Desktop app: can no longer find and disconnect artifact WebSocket connections (Background tasks panel no longer shows them)
Environment
- Claude desktop app: 1.34493.1 (macOS)
- Claude Code CLI: 2.1.241
- macOS: 26.5.1 (Darwin 25.5.0)
Description
Previously, when a session had a WebSocket attached to an Artifact (live-updating artifact / artifact runtime capabilities), I could open the desktop app's Background tasks / background services panel, find the WebSocket connection there, and disconnect it directly.
After a recent update this seems to have been removed. Now the only indication that a session still holds an artifact WebSocket is a blinking dot on the session in the left-hand session list. There is no longer any UI to locate the socket and close it.
Steps to reproduce
- In a session, publish an Artifact with a live WebSocket connection (artifact runtime capabilities).
- Leave the session; note the blinking dot on it in the session list.
- Try to find the WebSocket connection in the Background tasks panel / session context menu.
Expected: The connection is listed somewhere (as before) and can be disconnected individually.
Actual: No panel or menu entry shows the connection; the only workaround is to archive/close the whole session or restart the app.
Possibly related
- #69677 — "Background tasks" context-menu option hidden when no tasks are running (closed as not planned)
- #74227 — blinking dot persists after background tasks complete
Request
Either restore visibility of artifact WebSocket connections in the Background tasks panel, or provide some other way to inspect and disconnect them without killing the entire session.
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Note: issue text drafted with Claude Code on the user's behalf.