diff --git a/libs/service/agent/issue_triage.rs b/libs/service/agent/issue_triage.rs
index fb3c395..cacc250 100644
--- a/libs/service/agent/issue_triage.rs
+++ b/libs/service/agent/issue_triage.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ async fn call_ai_for_triage(
     model_name: &str,
     prompt: &str,
     app_config: &AppConfig,
-) -> Result<String, AppError> {
+) -> Result<agent::AiCallResponse, AppError> {
     let api_key = app_config
         .ai_api_key()
         .map_err(|e| AppError::InternalServerError(format!("AI API key not configured: {}", e)))?;
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ async fn call_ai_for_triage(
         AppError::InternalServerError(format!("AI triage call failed: {}", e))
     })?;
 
-    Ok(response.content)
+    Ok(response)
 }
 
 impl AppService {
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ impl AppService {
 
         let prompt =
             build_triage_prompt(&issue_model.title, issue_model.body.as_deref(), &existing_labels);
-        let ai_content = match call_ai_for_triage(&model.name, &prompt, &self.config).await {
-            Ok(c) => c,
+        let ai_response = match call_ai_for_triage(&model.name, &prompt, &self.config).await {
+            Ok(r) => r,
             Err(e) => {
                 tracing::warn!(
                     project = %project_name,
@@ -186,7 +186,25 @@ impl AppService {
             }
         };
 
-        let suggestions = parse_triage_response(&ai_content);
+        // Record billing (non-fatal)
+        let _ = self
+            .record_ai_usage(
+                project.id,
+                model.id,
+                ai_response.input_tokens,
+                ai_response.output_tokens,
+            )
+            .await
+            .inspect_err(|e| {
+                tracing::warn!(
+                    project = %project.id,
+                    error = ?e,
+                    "failed to record AI billing for issue triage"
+                );
+            })
+            .ok();
+
+        let suggestions = parse_triage_response(&ai_response.content);
         let mut comment_posted = false;
 
         if let Some(ref s) = suggestions {