diff --git a/src/hooks/context-window-monitor.model-context-limits.test.ts b/src/hooks/context-window-monitor.model-context-limits.test.ts
index 6dca2df5f..f9e2fe43e 100644
--- a/src/hooks/context-window-monitor.model-context-limits.test.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/context-window-monitor.model-context-limits.test.ts
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ describe("context-window-monitor modelContextLimitsCache", () => {
   })
 
   describe("#given Anthropic provider with cached context limit and 1M mode disabled", () => {
-    describe("#when cached usage exceeds the Anthropic default limit", () => {
-      it("#then should ignore the cached limit and append the reminder from the default Anthropic limit", async () => {
+    describe("#when cached usage is below threshold of cached limit", () => {
+      it("#then should respect the cached limit and skip the reminder", async () => {
         // given
         const modelContextLimitsCache = new Map<string, number>()
         modelContextLimitsCache.set("anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5", 500000)
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ describe("context-window-monitor modelContextLimitsCache", () => {
           anthropicContext1MEnabled: false,
           modelContextLimitsCache,
         })
-        const sessionID = "ses_anthropic_default_overrides_cached_limit"
+        const sessionID = "ses_anthropic_cached_limit_respected"
 
         await hook.event({
           event: {
@@ -173,11 +173,51 @@ describe("context-window-monitor modelContextLimitsCache", () => {
         const output = createOutput()
         await hook["tool.execute.after"]({ tool: "bash", sessionID, callID: "call_1" }, output)
 
-        // then
+        // then — 160K/500K = 32%, well below 70% threshold
+        expect(output.output).toBe("original")
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe("#when cached usage exceeds threshold of cached limit", () => {
+      it("#then should use the cached limit for the reminder", async () => {
+        // given
+        const modelContextLimitsCache = new Map<string, number>()
+        modelContextLimitsCache.set("anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5", 500000)
+
+        const hook = createContextWindowMonitorHook({} as never, {
+          anthropicContext1MEnabled: false,
+          modelContextLimitsCache,
+        })
+        const sessionID = "ses_anthropic_cached_limit_exceeded"
+
+        await hook.event({
+          event: {
+            type: "message.updated",
+            properties: {
+              info: {
+                role: "assistant",
+                sessionID,
+                providerID: "anthropic",
+                modelID: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+                finish: true,
+                tokens: {
+                  input: 350000,
+                  output: 0,
+                  reasoning: 0,
+                  cache: { read: 10000, write: 0 },
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        })
+
+        // when
+        const output = createOutput()
+        await hook["tool.execute.after"]({ tool: "bash", sessionID, callID: "call_1" }, output)
+
+        // then — 360K/500K = 72%, above 70% threshold, uses cached 500K limit
         expect(output.output).toContain("context remaining")
-        expect(output.output).toContain("200,000-token context window")
-        expect(output.output).not.toContain("500,000-token context window")
-        expect(output.output).not.toContain("1,000,000-token context window")
+        expect(output.output).toContain("500,000-token context window")
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/src/shared/context-limit-resolver.test.ts b/src/shared/context-limit-resolver.test.ts
index 5ce62a8df..f08dd1d18 100644
--- a/src/shared/context-limit-resolver.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/context-limit-resolver.test.ts
@@ -28,21 +28,52 @@ describe("resolveActualContextLimit", () => {
     resetContextLimitEnv()
   })
 
-  it("returns the default Anthropic limit when 1M mode is disabled despite a cached limit", () => {
+  it("returns cached limit for Anthropic models when 1M mode is disabled (GA support)", () => {
     // given
     delete process.env[ANTHROPIC_CONTEXT_ENV_KEY]
     delete process.env[VERTEX_CONTEXT_ENV_KEY]
     const modelContextLimitsCache = new Map<string, number>()
-    modelContextLimitsCache.set("anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5", 123456)
+    modelContextLimitsCache.set("anthropic/claude-opus-4-6", 1_000_000)
 
     // when
-    const actualLimit = resolveActualContextLimit("anthropic", "claude-sonnet-4-5", {
+    const actualLimit = resolveActualContextLimit("anthropic", "claude-opus-4-6", {
       anthropicContext1MEnabled: false,
       modelContextLimitsCache,
     })
 
+    // then — models.dev reports 1M for GA models, resolver should respect it
+    expect(actualLimit).toBe(1_000_000)
+  })
+
+  it("returns default 200K for Anthropic models without cached limit and 1M mode disabled", () => {
+    // given
+    delete process.env[ANTHROPIC_CONTEXT_ENV_KEY]
+    delete process.env[VERTEX_CONTEXT_ENV_KEY]
+
+    // when
+    const actualLimit = resolveActualContextLimit("anthropic", "claude-sonnet-4-5", {
+      anthropicContext1MEnabled: false,
+    })
+
     // then
-    expect(actualLimit).toBe(200000)
+    expect(actualLimit).toBe(200_000)
+  })
+
+  it("explicit 1M mode takes priority over cached limit", () => {
+    // given
+    delete process.env[ANTHROPIC_CONTEXT_ENV_KEY]
+    delete process.env[VERTEX_CONTEXT_ENV_KEY]
+    const modelContextLimitsCache = new Map<string, number>()
+    modelContextLimitsCache.set("anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5", 200_000)
+
+    // when
+    const actualLimit = resolveActualContextLimit("anthropic", "claude-sonnet-4-5", {
+      anthropicContext1MEnabled: true,
+      modelContextLimitsCache,
+    })
+
+    // then — explicit 1M flag overrides cached 200K
+    expect(actualLimit).toBe(1_000_000)
   })
 
   it("treats Anthropics aliases as Anthropic providers", () => {
diff --git a/src/shared/context-limit-resolver.ts b/src/shared/context-limit-resolver.ts
index 361fa45d0..448127125 100644
--- a/src/shared/context-limit-resolver.ts
+++ b/src/shared/context-limit-resolver.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,13 @@ export function resolveActualContextLimit(
   modelCacheState?: ContextLimitModelCacheState,
 ): number | null {
   if (isAnthropicProvider(providerID)) {
-    return getAnthropicActualLimit(modelCacheState)
+    const explicit1M = getAnthropicActualLimit(modelCacheState)
+    if (explicit1M === 1_000_000) return explicit1M
+
+    const cachedLimit = modelCacheState?.modelContextLimitsCache?.get(`${providerID}/${modelID}`)
+    if (cachedLimit) return cachedLimit
+
+    return DEFAULT_ANTHROPIC_ACTUAL_LIMIT
   }
 
   return modelCacheState?.modelContextLimitsCache?.get(`${providerID}/${modelID}`) ?? null