Remote Control drops on idle

“Once a session finishes its turn and goes idle, the app shuts its process down, and the Remote Control link drops with it.”

Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.

Paste this into your agent. It files your report, with your error and version.

I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/claude-code/issues/15068/file
Follow it to file my report. Show me the text before you send.

No install. No account. Public and anonymous. The link asks your agent for one report, nothing else. What it sends

Remote Control drops when a desktop session goes idle. Idle Code-tab sessions vanish from claude.ai/code and the iOS app until a message is sent from the Mac.

Is this your bug?

File my report

Where: Claude desktop app
Error text: Remote Control requires an active session. Send a message first.
Versions: 2.1.300
Platforms: macOS
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow.

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Original reports2, newest first

Oct 20, 2026macOS desktop: Remote Control not restored when a Code-tab session goes idle — session vanishes from iOS app until a message is sent on the Mac#103872
Oct 15, 2026Desktop: Remote Control drops on every idle session and can't be re-enabled until a message is sent from the Mac#102534