diff --git a/internal/gateway/claude_warmup.go b/internal/gateway/claude_warmup.go
index e8143c6c..88dc558a 100644
--- a/internal/gateway/claude_warmup.go
+++ b/internal/gateway/claude_warmup.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/yetone/magpie/internal/netproxy"
@@ -90,7 +91,17 @@ func claudeUsage(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	cmd := proc.CommandContext(ctx, binary, claudeUsageArgs()...)
 	cmd.Dir = tmp
 	cmd.Stdin = strings.NewReader("")
-	cmd.Env = netproxy.EnvWith(claudeProxy(ctx), cleanClaudeEnv(os.Environ()))
+	// CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC makes /usage skip its request
+	// and print only a reading another run left in the last hour, so it stays
+	// only when the user set it.
+	env := cleanClaudeEnv(os.Environ())
+	if os.Getenv("CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC") == "" {
+		env = slices.DeleteFunc(env, func(e string) bool {
+			return strings.HasPrefix(e, "CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC=")
+		})
+	}
+	env = append(env, "DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1", "DISABLE_ERROR_REPORTING=1", "DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER=1")
+	cmd.Env = netproxy.EnvWith(claudeProxy(ctx), env)
 	var out, stderr bytes.Buffer
 	cmd.Stdout, cmd.Stderr = &out, &stderr
 	runErr := cmd.Run()
diff --git a/internal/gateway/claude_warmup_test.go b/internal/gateway/claude_warmup_test.go
index 1bada7e6..bf49614c 100644
--- a/internal/gateway/claude_warmup_test.go
+++ b/internal/gateway/claude_warmup_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ func fakeWarmClaude(t *testing.T, out string, code int) string {
 	log := filepath.Join(dir, "log")
 	script := "#!/bin/sh\n" +
 		"{ printf 'args:'; for a in \"$@\"; do printf '[%s]' \"$a\"; done; echo; " +
-		"echo \"dir:$CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR\"; echo \"base:$ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL\"; echo \"pwd:$(pwd)\"; printf 'stdin:'; cat; echo; } > " + log + "\n" +
+		"echo \"dir:$CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR\"; echo \"base:$ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL\"; echo \"pwd:$(pwd)\"; printf 'stdin:'; cat; echo; " +
+		"echo \"traffic:$CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC\"; echo \"telemetry:$DISABLE_TELEMETRY\"; " +
+		"echo \"errors:$DISABLE_ERROR_REPORTING\"; echo \"updater:$DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER\"; } > " + log + "\n" +
 		"echo '" + out + "'\nexit " + string(rune('0'+code)) + "\n"
 	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "claude"), []byte(script), 0o755); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -123,6 +125,38 @@ func TestClaudeUsageRunsClaudeCode(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// /usage runs without CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC, which keeps
+// Claude Code from asking for the usage, unless the user set it; telemetry,
+// error reporting and autoupdate stay off. The warm-up keeps it.
+func TestClaudeUsageSendsItsRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	log := fakeWarmClaude(t, `{"type":"result","is_error":false,"result":"Current session: 13% used"}`, 0)
+	for _, k := range []string{"CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC", "DISABLE_TELEMETRY", "DISABLE_ERROR_REPORTING", "DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER"} {
+		t.Setenv(k, "")
+	}
+	if _, err := claudeUsage(context.Background()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	b, _ := os.ReadFile(log)
+	for _, want := range []string{"traffic:\n", "telemetry:1\n", "errors:1\n", "updater:1\n"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(string(b), want) {
+			t.Errorf("/usage run lacks %q:\n%s", want, b)
+		}
+	}
+	if err := warmClaude(context.Background(), ""); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if b, _ := os.ReadFile(log); !strings.Contains(string(b), "traffic:1\n") {
+		t.Errorf("warm-up lacks CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC:\n%s", b)
+	}
+	t.Setenv("CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC", "1")
+	if _, err := claudeUsage(context.Background()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if b, _ := os.ReadFile(log); !strings.Contains(string(b), "traffic:1\n") {
+		t.Errorf("/usage run dropped the user's CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC:\n%s", b)
+	}
+}
+
 // With Claude Code's verbose output on (its /config, kept in .claude.json),
 // claude -p --output-format json prints every message as an array, the
 // system init first and the result last (KevinXC on Discord: usage