diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBar.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBar.tsx
index 2c9a2fb979c..b3fc9cb54f3 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBar.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBar.tsx
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/runtime/runtime-provider-accounts-client'
 import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
 import {
+  getDisplayedUsagePercentage,
   normalizeUsagePercentageDisplay,
   type UsagePercentageDisplay
 } from '../../../../shared/usage-percentage-display'
@@ -944,15 +945,21 @@ function ClaudeSwitcherMenu({
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Mini progress bar (shows consumption / % used, grey)
+// Mini progress bar (follows the selected usage percentage meaning, grey)
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-function MiniBar({ usedPct }: { usedPct: number }): React.JSX.Element {
+function MiniBar({
+  usedPct,
+  display
+}: {
+  usedPct: number
+  display: UsagePercentageDisplay
+}): React.JSX.Element {
   return (
     <div className="w-[48px] h-[6px] rounded-full bg-muted overflow-hidden flex-shrink-0">
       <div
         className="h-full rounded-full transition-all duration-300 bg-muted-foreground/40"
-        style={{ width: `${clampUsedPercent(usedPct)}%` }}
+        style={{ width: `${getDisplayedUsagePercentage(usedPct, display)}%` }}
       />
     </div>
   )
@@ -972,8 +979,6 @@ export function InlineUsageBars({
   const display = normalizeUsagePercentageDisplay(
     useAppStore((state) => state.usagePercentageDisplay)
   )
-  // Why: the preference changes copy, while bar fill stays consumption-based
-  // so empty/green and full/red keep the meter semantics introduced in #8167.
   const usageWindows = [
     limits.session
       ? {
@@ -1008,9 +1013,10 @@ export function InlineUsageBars({
       {usageWindows.map((window) => (
         <div key={window.key} className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-1">
           <div className="h-[4px] min-w-0 flex-1 overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-muted">
+            {/* Why: fill follows the selected percentage; color still signals consumption urgency. */}
             <div
               className={`h-full rounded-full ${barColor(window.used)}`}
-              style={{ width: `${window.used}%` }}
+              style={{ width: `${getDisplayedUsagePercentage(window.used, display)}%` }}
             />
           </div>
           <span className="shrink-0 text-[10px] tabular-nums text-muted-foreground">
@@ -1231,7 +1237,9 @@ export function ProviderSegment({
   return (
     <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5">
       <ProviderIcon provider={provider} />
-      {p.session && !compact && <MiniBar usedPct={clampUsedPercent(p.session.usedPercent)} />}
+      {p.session && !compact && (
+        <MiniBar usedPct={clampUsedPercent(p.session.usedPercent)} display={display} />
+      )}
       {visibleWindows.map((window, index) => (
         <React.Fragment key={window.key}>
           {index > 0 && <span className="text-muted-foreground">·</span>}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/inline-usage-bars.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/inline-usage-bars.test.tsx
index 404caa344dc..00d27391e62 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/inline-usage-bars.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/inline-usage-bars.test.tsx
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ describe('InlineUsageBars', () => {
     expect(markup).toContain('42% used Fable')
   })
 
-  it('shows remaining copy without reversing consumption meter fill', async () => {
+  it('shows remaining copy and remaining meter fill', async () => {
     mocks.usagePercentageDisplay = 'remaining'
     const { InlineUsageBars } = await import('./StatusBar')
 
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ describe('InlineUsageBars', () => {
     expect(markup).toContain('68% left 5h')
     expect(markup).toContain('84% left wk')
     expect(markup).toContain('58% left Fable')
-    expect(markup).toContain('width:32%')
+    expect(markup).toContain('width:68%')
+    expect(markup).toContain('width:84%')
+    expect(markup).toContain('width:58%')
+    expect(markup).not.toContain('width:32%')
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/tooltip.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/tooltip.test.ts
index 6daf47a8c1c..87e12d66048 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/tooltip.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/tooltip.test.ts
@@ -514,26 +514,24 @@ describe('ProviderPanel reset rendering', () => {
     expect(markup).not.toContain('140%')
   })
 
-  it.each(PROVIDER_IDS)(
-    'applies remaining copy to %s while retaining consumption bar direction',
-    (providerId) => {
-      const p = provider({
-        provider: providerId,
-        status: 'ok',
-        session: {
-          usedPercent: 25,
-          windowMinutes: 300,
-          resetsAt: null,
-          resetDescription: null
-        }
-      })
+  it.each(PROVIDER_IDS)('applies remaining copy and meter fill to %s', (providerId) => {
+    const p = provider({
+      provider: providerId,
+      status: 'ok',
+      session: {
+        usedPercent: 25,
+        windowMinutes: 300,
+        resetsAt: null,
+        resetDescription: null
+      }
+    })
 
-      const markup = renderToStaticMarkup(ProviderPanel({ p, usagePercentageDisplay: 'remaining' }))
+    const markup = renderToStaticMarkup(ProviderPanel({ p, usagePercentageDisplay: 'remaining' }))
 
-      expect(markup).toContain('75% left')
-      expect(markup).toContain('width:25%')
-    }
-  )
+    expect(markup).toContain('75% left')
+    expect(markup).toContain('width:75%')
+    expect(markup).not.toContain('width:25%')
+  })
 })
 
 describe('clampUsedPercent', () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/tooltip.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/tooltip.tsx
index 849dc7beda3..2a45500ddb8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/tooltip.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/tooltip.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from './usage-error-copy'
 import {
   clampUsedPercent,
+  getDisplayedUsagePercentage,
   type UsagePercentageDisplay
 } from '../../../../shared/usage-percentage-display'
 import { formatUsagePercentageLabel } from './usage-percentage-label'
@@ -184,8 +185,8 @@ export function getWindowSections(
 // `text-background` for primary text and `text-background/50` for secondary
 // to stay readable inside the inverted tooltip container.
 
-// Why: color-coded by consumption so users can quickly gauge urgency.
-// Matches common harness usage meters (Claude/Codex): bars fill with % used.
+// Why: color always tracks % used so urgency reads correctly even when the meter
+// fills with % remaining (#8560) — low remaining still turns red, not green.
 // Green = comfortable (<60% used), yellow = caution (60-80%), red = critical (≥80%).
 export function barColor(usedPct: number): string {
   if (usedPct < 60) {
@@ -278,18 +279,18 @@ export function ProviderPanel({
     if (!w) {
       return null
     }
-    // Why: preference changes the copy only; consumption-based bar direction
-    // preserves the empty/green to full/red meter convention from #8167.
     const usedPct = clampUsedPercent(w.usedPercent)
+    const displayedPct = getDisplayedUsagePercentage(usedPct, usagePercentageDisplay)
     const resetLabel = w.resetsAt ? formatResetCountdown(w.resetsAt - Date.now()) : null
 
     return (
       <div className="space-y-1">
         <div className={`font-medium ${textClass}`}>{label}</div>
         <div className={`h-[6px] w-full overflow-hidden rounded-full ${emptyBarClass}`}>
+          {/* Why: fill follows the selected percentage; color still signals consumption urgency. */}
           <div
             className={`h-full rounded-full ${barColor(usedPct)} transition-all duration-300`}
-            style={{ width: `${usedPct}%` }}
+            style={{ width: `${displayedPct}%` }}
           />
         </div>
         <div className={`flex justify-between ${mutedClass}`}>