Remote Control always fails with HTTP 403 after restart; re-login on desktop and iOS does not recover
Status Closed — not planned
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Activity 1 comment · opened Oct 8, 2026 · closed Oct 8, 2026
Environment
- Claude Code desktop app (Windows 10), Max plan
- Remote Control used from the Claude iOS app
What happens
Remote Control can no longer be enabled for any session. Every attempt fails with:
Remote Control failed to connect: Remote Control server rejected the request (HTTP 403) — run /remote-control to retry- Started after a PC/app restart on 2026-10-06/07 (JST). Before that, Remote Control worked normally for several sessions.
- After the restart, all existing sessions show Remote Control inactive and none reconnect automatically.
- Retrying with
/remote-controland the session toolbar switch returns the same 403 every time. - Signing out and back in on both the desktop app and the iOS app did not help.
- Usage is not at a limit (weekly ~94%, 5-hour 3%). status.claude.com shows Claude Code and claude.ai operational.
- A "spend limit incorrectly reached" incident was resolved on 2026-10-07 21:23 UTC; the 403 persists after it.
Expected
Remote Control reconnects (or can be re-enabled) after a restart, and re-login clears an authentication problem.
Related
#53563 (403 token expiry, closed) looks similar but re-login does not recover here.
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