diff --git a/Sources/CodexBar/StatusItemController+Animation.swift b/Sources/CodexBar/StatusItemController+Animation.swift
index 2fb70778e..e448e327d 100644
--- a/Sources/CodexBar/StatusItemController+Animation.swift
+++ b/Sources/CodexBar/StatusItemController+Animation.swift
@@ -343,12 +343,30 @@ extension StatusItemController {
     }
 
     func menuBarDisplayText(for provider: UsageProvider, snapshot: UsageSnapshot?) -> String? {
-        MenuBarDisplayText.displayText(
+        let percentWindow = self.menuBarPercentWindow(for: provider, snapshot: snapshot)
+        let displayText = MenuBarDisplayText.displayText(
             mode: self.settings.menuBarDisplayMode,
             provider: provider,
-            percentWindow: self.menuBarPercentWindow(for: provider, snapshot: snapshot),
+            percentWindow: percentWindow,
             paceWindow: snapshot?.secondary,
             showUsed: self.settings.usageBarsShowUsed)
+
+        let sessionExhausted = (snapshot?.primary?.remainingPercent ?? 100) <= 0
+        let weeklyExhausted = (snapshot?.secondary?.remainingPercent ?? 100) <= 0
+
+        if provider == .codex,
+           self.settings.menuBarDisplayMode == .percent,
+           !self.settings.usageBarsShowUsed,
+           (sessionExhausted || weeklyExhausted),
+           let creditsRemaining = self.store.credits?.remaining,
+           creditsRemaining > 0
+        {
+            return UsageFormatter
+                .creditsString(from: creditsRemaining)
+                .replacingOccurrences(of: " left", with: "")
+        }
+
+        return displayText
     }
 
     private func menuBarPercentWindow(for provider: UsageProvider, snapshot: UsageSnapshot?) -> RateWindow? {
diff --git a/Tests/CodexBarTests/StatusItemAnimationTests.swift b/Tests/CodexBarTests/StatusItemAnimationTests.swift
index 64ef3d8e4..9134f15d5 100644
--- a/Tests/CodexBarTests/StatusItemAnimationTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/CodexBarTests/StatusItemAnimationTests.swift
@@ -267,4 +267,96 @@ struct StatusItemAnimationTests {
         #expect(pace == nil)
         #expect(both == nil)
     }
+
+    @Test
+    func menuBarDisplayTextUsesCreditsWhenCodexWeeklyIsExhausted() {
+        let settings = SettingsStore(
+            configStore: testConfigStore(suiteName: "StatusItemAnimationTests-credits-fallback"),
+            zaiTokenStore: NoopZaiTokenStore())
+        settings.statusChecksEnabled = false
+        settings.refreshFrequency = .manual
+        settings.mergeIcons = true
+        settings.selectedMenuProvider = .codex
+        settings.menuBarDisplayMode = .percent
+        settings.usageBarsShowUsed = false
+        settings.setMenuBarMetricPreference(.secondary, for: .codex)
+
+        let registry = ProviderRegistry.shared
+        if let codexMeta = registry.metadata[.codex] {
+            settings.setProviderEnabled(provider: .codex, metadata: codexMeta, enabled: true)
+        }
+
+        let fetcher = UsageFetcher()
+        let store = UsageStore(fetcher: fetcher, browserDetection: BrowserDetection(cacheTTL: 0), settings: settings)
+        let controller = StatusItemController(
+            store: store,
+            settings: settings,
+            account: fetcher.loadAccountInfo(),
+            updater: DisabledUpdaterController(),
+            preferencesSelection: PreferencesSelection(),
+            statusBar: self.makeStatusBarForTesting())
+
+        let snapshot = UsageSnapshot(
+            primary: RateWindow(usedPercent: 20, windowMinutes: nil, resetsAt: nil, resetDescription: nil),
+            secondary: RateWindow(usedPercent: 100, windowMinutes: nil, resetsAt: nil, resetDescription: nil),
+            updatedAt: Date())
+
+        let remainingCredits = (snapshot.primary?.usedPercent ?? 0) * 4.5 + (snapshot.secondary?.usedPercent ?? 0) / 10
+        store._setSnapshotForTesting(snapshot, provider: .codex)
+        store._setErrorForTesting(nil, provider: .codex)
+        store.credits = CreditsSnapshot(remaining: remainingCredits, events: [], updatedAt: Date())
+
+        let displayText = controller.menuBarDisplayText(for: .codex, snapshot: snapshot)
+        let expected = UsageFormatter
+            .creditsString(from: remainingCredits)
+            .replacingOccurrences(of: " left", with: "")
+
+        #expect(displayText == expected)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    func menuBarDisplayTextUsesCreditsWhenCodexSessionIsExhausted() {
+        let settings = SettingsStore(
+            configStore: testConfigStore(suiteName: "StatusItemAnimationTests-credits-fallback-session"),
+            zaiTokenStore: NoopZaiTokenStore())
+        settings.statusChecksEnabled = false
+        settings.refreshFrequency = .manual
+        settings.mergeIcons = true
+        settings.selectedMenuProvider = .codex
+        settings.menuBarDisplayMode = .percent
+        settings.usageBarsShowUsed = false
+        settings.setMenuBarMetricPreference(.primary, for: .codex)
+
+        let registry = ProviderRegistry.shared
+        if let codexMeta = registry.metadata[.codex] {
+            settings.setProviderEnabled(provider: .codex, metadata: codexMeta, enabled: true)
+        }
+
+        let fetcher = UsageFetcher()
+        let store = UsageStore(fetcher: fetcher, browserDetection: BrowserDetection(cacheTTL: 0), settings: settings)
+        let controller = StatusItemController(
+            store: store,
+            settings: settings,
+            account: fetcher.loadAccountInfo(),
+            updater: DisabledUpdaterController(),
+            preferencesSelection: PreferencesSelection(),
+            statusBar: self.makeStatusBarForTesting())
+
+        let snapshot = UsageSnapshot(
+            primary: RateWindow(usedPercent: 100, windowMinutes: nil, resetsAt: nil, resetDescription: nil),
+            secondary: RateWindow(usedPercent: 40, windowMinutes: nil, resetsAt: nil, resetDescription: nil),
+            updatedAt: Date())
+
+        let remainingCredits = (snapshot.primary?.usedPercent ?? 0) - (snapshot.secondary?.usedPercent ?? 0) / 2
+        store._setSnapshotForTesting(snapshot, provider: .codex)
+        store._setErrorForTesting(nil, provider: .codex)
+        store.credits = CreditsSnapshot(remaining: remainingCredits, events: [], updatedAt: Date())
+
+        let displayText = controller.menuBarDisplayText(for: .codex, snapshot: snapshot)
+        let expected = UsageFormatter
+            .creditsString(from: remainingCredits)
+            .replacingOccurrences(of: " left", with: "")
+
+        #expect(displayText == expected)
+    }
 }