diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46776593db..55e310c1c4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## 0.49.6 — Unreleased
 
+### Fixed
+- Codex: preserve the wider retained cost history when Usage & Spend saves a 7- or 30-day projection under cache row/byte pressure, instead of pruning older rows and narrowing the persisted scan window (#2914, #2915). Thanks @thomaschow19!
+
 ## 0.49.5 — 2026-08-13
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/Sources/CodexBarCore/Vendored/CostUsage/CostUsageStore+CodexCache.swift b/Sources/CodexBarCore/Vendored/CostUsage/CostUsageStore+CodexCache.swift
index 2bb0991e7d..e9001f077c 100644
--- a/Sources/CodexBarCore/Vendored/CostUsage/CostUsageStore+CodexCache.swift
+++ b/Sources/CodexBarCore/Vendored/CostUsage/CostUsageStore+CodexCache.swift
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ extension CostUsageStore {
         var cache = cache
         Self.reconcileCompletedCodexCatchUp(cache: &cache)
         let previous = self.readSnapshot()
+        let budgetProtectionWindow = Self.budgetProtectionWindow(
+            cache: cache,
+            requestedScanWindow: requestedScanWindow)
         if skipIdenticalContent,
            Self.persistedContentMatches(
                previous: previous,
@@ -79,8 +82,8 @@ extension CostUsageStore {
             let result = self.enforceBudgets(
                 maxRows: rowBudget,
                 maxFileBytes: fileBudgetBytes,
-                requestedSinceDay: requestedScanWindow.sinceKey,
-                requestedUntilDay: requestedScanWindow.untilKey,
+                requestedSinceDay: budgetProtectionWindow.sinceKey,
+                requestedUntilDay: budgetProtectionWindow.untilKey,
                 calendar: calendar)
             guard !result.catchUpRequired else { return result }
             Self.identicalContentPreLockCheckpointForTesting?()
@@ -159,8 +162,8 @@ extension CostUsageStore {
         let result = self.enforceBudgets(
             maxRows: rowBudget,
             maxFileBytes: fileBudgetBytes,
-            requestedSinceDay: requestedScanWindow.sinceKey,
-            requestedUntilDay: requestedScanWindow.untilKey,
+            requestedSinceDay: budgetProtectionWindow.sinceKey,
+            requestedUntilDay: budgetProtectionWindow.untilKey,
             calendar: calendar)
         if result.catchUpRequired, self.fetchMetadata().previousReportPayload == nil,
            let previous = Self.previousReport(cache: cache, calendar: calendar, reportWindow: reportWindow)
@@ -207,6 +210,21 @@ extension CostUsageStore {
         usage.codexScanComplete = usage.codexScanComplete ?? true
         return usage
     }
+
+    private static func budgetProtectionWindow(
+        cache: CostUsageCache,
+        requestedScanWindow: (sinceKey: String, untilKey: String)) -> (sinceKey: String, untilKey: String)
+    {
+        // Report and dashboard windows are projections, not retention boundaries. Preserve the
+        // cache's retained coverage while still protecting any newly requested extension.
+        guard let retainedSinceKey = cache.scanSinceKey,
+              let retainedUntilKey = cache.scanUntilKey,
+              retainedSinceKey <= retainedUntilKey
+        else { return requestedScanWindow }
+        return (
+            sinceKey: min(retainedSinceKey, requestedScanWindow.sinceKey),
+            untilKey: max(retainedUntilKey, requestedScanWindow.untilKey))
+    }
 }
 
 // MARK: - Cache conversion
diff --git a/Tests/CodexBarTests/CostUsageStoreTests.swift b/Tests/CodexBarTests/CostUsageStoreTests.swift
index 3e6c3e4da9..6b4b87a67e 100644
--- a/Tests/CodexBarTests/CostUsageStoreTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/CodexBarTests/CostUsageStoreTests.swift
@@ -1621,6 +1621,74 @@ extension CostUsageStoreTests {
 }
 
 extension CostUsageStoreTests {
+    @Test
+    func `narrow dashboard windows preserve wider retained cache under byte pressure`() async throws {
+        let fixture = try StoreFixture()
+        defer { fixture.remove() }
+        let store = CostUsageStore(cacheRoot: fixture.root)
+        let calendar = CostUsageScanner.CostUsageDayRange.localGregorianCalendar()
+        let retainedWindow = (sinceKey: "2025-08-15", untilKey: "2026-08-14")
+        let olderDay = "2026-01-15"
+        let recentDay = "2026-08-14"
+        let model = "gpt-5.5"
+        let olderPath = "/rollouts/older.jsonl"
+        let recentPath = "/rollouts/recent.jsonl"
+
+        func usage(day: String, mtimeUnixMs: Int64) -> CostUsageFileUsage {
+            var value = CostUsageFileUsage(
+                mtimeUnixMs: mtimeUnixMs,
+                size: 500,
+                days: [day: [model: [1, 0, 0]]])
+            value.parsedBytes = 500
+            value.codexScanComplete = true
+            return value
+        }
+
+        let olderUsage = usage(day: olderDay, mtimeUnixMs: 1)
+        let recentUsage = usage(day: recentDay, mtimeUnixMs: 2)
+        var cache = CostUsageCache()
+        cache.scanSinceKey = retainedWindow.sinceKey
+        cache.scanUntilKey = retainedWindow.untilKey
+        cache.timeZoneIdentifier = calendar.timeZone.identifier
+        cache.files = [olderPath: olderUsage, recentPath: recentUsage]
+        cache.days = olderUsage.days.merging(recentUsage.days) { _, recent in recent }
+
+        let seeded = store.syncSaveCodexCache(
+            cache,
+            calendar: calendar,
+            requestedScanWindow: retainedWindow,
+            fileBudgetBytes: 1)
+        #expect(seeded.deletedRows == 0)
+        #expect(seeded.rowCount == 2)
+
+        let dashboardWindows = [
+            (sinceKey: "2026-07-16", skipIdenticalContent: true),
+            (sinceKey: "2026-08-08", skipIdenticalContent: false),
+        ]
+        for dashboardWindow in dashboardWindows {
+            let result = store.syncSaveCodexCache(
+                cache,
+                calendar: calendar,
+                requestedScanWindow: (sinceKey: dashboardWindow.sinceKey, untilKey: recentDay),
+                fileBudgetBytes: 1,
+                skipIdenticalContent: dashboardWindow.skipIdenticalContent)
+            let report = await store.readReport(
+                sinceDay: retainedWindow.sinceKey,
+                untilDay: retainedWindow.untilKey)
+            let metadata = await store.fetchMetadata()
+
+            #expect(result.catchUpRequired == false)
+            #expect(result.deletedRows == 0)
+            #expect(result.rowCount == 2)
+            #expect(result.fileBytes > 1)
+            #expect(await store.fetchFile(path: olderPath) != nil)
+            #expect(await store.fetchFile(path: recentPath) != nil)
+            #expect(report.aggregates.map(\.day) == [olderDay, recentDay])
+            #expect(metadata.scanSinceDay == retainedWindow.sinceKey)
+            #expect(metadata.scanUntilDay == retainedWindow.untilKey)
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     func `row budget deletes oldest rows to cap`() async throws {
         let fixture = try StoreFixture()