[BUG] Remote Control: automatic reconnection doesn't work -- connection drops silently with no recovery

### Preflight Checklist - [x] I have searched [existing issues](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3Abug) and this hasn't been reported yet - [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs) - [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code ### What's Wrong? Problem Remote Control (/remote-control) silently drops the connection to the Claude iOS app (Code tab) during long sessions. Once dropped, the mobile client becomes completely unresponsive -- messages don't go through and there's no indication on either side that the connection is dead. The core issue is that the built-in reconnection doesn't work. The connection drops and never recovers on its own. The only fix is to physically walk to the terminal and manually: Run /remote-control Select "Disconnect this session" from the interactive TUI menu Run /remote-control [session-name] again Notably, this manual disconnect/reconnect cycle always works -- the connection comes back healthy every time after cycling it. This suggests the reconnection logic itself isn't broken at the protocol level; something in the automatic recovery path is failing to trigger what a manual disconnect/reconnect does successfully. The fix may be as straightforward as having the auto-reconnect perform the same teardown/re-establish cycle that the manual flow does. This defeats the entire purpose of remote control. If you're away from your desk -- which is the wh

Posted by BluCreator on Mar 14, 2026, 4:22 AM

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