Observe and operate RouteKit

This guide covers the normal operating loop after a route is working. For exact flags and complete syntax, use the command reference.

Check overall health

routekit status
routekit providers status
routekit accounts status
routekit models list

Add --watch 5 to status for a live view. Use --json when another program needs the snapshot.

Read account activity

accounts status, status, and usage use the same vocabulary:

• serving N means live upstream inference attempts are using the account;
• last selected is the most recent real inference selection, including failed or retried attempts but excluding probes and discovery;
• credentialValid, poolEligible, and relayReady say whether the member can route now;
• upstreamAuthState distinguishes unknown, accepted, refreshing, temporary backoff, and permanently rejected credentials.

lastSelectedAt survives restarts. inFlight is live-only. accounts list is inventory, while doctor is diagnosis; neither is a live activity view.

Inspect quota and resets

routekit usage
routekit usage --watch 10

Codex may report banked one-shot rate-limit resets. They are different from natural window timers and team or extra-usage billing credits.

routekit usage redeem --provider codex
routekit usage redeem --provider codex --label work --credit-id RateLimitResetCredit_…
routekit usage redeem --provider codex --label work --yes

Interactive redemption asks for an account and credit when needed. In JSON or non-input mode, redemption requires --yes. With --yes and no ID, RouteKit chooses the soonest-expiring detailed credit; the provider chooses when it reports only a count. RouteKit refreshes the selected member after a successful redemption and never auto-redeems on exhaustion.

Trace a model call

Responses carry an x-routekit-model-call-id header. Inspect the route, billing, retries, usage, cost, principal, and account attribution:

routekit calls inspect <call-id>

Use routekit models info <provider/model> before a request to see its account class, billing mode, capabilities, and reasoning options.

Review retained activity

routekit leaderboard --by model --sort requests
routekit leaderboard --by provider --window 24h

Dimensions are principal, model, and provider; there is no account dimension. Provider rows aggregate completed calls and are not live account state. Historical windows require leaderboard.durable: true; otherwise only the bounded in-memory live window is available.

Operate the daemon

routekit daemon status
routekit daemon logs --lines 100 --follow
routekit daemon reload
routekit daemon restart
routekit daemon upgrade
routekit daemon service install

Configuration and account changes normally reload the daemon atomically. Use daemon upgrade after updating the CLI so the running process uses the newly installed version. A restart reuses the provider environment already captured in the service artifact. After changing a provider credential or base URL, use daemon service install to refresh that environment. daemon run and daemon exec are internal plumbing.

When a check fails

Run the focused diagnostic set:

routekit doctor
routekit status --json
routekit providers status
routekit accounts status
routekit daemon logs --lines 100

Continue with troubleshooting for symptom-based recovery steps.