diff --git a/agent/context_engine.py b/agent/context_engine.py
index 17480f578260..8cc9d512788e 100644
--- a/agent/context_engine.py
+++ b/agent/context_engine.py
@@ -289,6 +289,16 @@ class ContextEngine(ABC):
         ``task_id``, ``api_call_count``, ``interrupted``, ``failed``, and
         ``turn_exit_reason``.
 
+        ``usage`` carries the completed turn's canonical token usage (the same
+        dict shape passed to ``update_from_response`` — ``prompt_tokens`` /
+        ``completion_tokens`` / ``total_tokens`` plus the canonical
+        ``input_tokens`` / ``output_tokens`` / ``cache_read_tokens`` /
+        ``cache_write_tokens`` / ``reasoning_tokens`` buckets) so an engine can
+        weigh how large/expensive the selected context actually was when
+        deciding the next ``select_context()``. It is ``None`` on turns that
+        never reached a provider response (early failure / interrupt); engines
+        must treat it as optional.
+
         Default is a no-op.
         """
         return None
diff --git a/agent/conversation_loop.py b/agent/conversation_loop.py
index e164b0aa5934..425d1ff1eecd 100644
--- a/agent/conversation_loop.py
+++ b/agent/conversation_loop.py
@@ -956,6 +956,13 @@ def run_conversation(
     # over instead of spinning. Reset here so each turn starts fresh. See #26080.
     agent._auth_pool_refresh_counts = {}
 
+    # Reset the per-turn usage holder forwarded to the context engine's
+    # on_turn_complete() observation hook. Set after each successful provider
+    # response (see below); left as None on turns that never reach a response
+    # (early failure / interrupt) so the hook receives None rather than a
+    # stale prior turn's usage.
+    agent._last_turn_usage = None
+
     # Optional opt-in runtime: if api_mode == codex_app_server, hand the
     # turn to the codex app-server subprocess (terminal/file ops/patching
     # all run inside Codex). Default Hermes path is bypassed entirely.
@@ -2741,6 +2748,14 @@ def run_conversation(
                         "reasoning_tokens": canonical_usage.reasoning_tokens,
                     }
                     agent.context_compressor.update_from_response(usage_dict)
+
+                    # Stash this response's canonical usage so the post-turn
+                    # on_turn_complete() observation hook can forward it (the
+                    # same dict shape passed to update_from_response). A turn
+                    # may make several API calls; the engine's per-turn signal
+                    # of interest is the cost/size of the latest assembled
+                    # request, so we keep the most recent call's usage.
+                    agent._last_turn_usage = dict(usage_dict)
                 elif getattr(
                     agent.context_compressor,
                     "awaiting_real_usage_after_compression",
diff --git a/agent/turn_finalizer.py b/agent/turn_finalizer.py
index f2ddb947ba48..4e2d318b2e2c 100644
--- a/agent/turn_finalizer.py
+++ b/agent/turn_finalizer.py
@@ -531,10 +531,17 @@ def finalize_turn(
     # observation after the turn). No-op default, fail-open.
     try:
         from agent.conversation_loop import _notify_context_engine_turn_complete
+        # Forward the turn's canonical usage when the host has it. The loop
+        # stashes the most recent API response's usage dict (the same
+        # canonical buckets fed to ``update_from_response``) on the agent as
+        # ``_last_turn_usage``. It is ``None`` on turns that never reached a
+        # provider response (early failure / interrupt), which is exactly the
+        # contract: real usage when available, ``None`` otherwise.
+        _turn_usage = getattr(agent, "_last_turn_usage", None)
         _notify_context_engine_turn_complete(
             agent,
             messages,
-            usage=None,
+            usage=_turn_usage,
             logger=logger,
             turn_id=turn_id,
             task_id=effective_task_id,
diff --git a/tests/agent/test_context_engine_on_turn_complete_usage.py b/tests/agent/test_context_engine_on_turn_complete_usage.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a80b001bba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/agent/test_context_engine_on_turn_complete_usage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+"""Integration test: ``finalize_turn`` forwards the turn's real usage to the
+``ContextEngine.on_turn_complete()`` observation hook.
+
+The hook is the engine's post-turn observation point, so it must receive the
+completed turn's canonical token usage (prompt/completion/total + the canonical
+``input_tokens`` / ``output_tokens`` / ``cache_read_tokens`` /
+``cache_write_tokens`` / ``reasoning_tokens`` buckets) when the host has it —
+not a hardcoded ``None`` — so the engine can weigh how large/expensive the
+selected context was before the next ``select_context()``.
+
+The conversation loop stashes the most recent provider response's usage on the
+agent as ``_last_turn_usage`` (the same dict shape fed to
+``update_from_response``); ``finalize_turn`` forwards it. On turns that never
+reach a provider response (early failure / interrupt) it stays ``None`` and the
+hook receives ``None``. These tests pin both ends of that contract through the
+real ``finalize_turn`` call site (the path that previously passed
+``usage=None``).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any, Dict, List
+
+from agent.context_engine import ContextEngine
+
+# Reuse the minimal agent harness that exercises the real finalize_turn path.
+from tests.agent.test_turn_finalizer_cleanup_guard import _StubAgent, _run
+
+
+class _CapturingEngine(ContextEngine):
+    """Engine that records what on_turn_complete() receives."""
+
+    last_prompt_tokens = 0
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.captured: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        return "capturing"
+
+    def update_from_response(self, usage: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def should_compress(self, prompt_tokens: int = None) -> bool:
+        return False
+
+    def compress(
+        self,
+        messages: List[Dict[str, Any]],
+        current_tokens: int = None,
+        focus_topic: str = None,
+    ) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        return messages
+
+    def on_turn_complete(self, messages, usage=None, **kwargs):
+        self.captured["seen"] = True
+        self.captured["usage"] = usage
+        self.captured["kwargs"] = kwargs
+
+
+CANONICAL_USAGE = {
+    "prompt_tokens": 1200,
+    "completion_tokens": 80,
+    "total_tokens": 1280,
+    "input_tokens": 1200,
+    "output_tokens": 80,
+    "cache_read_tokens": 1024,
+    "cache_write_tokens": 0,
+    "reasoning_tokens": 16,
+}
+
+
+def _agent_with_engine() -> _StubAgent:
+    agent = _StubAgent(raise_in=())
+    agent.context_compressor = _CapturingEngine()
+    return agent
+
+
+def test_finalize_turn_forwards_canonical_usage_when_available():
+    """A completed turn forwards the stashed canonical usage dict intact."""
+    agent = _agent_with_engine()
+    agent._last_turn_usage = dict(CANONICAL_USAGE)
+
+    _run(agent, final_response="done")
+
+    captured = agent.context_compressor.captured
+    assert captured.get("seen") is True
+    # The full canonical bucket set is forwarded unchanged — the engine relies
+    # on cache_read/write + reasoning, not just the legacy aggregate keys.
+    assert captured["usage"] == CANONICAL_USAGE
+    # Turn metadata still rides alongside usage.
+    assert captured["kwargs"]["turn_id"] == "turn-1"
+
+
+def test_finalize_turn_forwards_none_when_no_response_usage():
+    """An early-failure/interrupt turn (no stashed usage) forwards None."""
+    agent = _agent_with_engine()
+    # _last_turn_usage left unset, mirroring a turn that never reached a
+    # provider response.
+    if hasattr(agent, "_last_turn_usage"):
+        delattr(agent, "_last_turn_usage")
+
+    _run(agent, final_response="done")
+
+    captured = agent.context_compressor.captured
+    assert captured.get("seen") is True
+    assert captured["usage"] is None