## Environment - Claude Code 2.1.170 (VS Code extension, Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200) - Claude iOS app (current App Store build), same account - Remote Control never knowingly enabled on this machine (no `--remote-control`, no `/remote-control`, no `remoteControlAtStartup` setting) ## What happened Starting roughly 2026-08-10 (about two days before filing), sessions running locally in the VS Code extension began appearing in the iOS app's **Code** view on their own: - the currently active session

Mobile app: local VS Code sessions auto-appear in Code view but show no chat history (started ~2026-08-10)

Status Open

Reported on v2.1.170

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Activity 0 comments · opened Aug 12, 2026

Environment

Claude Code 2.1.170 (VS Code extension, Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200)
Claude iOS app (current App Store build), same account
Remote Control never knowingly enabled on this machine (no --remote-control, no /remote-control, no remoteControlAtStartup setting)

What happened

Starting roughly 2026-08-10 (about two days before filing), sessions running locally in the VS Code extension began appearing in the iOS app's Code view on their own:

the currently active session, listed with its auto-generated title and a green "Connected" state, and
additional entries named <hostname>-<adjective>-<animal> (e.g. ...-vast-squirrel), also "Connected", pointing at the same local project.

Tapping ANY of these sessions - including the currently active one - opens an empty conversation: no chat history at all, even though the local session has a long transcript.

Expected

Per https://code.claude.com/docs/en/remote-control.md the session transcript "is stored on Anthropic servers ... to keep the conversation in sync across your devices", so an opened session should show its history.

Also unclear why sessions appear in the app at all without Remote Control being enabled locally. The client has stayed on 2.1.170 through the change, so if the new visibility is intended, it looks like a server/app-side rollout - but then the empty transcript makes it a regression either way.

Steps to reproduce

Windows 11, VS Code extension with Claude Code 2.1.170, an active long-running session in a git project.
Open the Claude iOS app -> Code.
Local sessions are listed as Connected (the active one titled; others hostname-animal named).
Tap any session -> the conversation renders empty.

Possibly related

#84929 - sessions register locally but never appear on claude.ai/mobile ("Unable to load messages"): adjacent subsystem, opposite visibility direction
#28324 (closed) - resumed Remote Control sessions show only new messages, no back-history

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