diff --git a/tests/test_coord_rich_ws_state_payload.py b/tests/test_coord_rich_ws_state_payload.py
index cbe9ba57..1deea4b9 100644
--- a/tests/test_coord_rich_ws_state_payload.py
+++ b/tests/test_coord_rich_ws_state_payload.py
@@ -73,6 +73,47 @@ def test_coord_on_status_persists_usage_event() -> None:
     assert kwargs["completion_tokens"] == 3
 
 
+def test_coord_on_aux_usage_persists_usage_event() -> None:
+    """Auxiliary LLM calls (plan/task sub-agents, compaction, web-fetch
+    summarisation, title gen) bypass ``on_status`` entirely. ``on_aux_usage``
+    is what gets their token spend onto the governance dashboard."""
+    storage = MagicMock()
+    ui = ConsoleCoordinatorUI(ws_id="coord-ws", user_id="u1")
+    with _patch_get_storage(storage):
+        ui.on_aux_usage(
+            {
+                "prompt_tokens": 500,
+                "completion_tokens": 40,
+                "cache_creation_tokens": 12,
+                "cache_read_tokens": 8,
+                "model": "plan-model",
+            }
+        )
+    storage.record_usage_event.assert_called_once()
+    kwargs = storage.record_usage_event.call_args.kwargs
+    assert kwargs["ws_id"] == "coord-ws"
+    assert kwargs["user_id"] == "u1"
+    assert kwargs["model"] == "plan-model"
+    assert kwargs["prompt_tokens"] == 500
+    assert kwargs["completion_tokens"] == 40
+    assert kwargs["cache_creation_tokens"] == 12
+    assert kwargs["cache_read_tokens"] == 8
+    # Tools a sub-agent calls internally are its own tally, not this ws's.
+    assert kwargs["tool_calls_count"] == 0
+
+
+def test_coord_on_aux_usage_leaves_live_counters_untouched() -> None:
+    """Unlike ``on_status``, ``on_aux_usage`` must NOT fold the auxiliary
+    prompt into the live per-ws context gauge — that tracks the main
+    conversation's window, and an agent/compaction prompt isn't it."""
+    ui = ConsoleCoordinatorUI(ws_id="coord-ws", user_id="u1")
+    with _patch_get_storage(MagicMock()):
+        ui.on_aux_usage({"prompt_tokens": 9999, "completion_tokens": 9999})
+    assert ui._ws_prompt_tokens == 0
+    assert ui._ws_completion_tokens == 0
+    assert ui._ws_context_ratio == 0.0
+
+
 def test_coord_on_content_token_accumulates() -> None:
     """Pre-lift coord ``on_content_token`` only enqueued; lift turns it
     into the same per-ws accumulator WebUI uses so the collector
@@ -580,6 +621,37 @@ def test_webui_on_status_still_records_prometheus_metrics() -> None:
         WebUI._global_queue = None
 
 
+def test_webui_on_aux_usage_records_prometheus_metrics() -> None:
+    """WebUI.on_aux_usage must feed ``_metrics.record_*`` so auxiliary
+    (sub-agent / compaction / utility) tokens land in
+    ``turnstone_tokens_total``, not just main-loop turns. Regression guard
+    mirroring ``test_webui_on_status_still_records_prometheus_metrics`` —
+    without it, a refactor dropping the override would silently stop
+    counting aux tokens with nothing failing."""
+    import queue
+
+    from turnstone.server import WebUI
+
+    WebUI._global_queue = queue.Queue()
+    try:
+        ui = WebUI(ws_id="ws-int", user_id="u1")
+        with patch("turnstone.server._metrics") as mock_metrics, _patch_get_storage(MagicMock()):
+            ui.on_aux_usage(
+                {
+                    "prompt_tokens": 64,
+                    "completion_tokens": 8,
+                    "cache_creation_tokens": 3,
+                    "cache_read_tokens": 5,
+                }
+            )
+        mock_metrics.record_tokens.assert_called_once_with(64, 8)
+        mock_metrics.record_cache_tokens.assert_called_once_with(3, 5)
+        # Unlike on_status, aux usage must NOT touch the context-ratio gauge.
+        mock_metrics.record_context_ratio.assert_not_called()
+    finally:
+        WebUI._global_queue = None
+
+
 def test_webui_on_tool_result_still_records_prometheus_tool_call() -> None:
     """Same as above for ``on_tool_result``."""
     import queue
diff --git a/tests/test_session.py b/tests/test_session.py
index fc445077..00b6c570 100644
--- a/tests/test_session.py
+++ b/tests/test_session.py
@@ -5854,3 +5854,104 @@ class TestSearchCaptureStreaming:
         from turnstone.core.session import _SEARCH_STDERR_CAP
 
         assert len(stderr) <= _SEARCH_STDERR_CAP
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Auxiliary-usage accounting — non-streaming LLM calls (title gen,
+# compaction, web-fetch summarisation, plan/task sub-agents) bypass the
+# streaming on_status path; _record_aux_usage routes their usage to the
+# UI's on_aux_usage hook so it still reaches the governance dashboard.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class _AuxRecordingUI(NullUI):
+    """NullUI plus the on_aux_usage hook, capturing each recorded dict."""
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.aux_calls: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+
+    def on_aux_usage(self, usage):
+        self.aux_calls.append(usage)
+
+
+def test_utility_completion_records_aux_usage():
+    """A utility completion's token usage is routed to on_aux_usage with the
+    fields mapped from the provider's UsageInfo and the session model."""
+    from turnstone.core.providers._protocol import (
+        CompletionResult,
+        ModelCapabilities,
+        UsageInfo,
+    )
+
+    ui = _AuxRecordingUI()
+    session = _make_session(ui=ui)
+    session._provider = MagicMock()
+    session._provider.get_capabilities.return_value = ModelCapabilities()
+    session._provider.create_completion.return_value = CompletionResult(
+        content="A Generated Title",
+        usage=UsageInfo(
+            prompt_tokens=120,
+            completion_tokens=8,
+            total_tokens=128,
+            cache_creation_tokens=4,
+            cache_read_tokens=16,
+        ),
+    )
+
+    session._utility_completion([{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}])
+
+    assert len(ui.aux_calls) == 1
+    rec = ui.aux_calls[0]
+    assert rec["prompt_tokens"] == 120
+    assert rec["completion_tokens"] == 8
+    assert rec["cache_creation_tokens"] == 4
+    assert rec["cache_read_tokens"] == 16
+    assert rec["model"] == "test-model"
+
+
+def test_record_aux_usage_skips_when_usage_missing():
+    """A provider that reports no usage object must not emit a phantom
+    zero-token row."""
+    from turnstone.core.providers._protocol import CompletionResult
+
+    ui = _AuxRecordingUI()
+    session = _make_session(ui=ui)
+    session._record_aux_usage(CompletionResult(content="x", usage=None))
+    assert ui.aux_calls == []
+
+
+def test_record_aux_usage_noop_without_ui_hook():
+    """Minimal UI stubs predating on_aux_usage (e.g. NullUI) must not crash
+    a title-gen or sub-agent turn — recording silently no-ops."""
+    from turnstone.core.providers._protocol import CompletionResult, UsageInfo
+
+    session = _make_session(ui=NullUI())  # NullUI has no on_aux_usage
+    session._record_aux_usage(
+        CompletionResult(
+            content="x",
+            usage=UsageInfo(prompt_tokens=1, completion_tokens=1, total_tokens=2),
+        )
+    )  # no exception raised == pass
+
+
+def test_record_aux_usage_attributes_explicit_model():
+    """Sub-agent turns record under the agent's OWN model — session.py's
+    _api_call passes model=agent_model so plan/task spend attributes to the
+    sub-agent's model, not the coordinating session's. Verify the override
+    reaches on_aux_usage rather than defaulting to self.model."""
+    from turnstone.core.providers._protocol import CompletionResult, UsageInfo
+
+    ui = _AuxRecordingUI()
+    session = _make_session(ui=ui)  # session model == "test-model"
+    session._record_aux_usage(
+        CompletionResult(
+            content="plan output",
+            usage=UsageInfo(prompt_tokens=900, completion_tokens=60, total_tokens=960),
+        ),
+        model="plan-model-xyz",
+    )
+
+    assert len(ui.aux_calls) == 1
+    # The explicit agent model wins over the session default.
+    assert ui.aux_calls[0]["model"] == "plan-model-xyz"
+    assert ui.aux_calls[0]["prompt_tokens"] == 900
diff --git a/turnstone/console/static/governance.js b/turnstone/console/static/governance.js
index 33514d16..570d45c4 100644
--- a/turnstone/console/static/governance.js
+++ b/turnstone/console/static/governance.js
@@ -2462,21 +2462,21 @@ function loadGovUsage() {
   else since = new Date(now - 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
   const sinceStr = since.toISOString().slice(0, 19);
 
-  // Fetch summary + breakdown in parallel
-  const summaryUrl =
-    "/v1/api/admin/usage?since=" + encodeURIComponent(sinceStr);
-  const breakdownUrl = summaryUrl + "&group_by=" + _govUsageGroupBy;
+  // A single request returns both the window-total `summary` (one SUM
+  // row, computed independent of group_by) and the grouped `breakdown`
+  // rows — the readout cards read the former, the bar chart the latter.
+  const url =
+    "/v1/api/admin/usage?since=" +
+    encodeURIComponent(sinceStr) +
+    "&group_by=" +
+    _govUsageGroupBy;
 
-  Promise.all([
-    authFetch(summaryUrl).then(function (r) {
+  authFetch(url)
+    .then(function (r) {
       return r.json();
-    }),
-    authFetch(breakdownUrl).then(function (r) {
-      return r.json();
-    }),
-  ])
-    .then(function (results) {
-      _renderGovUsage(results[0], results[1]);
+    })
+    .then(function (data) {
+      _renderGovUsage(data);
     })
     .catch(function () {
       setSafeHtml(
@@ -2486,9 +2486,11 @@ function loadGovUsage() {
     });
 }
 
-function _renderGovUsage(summary, breakdown) {
+function _renderGovUsage(data) {
   const container = document.getElementById("admin-usage-content");
-  const s = (summary.breakdown && summary.breakdown[0]) || {};
+  // Cards show the window total (the SUM row), NOT breakdown[0] — the
+  // latter is the oldest bucket and silently understated every headline.
+  const s = (data.summary && data.summary[0]) || {};
   const prompt = s.prompt_tokens || 0;
   const completion = s.completion_tokens || 0;
   const total = prompt + completion;
@@ -2529,7 +2531,7 @@ function _renderGovUsage(summary, breakdown) {
     "</div>";
 
   // Bar chart breakdown
-  const items = breakdown.breakdown || [];
+  const items = data.breakdown || [];
   if (items.length) {
     let maxVal = 0;
     for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
diff --git a/turnstone/core/session.py b/turnstone/core/session.py
index 33af1c81..14a13d64 100644
--- a/turnstone/core/session.py
+++ b/turnstone/core/session.py
@@ -3100,7 +3100,7 @@ class ChatSession:
         caps = self._get_capabilities()
         clamped = min(max_tokens, caps.max_output_tokens) if caps.max_output_tokens else max_tokens
         messages = self._maybe_attach_vllm_chat_reasoning(messages, self._provider)
-        return self._provider.create_completion(
+        result = self._provider.create_completion(
             client=self.client,
             model=self.model,
             messages=messages,
@@ -3111,6 +3111,44 @@ class ChatSession:
             capabilities=caps,
             replay_reasoning_to_model=self._resolve_replay_reasoning_to_model(caps=caps),
         )
+        # Utility completions (title gen, compaction, web-fetch extraction)
+        # bypass the streaming on_status path — record their usage so the
+        # governance dashboard reflects this spend.
+        self._record_aux_usage(result)
+        return result
+
+    def _record_aux_usage(self, result: CompletionResult, *, model: str | None = None) -> None:
+        """Persist token usage for a non-streaming auxiliary completion.
+
+        Title generation, compaction, web-fetch summarisation, and
+        plan/task sub-agents all run via ``create_completion`` and bypass
+        the streaming ``on_status`` accounting path; without this their
+        spend never reaches the usage dashboard. Delegates to the UI's
+        ``on_aux_usage`` hook (which owns the storage write + any node
+        metrics), mirroring how ``_print_status_line`` routes main-loop
+        usage through ``on_status``.
+
+        ``model`` defaults to the session model (utility calls share it);
+        sub-agent callers pass the agent's own model so per-model
+        attribution stays accurate. The hook is looked up defensively —
+        minimal UI stubs (some tests, replay shims) predate it and should
+        skip recording rather than crash a title-gen or sub-agent turn.
+        """
+        u = result.usage
+        if u is None:
+            return
+        record = getattr(self.ui, "on_aux_usage", None)
+        if record is None:
+            return
+        record(
+            {
+                "prompt_tokens": u.prompt_tokens,
+                "completion_tokens": u.completion_tokens,
+                "cache_creation_tokens": u.cache_creation_tokens,
+                "cache_read_tokens": u.cache_read_tokens,
+                "model": model or self.model,
+            }
+        )
 
     # -- tool search helpers --------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -11025,7 +11063,7 @@ class ChatSession:
             last_err: Exception | None = None
             for attempt in range(self._MAX_RETRIES + 1):
                 try:
-                    return agent_provider.create_completion(
+                    agent_result = agent_provider.create_completion(
                         client=agent_client,
                         model=agent_model,
                         messages=messages,
@@ -11039,6 +11077,11 @@ class ChatSession:
                             agent_alias, caps=agent_caps
                         ),
                     )
+                    # Sub-agent turns bypass on_status — record per-turn so
+                    # plan/task spend is visible in the dashboard, attributed
+                    # to the agent's own model.
+                    self._record_aux_usage(agent_result, model=agent_model)
+                    return agent_result
                 except Exception as e:
                     ename = type(e).__name__
                     if (
diff --git a/turnstone/core/session_ui_base.py b/turnstone/core/session_ui_base.py
index 21a0541e..5cf1bf63 100644
--- a/turnstone/core/session_ui_base.py
+++ b/turnstone/core/session_ui_base.py
@@ -1930,6 +1930,66 @@ class SessionUIBase:
                 "turn_count": turn_count,
             }
         )
+        self._write_usage_row(
+            model=usage.get("model", ""),
+            prompt_tokens=prompt_tokens,
+            completion_tokens=completion_tokens,
+            tool_calls_count=tool_count,
+            cache_creation_tokens=cache_creation,
+            cache_read_tokens=cache_read,
+        )
+
+    def on_aux_usage(self, usage: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        """Persist a ``usage_event`` for an auxiliary (non-main-loop) LLM call.
+
+        Title generation, conversation compaction, web-fetch
+        summarisation, and plan/task sub-agents all run through the
+        provider's non-streaming ``create_completion`` and never reach
+        :meth:`on_status` — so without this their tokens are invisible to
+        the governance usage dashboard, undercounting real consumption
+        (potentially by a large factor for agent-heavy workstreams).
+
+        Deliberately narrower than :meth:`on_status`: it records ONLY the
+        storage row.  It does NOT enqueue a ``status`` UI event, advance
+        ``_ws_prompt_tokens`` / ``_ws_context_ratio`` (an auxiliary
+        prompt is not the main conversation's live context — folding it
+        in would make the status-bar context gauge lie), or touch the
+        tool-call delta counter.  ``tool_calls_count`` is recorded as 0:
+        any tools a sub-agent or judge calls internally are its own
+        concern, not part of this workstream's surfaced tool tally.
+
+        ``WebUI`` overrides this to also feed the node Prometheus token
+        counters; call ``super().on_aux_usage(...)`` to keep the
+        ``usage_event`` row consistent.
+        """
+        self._write_usage_row(
+            model=usage.get("model", ""),
+            prompt_tokens=usage.get("prompt_tokens", 0),
+            completion_tokens=usage.get("completion_tokens", 0),
+            tool_calls_count=0,
+            cache_creation_tokens=usage.get("cache_creation_tokens", 0),
+            cache_read_tokens=usage.get("cache_read_tokens", 0),
+        )
+
+    def _write_usage_row(
+        self,
+        *,
+        model: str,
+        prompt_tokens: int,
+        completion_tokens: int,
+        tool_calls_count: int,
+        cache_creation_tokens: int,
+        cache_read_tokens: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Persist one ``usage_event`` row, swallowing + logging storage
+        errors so a reporting-sink failure never breaks a live turn.
+
+        Shared by :meth:`on_status` (main-loop turns, real tool-call
+        delta) and :meth:`on_aux_usage` (auxiliary calls, with
+        ``tool_calls_count=0``) so the get-storage / record / except-log
+        shape lives in one place and can't drift if the
+        ``record_usage_event`` signature changes.
+        """
         try:
             from turnstone.core.storage._registry import get_storage
 
@@ -1940,12 +2000,12 @@ class SessionUIBase:
                     user_id=self._user_id,
                     ws_id=self.ws_id,
                     node_id="",
-                    model=usage.get("model", ""),
+                    model=model,
                     prompt_tokens=prompt_tokens,
                     completion_tokens=completion_tokens,
-                    tool_calls_count=tool_count,
-                    cache_creation_tokens=cache_creation,
-                    cache_read_tokens=cache_read,
+                    tool_calls_count=tool_calls_count,
+                    cache_creation_tokens=cache_creation_tokens,
+                    cache_read_tokens=cache_read_tokens,
                 )
         except Exception:
             log.warning("Failed to record usage event", exc_info=True)
diff --git a/turnstone/server.py b/turnstone/server.py
index a5693301..404dff76 100644
--- a/turnstone/server.py
+++ b/turnstone/server.py
@@ -354,6 +354,22 @@ class WebUI(SessionUIBase):
         _metrics.record_context_ratio(total_tok / context_window if context_window > 0 else 0.0)
         super().on_status(usage, context_window, effort)
 
+    def on_aux_usage(self, usage: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        """Feed node Prometheus token counters for auxiliary LLM calls.
+
+        Mirrors :meth:`on_status`' token-metric writes (minus
+        context-ratio — an auxiliary prompt is not the main context
+        window) so ``turnstone_tokens_total`` reflects sub-agent,
+        compaction, and utility spend, not just main-loop turns. The
+        ``usage_event`` storage row is inherited from
+        :meth:`SessionUIBase.on_aux_usage`.
+        """
+        _metrics.record_tokens(usage.get("prompt_tokens", 0), usage.get("completion_tokens", 0))
+        _metrics.record_cache_tokens(
+            usage.get("cache_creation_tokens", 0), usage.get("cache_read_tokens", 0)
+        )
+        super().on_aux_usage(usage)
+
     def on_plan_review(self, content: str) -> str:
         self._plan_event.clear()
         self._pending_plan_review = {"type": "plan_review", "content": content}