diff --git a/notes/host-context-implementation-checklist.md b/notes/host-context-implementation-checklist.md
index 389ef0d3257..a6762ec6aa5 100644
--- a/notes/host-context-implementation-checklist.md
+++ b/notes/host-context-implementation-checklist.md
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ Done means: reviewers and future agents can understand the vision, implementatio
 - [x] 2026-06-12: Threaded GitHub Tasks row-level mutations through `TaskSourceContext` for issue state, assignees, reviewer requests/removals, PR merge/auto-merge, and new issue creation/follow-up reads; verified with focused GitHub/TaskPage tests, focused oxlint, `pnpm run typecheck`, and `git diff --check`.
 - [x] 2026-06-12: Added provider account-scope diagnostics to GitHub/GitLab CLI integration cards so code-host credential checks show whether they belong to the local desktop client or selected remote server, matching the existing Linear/Jira ownership copy; verified with focused integration-card scope tests and oxlint.
 - [x] 2026-06-12: Extended task-detail navigation state to GitLab and fixed Linear replay so saved `TaskSourceContext` is restored through back/forward and direct detail reopens; GitLab detail history keys now include source scope so identical MRs from different hosts stay distinct. Verified with focused UI/history/static-boundary tests and oxlint.
+- [x] 2026-06-12: Added host-scoped budget diagnostics to the GitHub and GitLab API Budget settings panels so rate-limit views explicitly say whether they are fetched from the local desktop CLI or selected remote-server CLI; verified with focused provider scope/panel render tests and oxlint.
 - [x] 2026-06-12: Updated PR #5071 with the current verified scope, evidence docs, validation commands, explicit out-of-scope cloud/onboarding items, and remaining provider/version-skew risk.
 - [x] 2026-06-12: Added load-time backfill for legacy automations and automation runs that predate `runContext`/`sourceContext`, deriving explicit project host and provider source contexts from the saved repo id/path; verified with focused persistence migration coverage, automation service/precheck tests, daemon/settings merge-repair tests, and full `pnpm run typecheck`.
 - [x] 2026-06-12: Repaired the merge-repair lint gate without disabling max-lines by extracting automation run-target/usage modules and settings subcomponents, fixed stale source-context hook dependencies, and tightened GitHub PR checks cache ownership so `noCache` bypasses cache/in-flight requests while head-specific checks are reused during refresh events; verified targeted oxlint, focused automation/settings/GitHub cache tests (10 files / 157 tests), `github-checks-cache.test.ts`, `git diff --check`, and full `pnpm run typecheck`.
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/github/github-rate-limit-display.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/github/github-rate-limit-display.tsx
index e40fb04c62a..f05f7ac479e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/github/github-rate-limit-display.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/github/github-rate-limit-display.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { installWindowVisibilityInterval } from '@/lib/window-visibility-interva
 import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
 import { callRuntimeRpc, getActiveRuntimeTarget } from '@/runtime/runtime-rpc-client'
 import type { GetRateLimitResult, GitHubRateLimitSnapshot } from '../../../../shared/types'
+import { getProviderRateLimitScope } from '@/components/settings/provider-account-scope'
 import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
 
 const REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS = 60_000
@@ -169,6 +170,8 @@ function GitHubRateLimitRows({
 
 export function GitHubRateLimitPanel({ className }: { className?: string }): React.JSX.Element {
   const { snapshot, hasError, isFetching, refresh } = useGitHubRateLimitSnapshot()
+  const settings = useAppStore((s) => s.settings)
+  const budgetScope = getProviderRateLimitScope(settings, 'GitHub')
 
   return (
     <div className={cn('space-y-3 rounded-md border border-border/60 p-3', className)}>
@@ -187,6 +190,16 @@ export function GitHubRateLimitPanel({ className }: { className?: string }): Rea
               'Orca uses REST, Search, and GraphQL through the GitHub CLI.'
             )}
           </p>
+          <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+            <span className="font-medium text-foreground">
+              {translate(
+                'auto.components.github.github.rate.limit.display.budget_scope',
+                'Budget scope: {{value0}}',
+                { value0: budgetScope.label }
+              )}
+            </span>{' '}
+            {budgetScope.description}
+          </p>
         </div>
         <button
           type="button"
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/gitlab/gitlab-rate-limit-display.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/gitlab/gitlab-rate-limit-display.tsx
index e477146fd1c..26e526b2458 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/gitlab/gitlab-rate-limit-display.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/gitlab/gitlab-rate-limit-display.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { installWindowVisibilityInterval } from '@/lib/window-visibility-interva
 import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
 import { callRuntimeRpc, getActiveRuntimeTarget } from '@/runtime/runtime-rpc-client'
 import type { GetGitLabRateLimitResult, GitLabRateLimitSnapshot } from '../../../../shared/types'
+import { getProviderRateLimitScope } from '@/components/settings/provider-account-scope'
 import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
 
 const REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS = 60_000
@@ -146,6 +147,8 @@ function GitLabRateLimitRows({
 
 export function GitLabRateLimitPanel({ className }: { className?: string }): React.JSX.Element {
   const { snapshot, hasError, isFetching, refresh } = useGitLabRateLimitSnapshot()
+  const settings = useAppStore((s) => s.settings)
+  const budgetScope = getProviderRateLimitScope(settings, 'GitLab')
 
   return (
     <div className={cn('space-y-3 rounded-md border border-border/60 p-3', className)}>
@@ -164,6 +167,16 @@ export function GitLabRateLimitPanel({ className }: { className?: string }): Rea
               'Orca uses REST through the GitLab CLI.'
             )}
           </p>
+          <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+            <span className="font-medium text-foreground">
+              {translate(
+                'auto.components.gitlab.gitlab.rate.limit.display.budget_scope',
+                'Budget scope: {{value0}}',
+                { value0: budgetScope.label }
+              )}
+            </span>{' '}
+            {budgetScope.description}
+          </p>
         </div>
         <Button
           type="button"
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/provider-account-scope.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/provider-account-scope.test.ts
index c0eeb50c5d9..b33d0c30c58 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/provider-account-scope.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/provider-account-scope.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { getProviderAccountScope } from './provider-account-scope'
+import { getProviderAccountScope, getProviderRateLimitScope } from './provider-account-scope'
 
 describe('getProviderAccountScope', () => {
   it('describes provider accounts as client-owned without an active runtime', () => {
@@ -17,4 +17,15 @@ describe('getProviderAccountScope', () => {
         'Credentials and account checks for this provider are owned by this remote server.'
     })
   })
+
+  it('describes provider API budgets as host-scoped', () => {
+    expect(getProviderRateLimitScope({ activeRuntimeEnvironmentId: null }, 'GitHub')).toEqual({
+      label: 'Local Mac',
+      description: 'GitHub API budget is fetched from the CLI on this desktop client.'
+    })
+    expect(getProviderRateLimitScope({ activeRuntimeEnvironmentId: ' env-1 ' }, 'GitLab')).toEqual({
+      label: 'Remote server: env-1',
+      description: 'GitLab API budget is fetched from the CLI on this remote server.'
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/provider-account-scope.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/provider-account-scope.ts
index 147128bf6e4..bf01282186b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/provider-account-scope.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/provider-account-scope.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ export type ProviderAccountScope = {
   description: string
 }
 
+export type ProviderRateLimitScope = {
+  label: string
+  description: string
+}
+
 export function getProviderAccountScope(
   settings: Pick<GlobalSettings, 'activeRuntimeEnvironmentId'> | null | undefined
 ): ProviderAccountScope {
@@ -12,11 +17,30 @@ export function getProviderAccountScope(
   if (runtimeId) {
     return {
       label: `Remote server: ${runtimeId}`,
-      description: 'Credentials and account checks for this provider are owned by this remote server.'
+      description:
+        'Credentials and account checks for this provider are owned by this remote server.'
     }
   }
   return {
     label: 'Local Mac',
-    description: 'Credentials and account checks for this provider are owned by this desktop client.'
+    description:
+      'Credentials and account checks for this provider are owned by this desktop client.'
+  }
+}
+
+export function getProviderRateLimitScope(
+  settings: Pick<GlobalSettings, 'activeRuntimeEnvironmentId'> | null | undefined,
+  providerLabel: string
+): ProviderRateLimitScope {
+  const runtimeId = settings?.activeRuntimeEnvironmentId?.trim()
+  if (runtimeId) {
+    return {
+      label: `Remote server: ${runtimeId}`,
+      description: `${providerLabel} API budget is fetched from the CLI on this remote server.`
+    }
+  }
+  return {
+    label: 'Local Mac',
+    description: `${providerLabel} API budget is fetched from the CLI on this desktop client.`
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/provider-rate-limit-scope-panels.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/provider-rate-limit-scope-panels.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b232534b5e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/provider-rate-limit-scope-panels.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server'
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { GitHubRateLimitPanel } from '@/components/github/github-rate-limit-display'
+import { GitLabRateLimitPanel } from '@/components/gitlab/gitlab-rate-limit-display'
+
+type StoreState = {
+  settings: { activeRuntimeEnvironmentId: string | null }
+}
+
+const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  store: { current: { settings: { activeRuntimeEnvironmentId: null } } as StoreState }
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/store', () => ({
+  useAppStore: (selector: (state: StoreState) => unknown) => selector(mocks.store.current)
+}))
+
+describe('provider rate-limit panels account scope', () => {
+  it('shows the local host scope for GitHub API budget', () => {
+    mocks.store.current = { settings: { activeRuntimeEnvironmentId: null } }
+
+    const markup = renderToStaticMarkup(<GitHubRateLimitPanel />)
+
+    expect(markup).toContain('Budget scope: Local Mac')
+    expect(markup).toContain('GitHub API budget is fetched from the CLI on this desktop client.')
+  })
+
+  it('shows the remote server scope for GitLab API budget', () => {
+    mocks.store.current = { settings: { activeRuntimeEnvironmentId: 'runtime-1' } }
+
+    const markup = renderToStaticMarkup(<GitLabRateLimitPanel />)
+
+    expect(markup).toContain('Budget scope: Remote server: runtime-1')
+    expect(markup).toContain('GitLab API budget is fetched from the CLI on this remote server.')
+  })
+})