Remote Control lost on relaunch

“The app stopped all four active sessions, quit, restarted, and restored the sessions, but Remote Control was not re-established for any of them.”

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Still happening. 4 reports and thumbs-up in each of the last two weeks, down from 21 a week at the late-October peak. Not fixed, but a workaround is known.

Remote Control not restored after desktop app relaunch. After a stealth auto-update or restart, restored Code sessions stay unreachable from claude.ai/code and mobile until reopened locally.

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Where: Desktop app
Versions: 2.1.258 to 2.2553.1
Platforms: macOS, Windows
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow. Some reports say it used to work.

Part of: Remote sessions drop, never reconnect6 bugs

Restart orphans Remote Control sessions11 people
Remote Control sessions go offline4 people
Unarchived session never reconnects6 people
Remote Control drops on idle6 people
Remote Control sessions archived on quit7 people

Original reports21, newest first

Nov 5, 2026Desktop (Windows): auto-update restart turns Remote Control off for all existing sessions, with no setting to keep it on#107767
Nov 5, 2026Desktop: SSH sessions lose their Remote Control link after an app restart until used on the host computer#107766
Nov 4, 2026[Desktop] Remote Control is not restored on existing local sessions after the app's automatic (stealth) update#107253
Oct 28, 2026Desktop app (Windows) restarts unattended; idle Code sessions lose Remote Control and can't be re-enabled remotely#105690
Oct 22, 2026Desktop (macOS): Remote Control for local Code sessions is not restored after silent auto-update relaunch#104230
Oct 22, 2026Desktop app (Windows): Remote Control is not restored for a session after the app's silent auto-update relaunch#104206
Oct 20, 2026Desktop app: a Code session reopened after an app relaunch comes back with Remote Control off, despite "Connect new sessions to Remote Control"#103826
Oct 9, 2026Desktop app (Windows): Remote Control bridge never re-arms after an app restart/auto-update — session goes silent on mobile for hours and shows as archived, until the user types in the desktop app#100940
Oct 9, 2026Desktop app: Remote Control is not re-attached to existing Code sessions after the automatic (stealth) update relaunch#100694
Oct 8, 2026Desktop: Remote Control is not restored after app update/restart for existing sessions, and sessions silently disappear from mobile while the app still reports "connected"#100590

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Oct 8, 2026Windows: MSIX auto-update force-terminates Claude Desktop, killing active Code tab sessions and Remote Control (~every 2 days, not restored on relaunch)#100576
Oct 6, 2026Windows desktop: Remote Control not restored after app relaunch (silent update / restart), sessions show as archived on mobile#100114
Oct 6, 2026[Desktop] Auto-update relaunch drops all Remote Control sessions and they don't reconnect until opened locally#100106
Oct 5, 2026Idle auto-update stops all sessions and Remote Control never comes back after the relaunch#99585
Sep 30, 2026Bug: Remote Control doesn't survive app restarts or session eviction (Claude desktop, macOS)#98504
Sep 23, 2026Auto-update force-quits the working desktop app again: session child processes killed (exit 127), Remote Control dropped, app unlaunchable until reboot - why is there still no user-chosen update timing?#96279
Sep 22, 2026Desktop app turns off Remote Control on all Code sessions after every restart/auto-update; can't be re-enabled automatically#96220
Sep 18, 2026Remote Control is not restored for sessions killed by a stealth auto-update#95491
Sep 18, 2026Desktop app: Remote Control on a running session is dropped by every app relaunch (auto-update) and only restored on the next user message; deleting another session also switched it off#95407
Sep 18, 2026Desktop auto-update ("stealth update") quits and relaunches the app while the user is away, dropping every Remote Control session#95364
Sep 18, 2026Desktop (Windows): Remote Control is not restored after the app restarts for an auto-update, so idle sessions get paused and become unreachable#95296