diff --git a/src/features/authFiles/components/AuthFileQuota.module.scss b/src/features/authFiles/components/AuthFileQuota.module.scss
index 3afc5d39..7456b5a0 100644
--- a/src/features/authFiles/components/AuthFileQuota.module.scss
+++ b/src/features/authFiles/components/AuthFileQuota.module.scss
@@ -72,15 +72,6 @@ button.quotaMessageAction {
   gap: 4px;
 }
 
-/* Compact host: same contract class, tighter gutter. */
-.quotaRowSoon {
-  padding: 3px 6px;
-  margin: 0 -6px;
-  border-left: 2px solid var(--warning-border);
-  border-radius: $radius-sm;
-  background-color: var(--warning-bg);
-}
-
 .quotaRowHeader {
   display: flex;
   align-items: baseline;
diff --git a/src/features/quota/components/QuotaBody.module.scss b/src/features/quota/components/QuotaBody.module.scss
index c75677b4..ed481217 100644
--- a/src/features/quota/components/QuotaBody.module.scss
+++ b/src/features/quota/components/QuotaBody.module.scss
@@ -20,17 +20,6 @@
   min-width: 0;
 }
 
-/* The limit that governs what this credential can do next.
-   Deliberately no transition: the emphasis moves to another row the moment a
-   window resets, and cross-fading a target that jumps reads as flicker. */
-.quotaRowSoon {
-  padding: 4px 8px;
-  margin: 0 -8px;
-  border-left: 2px solid var(--warning-border);
-  border-radius: $radius-sm;
-  background-color: var(--warning-bg);
-}
-
 .quotaRowHeader {
   display: flex;
   align-items: baseline;
diff --git a/src/features/quota/providers/antigravity/AntigravityQuotaBody.tsx b/src/features/quota/providers/antigravity/AntigravityQuotaBody.tsx
index 010efeb7..71dc5e5d 100644
--- a/src/features/quota/providers/antigravity/AntigravityQuotaBody.tsx
+++ b/src/features/quota/providers/antigravity/AntigravityQuotaBody.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import type { TFunction } from 'i18next';
 import type { AntigravityQuotaState, AntigravityQuotaSubscription } from '@/types';
 import { QuotaMeter } from '../../components/QuotaMeter';
-import { collectQuotaRowInstants, pickSoonestRowId } from '../../resetSchedule';
+import { collectQuotaRowInstants, pickUrgentRowId } from '../../resetSchedule';
 import type { QuotaBodyProps } from '../../types';
 import { getNextAntigravityCountdownUpdateDelay } from './countdown';
 
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ export function AntigravityQuotaBody({ quota, classes }: QuotaBodyProps<Antigrav
   }, [resetTimestamps, serverTimeOffsetMs]);
 
   // Ranked against this provider's own server-corrected clock rather than the
-  // shared one, so the highlight and the countdown beside it always agree.
+  // shared one, so the final-hour warning and the countdown always agree.
   const soonestRowId = useMemo(
-    () => pickSoonestRowId(collectQuotaRowInstants('antigravity', quota), nowMs),
+    () => pickUrgentRowId(collectQuotaRowInstants('antigravity', quota), nowMs),
     [quota, nowMs]
   );
 
@@ -208,12 +208,7 @@ export function AntigravityQuotaBody({ quota, classes }: QuotaBodyProps<Antigrav
                 const soon = bucket.id === soonestRowId;
 
                 return (
-                  <div
-                    key={bucket.id}
-                    className={
-                      soon ? `${classes.quotaRow} ${classes.quotaRowSoon}` : classes.quotaRow
-                    }
-                  >
+                  <div key={bucket.id} className={classes.quotaRow}>
                     <div className={classes.quotaRowHeader}>
                       <span className={classes.quotaModel} title={bucketDescription}>
                         {bucketLabel}
diff --git a/src/features/quota/providers/claude/ClaudeQuotaBody.tsx b/src/features/quota/providers/claude/ClaudeQuotaBody.tsx
index 014f9e62..af347dfc 100644
--- a/src/features/quota/providers/claude/ClaudeQuotaBody.tsx
+++ b/src/features/quota/providers/claude/ClaudeQuotaBody.tsx
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ import { buildResetDisplay } from '@/utils/quota';
 import { useNow } from '@/hooks/useNow';
 import { QuotaMeter } from '../../components/QuotaMeter';
 import { QuotaResetLabel } from '../../components/QuotaResetLabel';
-import { collectQuotaRowInstants, pickSoonestRowId } from '../../resetSchedule';
+import { collectQuotaRowInstants, pickUrgentRowId } from '../../resetSchedule';
 import type { QuotaBodyProps } from '../../types';
 
 export function ClaudeQuotaBody({ quota, classes }: QuotaBodyProps<ClaudeQuotaState>) {
   const { t, i18n } = useTranslation();
   const now = useNow();
   const soonestRowId = useMemo(
-    () => pickSoonestRowId(collectQuotaRowInstants('claude', quota), now),
+    () => pickUrgentRowId(collectQuotaRowInstants('claude', quota), now),
     [quota, now]
   );
   const windows = quota.windows ?? [];
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function ClaudeQuotaBody({ quota, classes }: QuotaBodyProps<ClaudeQuotaSt
           return (
             <div
               key={window.id}
-              className={soon ? `${classes.quotaRow} ${classes.quotaRowSoon}` : classes.quotaRow}
+              className={classes.quotaRow}
               title={soon ? t('quota_management.soonest_row_hint') : undefined}
             >
               <div className={classes.quotaRowHeader}>
diff --git a/src/features/quota/providers/codex/CodexQuotaBody.tsx b/src/features/quota/providers/codex/CodexQuotaBody.tsx
index 21e201a2..8e8d44a8 100644
--- a/src/features/quota/providers/codex/CodexQuotaBody.tsx
+++ b/src/features/quota/providers/codex/CodexQuotaBody.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { formatDateTimeValue } from '@/utils/format';
 import { useNow } from '@/hooks/useNow';
 import { QuotaMeter } from '../../components/QuotaMeter';
 import { QuotaResetLabel } from '../../components/QuotaResetLabel';
-import { collectQuotaRowInstants, pickSoonestRowId, resetCreditRowId } from '../../resetSchedule';
+import { collectQuotaRowInstants, pickUrgentRowId, resetCreditRowId } from '../../resetSchedule';
 import type { QuotaBodyProps, QuotaClassMap } from '../../types';
 
 const getPlanValueClass = (planType: string | null, classes: QuotaClassMap): string => {
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ export function CodexQuotaBody({ quota, classes }: QuotaBodyProps<CodexQuotaStat
   const { t, i18n } = useTranslation();
   const now = useNow();
   const locale = i18n.resolvedLanguage;
-  // Windows and reset credits compete for the same emphasis: a credit expiring
-  // tonight matters more than a weekly window resetting on Friday.
+  // Windows and reset credits compete for the same emphasis, but only during
+  // the final hour before the reset or expiry.
   const soonestRowId = useMemo(
-    () => pickSoonestRowId(collectQuotaRowInstants('codex', quota), now),
+    () => pickUrgentRowId(collectQuotaRowInstants('codex', quota), now),
     [quota, now]
   );
   const windows = quota.windows ?? [];
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export function CodexQuotaBody({ quota, classes }: QuotaBodyProps<CodexQuotaStat
           return (
             <div
               key={window.id}
-              className={soon ? `${classes.quotaRow} ${classes.quotaRowSoon}` : classes.quotaRow}
+              className={classes.quotaRow}
               title={soon ? t('quota_management.soonest_row_hint') : undefined}
             >
               <div className={classes.quotaRowHeader}>
diff --git a/src/features/quota/providers/kimi/KimiQuotaBody.tsx b/src/features/quota/providers/kimi/KimiQuotaBody.tsx
index c78edd9c..0d176755 100644
--- a/src/features/quota/providers/kimi/KimiQuotaBody.tsx
+++ b/src/features/quota/providers/kimi/KimiQuotaBody.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import type { KimiQuotaState } from '@/types';
 import { formatKimiResetHint } from '@/utils/quota';
 import { useNow } from '@/hooks/useNow';
 import { QuotaMeter } from '../../components/QuotaMeter';
-import { collectQuotaRowInstants, pickSoonestRowId } from '../../resetSchedule';
+import { collectQuotaRowInstants, pickUrgentRowId } from '../../resetSchedule';
 import type { QuotaBodyProps } from '../../types';
 
 export function KimiQuotaBody({ quota, classes }: QuotaBodyProps<KimiQuotaState>) {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export function KimiQuotaBody({ quota, classes }: QuotaBodyProps<KimiQuotaState>
   // Ahead of the early return below — hooks cannot be conditional.
   const now = useNow();
   const soonestRowId = useMemo(
-    () => pickSoonestRowId(collectQuotaRowInstants('kimi', quota), now),
+    () => pickUrgentRowId(collectQuotaRowInstants('kimi', quota), now),
     [quota, now]
   );
   const rows = quota.rows ?? [];
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function KimiQuotaBody({ quota, classes }: QuotaBodyProps<KimiQuotaState>
         return (
           <div
             key={row.id}
-            className={soon ? `${classes.quotaRow} ${classes.quotaRowSoon}` : classes.quotaRow}
+            className={classes.quotaRow}
             title={soon ? t('quota_management.soonest_row_hint') : undefined}
           >
             <div className={classes.quotaRowHeader}>
diff --git a/src/features/quota/providers/xai/XaiQuotaBody.tsx b/src/features/quota/providers/xai/XaiQuotaBody.tsx
index 63fb6bab..c8ca6159 100644
--- a/src/features/quota/providers/xai/XaiQuotaBody.tsx
+++ b/src/features/quota/providers/xai/XaiQuotaBody.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { buildResetDisplay, formatQuotaResetTime, parseIsoToMs } from '@/utils/q
 import { useNow } from '@/hooks/useNow';
 import { QuotaMeter } from '../../components/QuotaMeter';
 import { QuotaResetLabel } from '../../components/QuotaResetLabel';
-import { XAI_WEEKLY_ROW_ID, collectQuotaRowInstants, pickSoonestRowId } from '../../resetSchedule';
+import { XAI_WEEKLY_ROW_ID, collectQuotaRowInstants, pickUrgentRowId } from '../../resetSchedule';
 import type { QuotaBodyProps } from '../../types';
 
 const formatUsdFromCents = (cents: number | null): string => {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export function XaiQuotaBody({ quota, classes }: QuotaBodyProps<XaiQuotaState>)
   // Only the weekly limit is a quota window; the monthly figure is a billing
   // cycle, so it is never the row that "recovers first".
   const weeklySoon = useMemo(
-    () => pickSoonestRowId(collectQuotaRowInstants('xai', quota), now) === XAI_WEEKLY_ROW_ID,
+    () => pickUrgentRowId(collectQuotaRowInstants('xai', quota), now) === XAI_WEEKLY_ROW_ID,
     [quota, now]
   );
   const billing = quota.billing;
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export function XaiQuotaBody({ quota, classes }: QuotaBodyProps<XaiQuotaState>)
       )}
       {hasWeeklyData && (
         <div
-          className={weeklySoon ? `${classes.quotaRow} ${classes.quotaRowSoon}` : classes.quotaRow}
+          className={classes.quotaRow}
           title={weeklySoon ? t('quota_management.soonest_row_hint') : undefined}
         >
           <div className={classes.quotaRowHeader}>
diff --git a/src/features/quota/resetSchedule.ts b/src/features/quota/resetSchedule.ts
index a403a167..abdb7e13 100644
--- a/src/features/quota/resetSchedule.ts
+++ b/src/features/quota/resetSchedule.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 
 import { parseIsoToMs } from '@/utils/quota';
+import { HOUR_MS } from '@/utils/time/durations';
 import type { QuotaProviderType } from './providers/types';
 
 export interface QuotaRowInstant {
@@ -156,6 +157,23 @@ export function pickSoonestRowId(
   return best?.rowId ?? null;
 }
 
+/**
+ * The recovery row whose countdown should receive warning emphasis.
+ *
+ * A nearest reset that is still hours or days away is informational, not
+ * urgent. Only the final hour is highlighted, and exactly one hour remaining
+ * is deliberately excluded to match the "less than one hour" UI rule.
+ */
+export function pickUrgentRowId(
+  instants: readonly QuotaRowInstant[],
+  nowMs: number
+): string | null {
+  return pickSoonestRowId(
+    instants.filter((instant) => instant.atMs - nowMs > 0 && instant.atMs - nowMs < HOUR_MS),
+    nowMs
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * Soonest upcoming recovery instant for a whole credential — the sort key for
  * "soonest recovery first". Null when nothing is loaded or nothing is pending.
diff --git a/src/features/quota/types.ts b/src/features/quota/types.ts
index 26bb5c9e..6458f563 100644
--- a/src/features/quota/types.ts
+++ b/src/features/quota/types.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 export interface QuotaClassMap {
   // 额度行（五个提供商共用）
   quotaRow: string;
-  /** Applied to the row that recovers first on this credential. */
-  quotaRowSoon: string;
   quotaRowHeader: string;
   quotaModel: string;
   quotaMeta: string;
@@ -52,7 +50,6 @@ export interface QuotaClassMap {
 
 export const QUOTA_CLASS_KEYS: readonly (keyof QuotaClassMap)[] = [
   'quotaRow',
-  'quotaRowSoon',
   'quotaRowHeader',
   'quotaModel',
   'quotaMeta',
diff --git a/tests/quotaBodyRendering.test.ts b/tests/quotaBodyRendering.test.ts
index 988745a2..cad19c6f 100644
--- a/tests/quotaBodyRendering.test.ts
+++ b/tests/quotaBodyRendering.test.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe('CodexQuotaBody', () => {
     expect(markup).toMatch(/11 days/);
   });
 
-  test('highlights the credit when it expires before every window resets', () => {
+  test('highlights a credit expiring within the final hour', () => {
     const creditFirst: CodexQuotaState = {
       ...quota,
       windows: [{ ...quota.windows[0], resetAtMs: now + 5 * DAY_MS }],
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe('CodexQuotaBody', () => {
           id: 'credit-1',
           status: 'available',
           grantedAt: new Date(now - DAY_MS).toISOString(),
-          expiresAt: new Date(now + 2 * HOUR_MS).toISOString(),
+          expiresAt: new Date(now + 30 * 60_000).toISOString(),
         },
       ],
     };
@@ -95,13 +95,24 @@ describe('CodexQuotaBody', () => {
     expect(markup).not.toContain('quotaRowSoon');
   });
 
-  test('highlights the window when it resets before any credit expires', () => {
+  test('does not emphasize a reset countdown more than one hour away', () => {
     const markup = renderToStaticMarkup(createElement(CodexQuotaBody, { quota, classes }));
 
-    expect(markup).toContain('quotaRowSoon');
+    expect(markup).not.toContain('quotaRowSoon');
+    expect(markup).not.toContain('quotaResetRelativeSoon');
     expect(markup).not.toContain('codexResetCreditRowSoon');
   });
 
+  test('emphasizes a reset countdown within the final hour', () => {
+    const urgent: CodexQuotaState = {
+      ...quota,
+      windows: [{ ...quota.windows[0], resetAtMs: now + 30 * 60_000 }],
+    };
+    const markup = renderToStaticMarkup(createElement(CodexQuotaBody, { quota: urgent, classes }));
+
+    expect(markup).toContain('quotaResetRelativeSoon');
+  });
+
   test('highlights nothing once every instant is in the past', () => {
     const stale: CodexQuotaState = {
       ...quota,
diff --git a/tests/quotaResetSchedule.test.ts b/tests/quotaResetSchedule.test.ts
index 0056dbc0..ba2cbca4 100644
--- a/tests/quotaResetSchedule.test.ts
+++ b/tests/quotaResetSchedule.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   collectQuotaRowInstants,
   nextRecoveryMs,
   pickSoonestRowId,
+  pickUrgentRowId,
   resetCreditRowId,
 } from '@/features/quota/resetSchedule';
 import { DAY_MS, HOUR_MS } from '@/utils/time/durations';
@@ -169,6 +170,30 @@ describe('pickSoonestRowId', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('pickUrgentRowId', () => {
+  test('highlights only the nearest reset strictly inside the final hour', () => {
+    const instants = [
+      { rowId: 'later-urgent', atMs: NOW + 45 * 60_000, kind: 'window' as const },
+      { rowId: 'nearest-urgent', atMs: NOW + 30 * 60_000, kind: 'window' as const },
+      { rowId: 'past', atMs: NOW - 1, kind: 'window' as const },
+    ];
+
+    expect(pickUrgentRowId(instants, NOW)).toBe('nearest-urgent');
+  });
+
+  test('does not highlight at exactly one hour or beyond', () => {
+    expect(
+      pickUrgentRowId(
+        [
+          { rowId: 'exactly-one-hour', atMs: NOW + HOUR_MS, kind: 'window' },
+          { rowId: 'later', atMs: NOW + 2 * HOUR_MS, kind: 'window' },
+        ],
+        NOW
+      )
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
 describe('resetCreditRowId', () => {
   test('prefers the credit id', () => {
     expect(resetCreditRowId({ id: 'credit-a', expiresAt: 'x' }, 3)).toBe('credit-a');