feat: add rate limit countdown UI with neutral loading state

- Created RateLimitCountdown component to display rate limit messages
- Shows spinner with countdown timer and retry attempt info
- Uses neutral styling instead of error colors
- Added translations for rate limit messages
- Updated ChatRow to properly handle api_req_retry_delayed messages

Fixes #7922

webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatRow.tsx

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import { McpExecution } from "./McpExecution"
 import { ChatTextArea } from "./ChatTextArea"
 import { MAX_IMAGES_PER_MESSAGE } from "./ChatView"
 import { useSelectedModel } from "../ui/hooks/useSelectedModel"
+import { RateLimitCountdown } from "./RateLimitCountdown"
 
 interface ChatRowProps {
 	message: ClineMessage
@@ -262,7 +263,8 @@ export const ChatRowContent = ({
 					<span style={{ color: successColor, fontWeight: "bold" }}>{t("chat:taskCompleted")}</span>,
 				]
 			case "api_req_retry_delayed":
-				return []
+				// Don't return empty array, this will be handled in the switch statement
+				return [null, null]
 			case "api_req_started":
 				const getIconSpan = (iconName: string, color: string) => (
 					<div
@@ -1275,6 +1277,14 @@ export const ChatRowContent = ({
 							</div>
 						</>
 					)
+				case "api_req_retry_delayed":
+					// Display the rate limit countdown component
+					return (
+						<RateLimitCountdown
+							message={message.text || ""}
+							isRetrying={message.text?.includes("Retry attempt")}
+						/>
+					)
 				case "shell_integration_warning":
 					return <CommandExecutionError />
 				case "checkpoint_saved":

webview-ui/src/components/chat/RateLimitCountdown.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import React, { useMemo } from "react"
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next"
+import { ProgressIndicator } from "./ProgressIndicator"
+
+interface RateLimitCountdownProps {
+	message: string
+	isRetrying?: boolean
+}
+
+export const RateLimitCountdown: React.FC<RateLimitCountdownProps> = ({ message, isRetrying = false }) => {
+	const { t } = useTranslation()
+
+	// Parse the message to extract countdown seconds and retry attempt info
+	const { seconds, attemptInfo } = useMemo(() => {
+		// Match patterns like "Retrying in X seconds" or "Rate limiting for X seconds"
+		const secondsMatch = message.match(/(\d+)\s+second/i)
+		const seconds = secondsMatch ? parseInt(secondsMatch[1], 10) : null
+
+		// Match retry attempt pattern like "Retry attempt X"
+		const attemptMatch = message.match(/Retry attempt (\d+)/i)
+		const attemptInfo = attemptMatch ? attemptMatch[0] : null
+
+		return { seconds, attemptInfo }
+	}, [message])
+
+	// Check if this is the "Retrying now..." message
+	const isRetryingNow = message.toLowerCase().includes("retrying now")
+
+	return (
+		<div
+			style={{
+				display: "flex",
+				flexDirection: "column",
+				gap: "12px",
+				padding: "12px 16px",
+				backgroundColor: "var(--vscode-editor-background)",
+				border: "1px solid var(--vscode-editorWidget-border)",
+				borderRadius: "4px",
+				marginBottom: "8px",
+			}}>
+			{/* Header with spinner and title */}
+			<div
+				style={{
+					display: "flex",
+					alignItems: "center",
+					gap: "10px",
+					color: "var(--vscode-foreground)",
+				}}>
+				<ProgressIndicator />
+				<span style={{ fontWeight: "bold", fontSize: "var(--vscode-font-size)" }}>
+					{isRetrying || attemptInfo ? t("chat:rateLimitRetry.title") : t("chat:rateLimit.title")}
+				</span>
+			</div>
+
+			{/* Status message */}
+			<div
+				style={{
+					color: "var(--vscode-descriptionForeground)",
+					fontSize: "var(--vscode-font-size)",
+					lineHeight: "1.5",
+				}}>
+				{isRetryingNow ? (
+					<span>{t("chat:rateLimit.retryingNow")}</span>
+				) : seconds !== null ? (
+					<div>
+						{attemptInfo && (
+							<div style={{ marginBottom: "4px" }}>
+								<span style={{ color: "var(--vscode-foreground)" }}>{attemptInfo}</span>
+							</div>
+						)}
+						<span>{t("chat:rateLimit.retryingIn", { seconds })}</span>
+					</div>
+				) : (
+					<span>{t("chat:rateLimit.pleaseWait")}</span>
+				)}
+			</div>
+
+			{/* Optional error details if present in the message */}
+			{message.includes("\n\n") && !isRetryingNow && (
+				<details
+					style={{
+						marginTop: "4px",
+						cursor: "pointer",
+					}}>
+					<summary
+						style={{
+							color: "var(--vscode-textLink-foreground)",
+							fontSize: "calc(var(--vscode-font-size) - 1px)",
+							userSelect: "none",
+						}}>
+						{t("chat:rateLimit.showDetails")}
+					</summary>
+					<pre
+						style={{
+							marginTop: "8px",
+							padding: "8px",
+							backgroundColor: "var(--vscode-textCodeBlock-background)",
+							borderRadius: "4px",
+							fontSize: "calc(var(--vscode-font-size) - 1px)",
+							color: "var(--vscode-descriptionForeground)",
+							whiteSpace: "pre-wrap",
+							wordBreak: "break-word",
+							overflowWrap: "anywhere",
+							maxHeight: "200px",
+							overflowY: "auto",
+						}}>
+						{message.split("\n\n")[0]}
+					</pre>
+				</details>
+			)}
+		</div>
+	)
+}

webview-ui/src/i18n/locales/en/chat.json

@@ -149,6 +149,16 @@
 		"cancelled": "API Request Cancelled",
 		"streamingFailed": "API Streaming Failed"
 	},
+	"rateLimit": {
+		"title": "Rate limit triggered — please wait",
+		"pleaseWait": "Please wait while we handle the rate limit...",
+		"retryingIn": "Retrying in {{seconds}} seconds...",
+		"retryingNow": "Retrying now...",
+		"showDetails": "Show error details"
+	},
+	"rateLimitRetry": {
+		"title": "Rate limit triggered — retrying"
+	},
 	"checkpoint": {
 		"regular": "Checkpoint",
 		"initializingWarning": "Still initializing checkpoint... If this takes too long, you can disable checkpoints in <settingsLink>settings</settingsLink> and restart your task.",