[BUG] Desktop Remote Control: unpinning a folder removes it from the Folders list instead of leaving it unpinned

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Reported on v2.1.260
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Activity 1 comment · opened Oct 7, 2026

What's wrong

In Claude Desktop → Settings → Claude Code → Remote Control, the Folders list shows the most-used folders plus pinned ones. Unpinning a folder removes it from the list entirely, instead of leaving it listed (unpinned) among the automatic ones. This happens both for folders added by hand and for folders that were already shown automatically.

The log suggests the automatic folders are never actually served: only pinned folders are, so after unpinning the last pinned folder the server goes to no_folders while every other known folder is counted as excluded.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Settings → Claude Code → Remote Control, with "Allow your phone and claude.ai to start sessions here" on.
  2. Pin a folder that the list already shows automatically.
  3. Unpin it.

Expected

The folder stays in the list (unpinned) and remains available to start sessions from the phone, like the other automatic entries.

Actual

The folder disappears from the list and is no longer served. With no pinned folders left, nothing is served at all.

From %LOCALAPPDATA%\Claude\Logs\remote-control.log (username redacted):

21:13:41 folder unpinned: C:\Users\<me>\Projects\wakey
21:13:41 removed 1 folder(s): C:\Users\<me>\Projects\wakey → 1 delete(s) queued
21:13:41 state serving → no_folders trigger=pref intent=on served=0 registering=0 failed=0 excluded=21 limited=0 missing=0 sessions=0
21:13:49 folder added (already listed): C:\Users\<me>\Projects\wakey
21:13:49 state no_folders → serving trigger=pref intent=on served=0 registering=1 failed=0 excluded=20 limited=0 missing=0 sessions=0
...
22:59:23 folder unpinned: C:\Users\<me>\Projects\ShowRunner
22:59:24 removed 1 folder(s): C:\Users\<me>\Projects\ShowRunner → 1 delete(s) queued
22:59:28 folder unpinned: C:\Users\<me>\Projects\tasker-plugins
22:59:28 removed 1 folder(s): C:\Users\<me>\Projects\tasker-plugins → 1 delete(s) queued
22:59:29 folder unpinned: C:\Users\<me>\Projects\wakey
22:59:29 removed 1 folder(s): C:\Users\<me>\Projects\wakey → 1 delete(s) queued

Note folder added (already listed) when re-adding the folder seconds after unpinning it: the app still considers it listed, yet unpinning had dropped it from serving. excluded=21 with served=0 means none of the other known folders were being served either.

Environment

  • Windows 11 Home (10.0.26200)
  • Claude Desktop 1.46388.2, Claude Code 2.1.260

Related

#100284 (raise the 6-folder cap), #96867 (start Desktop sessions from mobile).

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