[BUG] Task chips from spawn_task don't show up in the Claude mobile app
Status Open
Reported on v2.1.295
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 0 comments · opened Oct 13, 2026
Summary
When Claude suggests a side task with spawn_task in a Desktop Code-tab session, the chip only appears in the Desktop app. Following the same session from the Claude mobile app, the chip isn't there at all, so I can't see or start the task from my phone. Claude's reply says it created a task card, but the phone shows nothing.
Environment
- Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26340, Claude Desktop 2.37337.1 (Code tab), Claude Code 2.1.295
- Claude iOS app v1.261007.20 (37720259229), iOS 27
Steps to reproduce
- In a Desktop Code-tab session, get Claude to call
spawn_task(in my case it wrote a plan file and suggested running it in a new session). - In the Desktop app, the chip shows up with its start button.
- Open the same session in the mobile app.
Expected
The chip shows on mobile and can be started from there. If starting a local session from the phone isn't supported, at least a card that says the task is waiting on the Desktop app.
Actual
No chip, placeholder or start action in the mobile app. Only Claude's text mentions the card.
Related
#93880, #97304