From ec94437854be8d8decdfc78068f452ceae5a0162 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Danny Avila <danny@librechat.ai>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:13:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=A7=BE=20refactor:=20Disable=20Context=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?Cost=20By=20Default=20(#13768)?=
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---
 packages/data-provider/src/config.ts          |  2 +-
 .../data-schemas/src/app/interface.spec.ts    | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts b/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
index c9863f3c56..cb1cf8520c 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ export const interfaceSchema = z
     runCode: true,
     webSearch: true,
     contextUsage: true,
-    contextCost: true,
+    contextCost: false,
     peoplePicker: {
       users: true,
       groups: true,
diff --git a/packages/data-schemas/src/app/interface.spec.ts b/packages/data-schemas/src/app/interface.spec.ts
index e4af198690..d9f1adccbe 100644
--- a/packages/data-schemas/src/app/interface.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/data-schemas/src/app/interface.spec.ts
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ describe('loadDefaultInterface', () => {
     expect(interfaceConfig?.buildInfo).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it('enables context cost by default', async () => {
+  it('disables context cost by default', async () => {
     const interfaceConfig = await loadDefaultInterface({
       config: {},
       configDefaults: getConfigDefaults(),
     });
 
-    expect(interfaceConfig?.contextCost).toBe(true);
+    expect(interfaceConfig?.contextCost).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('preserves a disabled context cost flag', async () => {
@@ -90,6 +90,21 @@ describe('loadDefaultInterface', () => {
     expect(interfaceConfig?.contextCost).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it('preserves enabled context cost config', async () => {
+    const config: Partial<TCustomConfig> = {
+      interface: {
+        contextCost: true,
+      },
+    };
+
+    const interfaceConfig = await loadDefaultInterface({
+      config,
+      configDefaults: getConfigDefaults(),
+    });
+
+    expect(interfaceConfig?.contextCost).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it('passes through a configured display currency', async () => {
     const config: Partial<TCustomConfig> = {
       interface: {