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Last updated: October 27, 2026

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Status Line

Choose which model, context, token, speed, cache and cost figures appear below a conversation.

The bundled statusline plugin adds optional details below conversations in the Web UI and in elowen chat. Every option is off by default, and saving a change asks Chetty to restart before the new choice shows up.

Setting Key Default What it shows
Model showModel Off The active model's name. In the web chat the name is a picker: select it to switch models.
Context usage showContext Off Context-window use as a percentage and a token count.
Total tokens showTokens Off The conversation's cumulative token count.
Speed showSpeed Off The output speed of the current turn in tokens per second. It counts generated tokens, reasoning and tool calls included, over the time the provider spent generating them; queue waits, retries, tool execution and waits for a person are excluded. It appears once a turn has a measured speed.
Cache hit showCacheHit Off The share of this conversation's prompt input that the provider served from its cache. The web row shows it as cache and a percentage.
Cost showCost Off The conversation's cumulative cost. API-key providers report it, and subscriptions show $0.

Turn the status line on

  1. Open Settings, then Plugins.
  2. Find the card named statusline and click its name, or choose Detail from its menu.
  3. On the Behavior tab, turn on the options you want. Each change saves automatically.

In the CLI, use /statusline to choose from Model, Context usage, Total tokens, Speed, Cache hit and Cost. The Model toggle is stored with the other settings and shown in the web dock, while the CLI status bar leaves the model out because its model line already shows it. Settings apply across the instance.

Use the web status row

In the web chat, a small arrow at the start of the status row hides and shows the statistics; its tooltip reads Hide stats or Show stats. On a phone, hiding the row gives the composer more room.

Context usage appears only when Chetty has a usage value for the conversation. While the model runs on its fast route, the row also shows FAST.

With every option off, the web status row is hidden. It stays visible while a goal is active, because the goal is shown on it.

Administrator access

Administrators manage the plugin in Settings → Plugins; select it to open its detail view. Only an administrator can enable or disable it, it needs no individual user grant, and the change takes effect after Chetty restarts.

For installing plugins and managing their permissions, see Plugins.