[Bug] Remote Control: orphaned server-mode hosts cannot be removed and show false "Connected" state
Bug Description
Remote Control: orphaned server-mode hosts cannot be removed, and show a false "Connected" state
Environment: Windows 11 Pro 26100, Claude Desktop 1.22209.0, Claude Code CLI 2.1.220
(Desktop bundles claude-code 2.1.209). Plan: Max.
Repro:
1. Run claude remote-control --name "X" --spawn worktree --permission-mode bypassPermissions
from two directories.
2. Close both terminals. The local processes die, as documented under Limitations.
3. Reboot the machine.
Bug 1 — orphaned hosts, no way to remove them.
Both hosts remain listed in the environment picker under "Remote Control"
("D: / KostyaPC" and "Second Brain / KostyaPC", each "0 of 32"). They survive
terminal close and a full reboot, because the registration is server-side.
There is no way to delete them:
- no CLI command in the CLI reference
- right-clicking the entry in the Desktop picker only yields the generic
Electron text menu (Copy / Select All)
- the docs' Troubleshooting section has no entry for this case
The only documented timeout is the ~10-minute network-outage one, which does
not apply to a process that has already exited.
Bug 2 — false "Connected" state, then a 5-minute silent hang.
Selecting one of these dead hosts and sending a task shows
"Connected to KostyaPC via remote control" with a live status dot. The task
then spins with no feedback for about five minutes before finally showing
"Remote Control disconnected / The bridged Claude Code process stopped
responding mid-turn". Expected: the picker should not present a host with no
live process as connectable, and the failure should surface immediately.
The suggested remedy in that error ("you may need to run /login") is
misleading here — authentication is fine, the bridged process simply no
longer exists.
Suggested fixes: a delete/disconnect action on entries in the picker, a
server-side TTL for hosts with no live process, and an immediate error
instead of a five-minute wait.
Environment Info
- Platform: win32
- Terminal: null
- Version: 2.1.220
- Feedback ID: 88a1169d-77ba-4c85-8c9c-289e32470b11
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