--dangerously-load-development-channels incompatible with remote-control subcommand

Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Mar 21, 2026 by dorn Closed Apr 19, 2026

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  • [x] I have searched existing issues 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?

The --dangerously-load-development-channels flag cannot be used with the remote-control subcommand. The flag uses variadic <servers...> parsing which consumes all following positional arguments, including the subcommand name. No argument ordering works.

What Should Happen?

Should be possible to start remote-control with development channels enabled, e.g.:
claude --dangerously-load-development-channels server:river remote-control

Error Messages/Logs

$ claude --dangerously-load-development-channels server:river remote-control
--dangerously-load-development-channels entries must be tagged: remote-control

$ claude remote-control --dangerously-load-development-channels server:river
Error: Unknown argument: --dangerously-load-development-channels

$ claude --dangerously-load-development-channels=server:river remote-control
Error: Unknown argument: remote-control

$ claude --dangerously-load-development-channels server:river -- remote-control
Error: Unknown argument: server:river

Steps to Reproduce

  1. claude --dangerously-load-development-channels server:river remote-control

Error: entries must be tagged: remote-control

  1. claude remote-control --dangerously-load-development-channels server:river

Error: Unknown argument: --dangerously-load-development-channels

  1. claude --dangerously-load-development-channels=server:river remote-control

Error: Unknown argument: remote-control

  1. claude --dangerously-load-development-channels server:river -- remote-control

Error: Unknown argument: server:river

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

2.1.80

Claude Code Version

2.1.80 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Windows Terminal

Additional Information

Windows 10 (Git Bash / MINGW64). The flag works fine with the default interactive session, just not with the remote-control subcommand.

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