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Anyone who uses Codex or Claude with more than one account knows the problem: the current account hits the
limit in the middle of the work and you have to switch by hand. **Automatic switching** does it for you. When
the account in use reaches **96%** of the limit, Elyra moves to **another account of yours that still has
room**.

It comes **turned off** and is per assistant: one switch for Claude and another for Codex.

## How to turn it on

1. Open **Settings > Accounts**.
2. In the **Claude** or **Codex** block, turn on **Switch account automatically**.

![Under Settings > Accounts, the "Switch account automatically" switch in the Claude block](/docs/capturas/contas/troca-automatica.webp)

For the switch to have somewhere to go, the assistant needs **at least two accounts added in Elyra**
(**Add another account**). The "system login", the one you already use outside Elyra, does not take part in
the switch: it goes from one account saved in Elyra to another.

## When it switches

Elyra follows the consumption of the account in use, the same one shown in the margin meter, and acts when an
observed window reaches **96%**:

| Assistant | Observed windows |
|---|---|
| **Claude** | The **5-hour** window and the **weekly** one |
| **Codex** | The **weekly** one |

Once past 85%, Elyra starts refreshing the reading more often, so it is not caught by surprise.

To choose the destination account, it considers **only the other accounts that also have a recent reading**
(less than 30 minutes old) **and are below 96%** in every window. Among them, it picks:

1. the one with the **lowest usage**;
2. in a tie, the one that **renews its limit earliest**.

An account with no reading, or with an old reading, is **never chosen**: Elyra prefers not switching to
switching blindly. Only accounts from the **same environment** as the current one count (those on Windows,
or on the same WSL distro, according to **Where the accounts live**).

## What you see

Every switch becomes a **notice** on screen, and so do the cases below where switching was not possible.
If the other accounts do not have a recent usage reading yet, Elyra does not switch and does not notify: it
waits for the next reading.

| Notice | When |
|---|---|
| **"Switched from A to B (window at 96%). New sessions use B; open sessions stay on A until you restart them."** | The switch happened |
| **"A reached 96% of the window and there is no other account to switch to."** | There is only one account, or no other has room and a recent reading |
| **"All accounts reached 96% of the window. Nothing was switched."** | All of them are at the limit |
| **"Could not switch the account automatically: reason. Switch in Settings."** | The switch failed: the account belongs to another environment, was removed, another switch was already in progress, or there was an unexpected error |

If the notice is born while Elyra is closed, it appears the next time you open it (for up to 24 hours).

## What does not change

- **Open sessions are not touched.** The new account applies to the **next sessions**. An agent that is
  already running stays on the old account until you **restart it**. Elyra never interrupts an agent in the
  middle of its work.
- **Once per window.** After handling a window (by switching or by warning), Elyra does not repeat the
  notice or switch again in the same window. It becomes attentive again when the account's usage drops
  below 85%, usually because the limit renewed. This avoids switching accounts in a loop.
- **You are in charge.** Switching the account by hand under **Settings > Accounts** keeps working; if you
  switch in the middle of a cycle, Elyra gives up and does not undo your choice.
- **Turning it off stops it.** With the switch off, Elyra neither switches nor warns.

## Limits

- **It depends on the consumption reading.** Without a reading from the meter ("No reading yet"), there is
  no way to know the account reached the limit.
- **Only between accounts saved in Elyra.** It does not switch the system login.
- **Only for new sessions.** What is already open stays on the account it started with.

## See also

- [Assistants](/docs/en/sistema/assistentes/)
- [Usage](/docs/en/sistema/uso/)