_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR || n > MAX_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR)
+        return null;
+    return n;
+}
+/**
+ * Resolve the pool headroom floor from an explicit value (CLI flag / config
+ * file, already precedence-merged by the caller) with
+ * `DARIO_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR` as the env fallback. Unparseable or
+ * out-of-bounds values fall through to the next source and finally to the
+ * default, matching `resolvePoolStrategy`.
  */
-const POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR = 0.02;
+export function resolvePoolHeadroomFloor(explicit, env = process.env) {
+    for (const c of [explicit, env.DARIO_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR]) {
+        const n = parsePoolHeadroomFloor(c);
+        if (n !== null)
+            return n;
+    }
+    return DEFAULT_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR;
+}
 // Pick the account with the most headroom in a single pass. The prior
 // `.reduce()` form recomputed the incumbent's headroom every iteration
 // (~2n computeHeadroom calls); this computes each once (#642-audit).
@@ -641,18 +694,19 @@ function pickMaxHeadroom(accounts, family) {
 // readdir whose order the OS doesn't guarantee, and the operator can control
 // alias names but not readdir. Returns null when every candidate is at/below
 // the floor so the caller can fall back to max-headroom.
-function pickFillFirst(accounts, family) {
+function pickFillFirst(accounts, family, floor = DEFAULT_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR) {
     let best = null;
     for (const a of accounts) {
         if (best !== null && a.alias >= best.alias)
             continue;
-        if (computeHeadroom(a.rateLimit, family) > POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR)
+        if (computeHeadroom(a.rateLimit, family) > floor)
             best = a;
     }
     return best;
 }
 export class AccountPool {
     strategy;
+    headroomFloor;
     accounts = new Map();
     queue = [];
     queueMaxSize = 50;
@@ -661,8 +715,11 @@ export class AccountPool {
     sticky = new Map();
     // Amortize the O(n) sticky TTL/orphan sweep — timestamp of the last run.
     lastStickyCleanup = 0;
-    constructor(strategy = 'headroom') {
+    constructor(strategy = 'headroom', 
+    /** Headroom at/below which a seat counts as drained — see DEFAULT_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR. */
+    headroomFloor = DEFAULT_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR) {
         this.strategy = strategy;
+        this.headroomFloor = headroomFloor;
     }
     add(alias, opts) {
         const existing = this.accounts.get(alias);
@@ -773,7 +830,7 @@ export class AccountPool {
         const eligible = all.filter(a => isAccountEligible(a, now));
         if (eligible.length > 0) {
             if (this.strategy === 'fill-first') {
-                const first = pickFillFirst(eligible, family);
+                const first = pickFillFirst(eligible, family, this.headroomFloor);
                 if (first)
                     return first;
                 // Every eligible account is at/below the floor — the terminal state
@@ -856,7 +913,7 @@ export class AccountPool {
             const bound = this.accounts.get(binding.alias);
             if (bound
                 && isAccountEligible(bound, now)
-                && computeHeadroom(bound.rateLimit, family) > POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR) {
+                && computeHeadroom(bound.rateLimit, family) > this.headroomFloor) {
                 // Refresh the idle timer. A session that keeps taking turns must never
                 // be reaped or rebound while active — that would strand its warm prompt
                 // cache — so the TTL is re-based to now on every hit.
@@ -940,7 +997,7 @@ export class AccountPool {
             // otherwise a single failover would defeat the concentration the
             // strategy exists to provide.
             if (this.strategy === 'fill-first') {
-                const first = pickFillFirst(eligible, family);
+                const first = pickFillFirst(eligible, family, this.headroomFloor);
                 if (first)
                     return first;
             }
@@ -1067,7 +1124,7 @@ export class AccountPool {
         const immediate = this.select();
         if (immediate) {
             const headroom = computeHeadroom(immediate.rateLimit);
-            if (headroom > POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR)
+            if (headroom > this.headroomFloor)
                 return immediate;
         }
         if (this.queue.length >= this.queueMaxSize) {
@@ -1110,7 +1167,7 @@ export class AccountPool {
             if (!account)
                 break;
             const headroom = computeHeadroom(account.rateLimit);
-            if (headroom <= POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR)
+            if (headroom <= this.headroomFloor)
                 break;
             const entry = this.queue.shift();
             if (entry)

package/dist/proxy.d.ts

@@ -379,6 +379,13 @@ interface ProxyOptions {
      * `--pool-strategy` / `DARIO_POOL_STRATEGY` / config `pool.strategy`.
      */
     poolStrategy?: string;
+    /**
+     * Headroom at/below which a seat counts as drained (dario#1333): a sticky
+     * session rebinds off it and new conversations skip it. Ratio (`0.05`) or
+     * percent (`5%`); default 2%. Sourced from `--pool-headroom-floor` /
+     * `DARIO_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR` / config `pool.headroomFloor`.
+     */
+    poolHeadroomFloor?: string | number;
     /**
      * Share rate-limit readings and sticky bindings with other instances
      * through the refresh-lock service (pool-sync.ts). Needs

package/dist/proxy.js

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { darioVersion } from './version.js';
 import { buildCCRequest, applyCcPromptCaching, isGenuineCCClient, parseEffortSuffix, reverseMapResponse, createStreamingReverseMapper, orderHeadersForOutbound, overlayTemplateHeaderValues, forwardClientCCIdentityHeaders, isMcpToolName, CC_TEMPLATE, effectiveCacheControl, withForced1hBeta } from './cc-template.js';
 import { stampCch, hasCchSeed } from './cch.js';
 import { describeTemplate, detectDrift, checkCCCompat, probeInstalledCCVersion } from './live-fingerprint.js';
-import { AccountPool, computeStickyKey, parseRateLimits, modelFamily, isInAuthCooldown, authCooldownMs, accountIneligibility, reportedAccountStatus, reconcilePoolAccounts, resolvePoolStrategy, utilFreshness, rateLimitWindow, accountAction, accountPeers, distinctAccounts, describeRejection, maskEmail, isAccountEligible } from './pool.js';
+import { AccountPool, computeStickyKey, parseRateLimits, modelFamily, isInAuthCooldown, authCooldownMs, accountIneligibility, reportedAccountStatus, reconcilePoolAccounts, resolvePoolStrategy, resolvePoolHeadroomFloor, DEFAULT_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR, utilFreshness, rateLimitWindow, accountAction, accountPeers, distinctAccounts, describeRejection, maskEmail, isAccountEligible } from './pool.js';
 import { backfillIdentity } from './accounts.js';
 import { PoolSync, DEFAULT_POOL_SYNC_INTERVAL_MS } from './pool-sync.js';
 import { Analytics, billingBucketFromClaim, formatUsageLogLine, SUBSCRIPTION_CLAIMS, consumerFromHeader, consumerFromBody, CONSUMER_HEADER, CODEX_CLAIM } from './analytics.js';
@@ -1408,7 +1408,11 @@ export async function startProxy(opts = {}) {
     const adminEnabled = process.env.DARIO_ADMIN === '1';
     const accountsList = await loadAllAccounts();
     const poolStrategy = resolvePoolStrategy(opts.poolStrategy);
-    const pool = new AccountPool(poolStrategy);
+    const poolHeadroomFloor = resolvePoolHeadroomFloor(opts.poolHeadroomFloor);
+    const pool = new AccountPool(poolStrategy, poolHeadroomFloor);
+    if (poolHeadroomFloor !== DEFAULT_POOL_HEADROOM_FLOOR) {
+        console.log(`[dario] Pool headroom floor: ${Math.round(poolHeadroomFloor * 100)}% — a seat at or below it is left alone: sticky sessions rebind off it, new conversations skip it`);
+    }
     // Two aliases that are one account (same OAuth account uuid) are one
     // subscription counted twice (dario#1244). Said once per pair, from what the
     // records know at load and after any reconcile; the listings carry it

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@askalf/dario",
-  "version": "6.8.5",
+  "version": "6.8.7",
   "description": "Use your Claude and ChatGPT subscriptions in Cursor, Cline, Aider, Claude Code and the Agent SDK — at subscription pricing, not per-token API bills. One local Anthropic + OpenAI-compatible endpoint: either plan answers either wire shape, with automatic failover when one hits its limit.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {