Remote Control (claude rc) on mobile: image attachments silently dropped, and /bug unavailable

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jun 14, 2026 by chilljutsu Closed Jun 14, 2026

Summary

Two related issues while using Claude Code Remote Control (claude rc) from the Android Claude app (macOS host):

  1. Image attachments from the phone never reach the model. Attaching a photo to a message in a remote-control session results in the model receiving no image and no error — the attachment silently vanishes, and nothing is written to disk. It is undetectable to both user and model until you notice the model never references the image.
  2. /bug does not work in remote sessions. Typing /bug from the phone-remote session does not open the report dialog; it is passed through as a normal chat message. (Same appears true for other interactive commands like /config, /permissions.)

Repro

  1. On macOS, run claude rc (Remote Control).
  2. Connect from the Android Claude app.
  3. (a) Attach a photo to a message -> model receives nothing.

(b) Type /bug -> no dialog; sent as plain text.

Expected

  • Attached images reach the model (or a clear error if unsupported on this transport).
  • /bug works, or returns a clear "not available in remote sessions" message.

Environment

  • claude-code 2.1.170 (macOS desktop bundle)
  • macOS 15 (Darwin 24.4.0)
  • Android Claude app, Remote Control session

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