diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/usage/UsagePage.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/usage/UsagePage.tsx
index 46759b7d41f2..eae054cc0d7b 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/usage/UsagePage.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/usage/UsagePage.tsx
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ export function UsagePage() {
       setWindowSelection({ days: windowDays, window: nextWindow });
     }
   };
-  useLiveRefresh(refreshWindow, { key: "usage-dashboard" });
+  // Usage is a live operational dashboard, so a visible tab should keep
+  // reporting even when the reader is watching without interacting.
+  useLiveRefresh(refreshWindow, { key: "usage-dashboard", refreshWhileVisible: true });
 
   return (
     <SidebarInset className="h-dvh min-h-0 overflow-hidden overscroll-y-none bg-background text-foreground isolate">
diff --git a/apps/web/src/hooks/useLiveRefresh.test.ts b/apps/web/src/hooks/useLiveRefresh.test.ts
index 632dd0d45cbe..7e4a5484febc 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/hooks/useLiveRefresh.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/hooks/useLiveRefresh.test.ts
@@ -72,8 +72,14 @@ describe("shouldRefreshOnArrival", () => {
 });
 
 describe("shouldRefreshOnInterval", () => {
-  const tick = (now: number, lastInteractedAt: number) =>
-    shouldRefreshOnInterval({ visible: true, now, lastRefreshedAt: 0, lastInteractedAt });
+  const tick = (now: number, lastInteractedAt: number, refreshWhileVisible = false) =>
+    shouldRefreshOnInterval({
+      visible: true,
+      now,
+      lastRefreshedAt: 0,
+      lastInteractedAt,
+      refreshWhileVisible,
+    });
 
   it("reads for a reader who is here", () => {
     expect(tick(LIVE_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS, LIVE_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS - 1_000)).toBe(true);
@@ -83,6 +89,10 @@ describe("shouldRefreshOnInterval", () => {
     expect(tick(LIVE_REFRESH_IDLE_AFTER_MS + 60_000, 0)).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it("keeps a visible dashboard current after the normal idle cutoff", () => {
+    expect(tick(LIVE_REFRESH_IDLE_AFTER_MS + 60_000, 0, true)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("starts reading again once the reader touches the window", () => {
     const away = LIVE_REFRESH_IDLE_AFTER_MS + 60_000;
     expect(tick(away + LIVE_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS, away)).toBe(true);
diff --git a/apps/web/src/hooks/useLiveRefresh.ts b/apps/web/src/hooks/useLiveRefresh.ts
index 9d9b11295129..8913973364b8 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/hooks/useLiveRefresh.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/hooks/useLiveRefresh.ts
@@ -68,9 +68,12 @@ export function shouldRefreshOnInterval(input: {
   readonly now: number;
   readonly lastRefreshedAt: number;
   readonly lastInteractedAt: number;
+  /** Continue reading while visible, even after the normal idle cutoff. */
+  readonly refreshWhileVisible?: boolean;
 }): boolean {
   return (
-    input.now - input.lastInteractedAt < LIVE_REFRESH_IDLE_AFTER_MS && shouldLiveRefresh(input)
+    (input.refreshWhileVisible || input.now - input.lastInteractedAt < LIVE_REFRESH_IDLE_AFTER_MS) &&
+    shouldLiveRefresh(input)
   );
 }
 
@@ -116,9 +119,14 @@ function watchInteraction(): () => void {
 
 export function useLiveRefresh(
   refresh: (() => void) | null,
-  options: { readonly enabled?: boolean; readonly key?: string } = {},
+  options: {
+    readonly enabled?: boolean;
+    readonly key?: string;
+    /** Keep refreshing while the window is visible instead of stopping after idle time. */
+    readonly refreshWhileVisible?: boolean;
+  } = {},
 ): void {
-  const { enabled = true, key } = options;
+  const { enabled = true, key, refreshWhileVisible = false } = options;
   // Held in a ref so a caller can pass a fresh closure every render without re-arming the
   // listeners, which would otherwise refresh on every render that changed anything at all.
   const latest = useRef(refresh);
@@ -149,7 +157,15 @@ export function useLiveRefresh(
     const onInterval = () => {
       const now = Date.now();
       const lastRefreshedAt = lastRefreshedAtByView.get(viewId) ?? now;
-      if (shouldRefreshOnInterval({ visible: visible(), now, lastRefreshedAt, lastInteractedAt })) {
+      if (
+        shouldRefreshOnInterval({
+          visible: visible(),
+          now,
+          lastRefreshedAt,
+          lastInteractedAt,
+          refreshWhileVisible,
+        })
+      ) {
         read(now);
       }
     };
@@ -178,5 +194,5 @@ export function useLiveRefresh(
       document.removeEventListener("visibilitychange", onVisibilityChange);
       stopWatchingInteraction();
     };
-  }, [enabled, viewId]);
+  }, [enabled, refreshWhileVisible, viewId]);
 }