[Feature request] Remote Control: mirror agent prompts and signal pending UAC elevation on the remote client

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Activity 0 comments · opened Oct 2, 2026

Environment: Claude Code Desktop (Windows 11), session controlled via Remote Control from another device.

Current behaviour

  • Questions the agent asks via AskUserQuestion (multiple-choice prompts) are rendered only on the host machine. The Remote Control client shows nothing; plain text messages arrive fine, only the prompt dialogs don't. (Related bug reports: #35637, #28508, #95343 – this request is about the overall remote workflow rather than one rendering bug.)
  • When a step needs elevation (MSI install/uninstall, deleting from C:\Program Files), Windows shows the UAC prompt on the host's secure desktop. The remote client gets no hint that a prompt is waiting, and Computer Use cannot interact with it (blocked by UIPI, as documented).

Why this matters

In practice this means any task involving a clarifying question or an admin-level operation requires the user to walk to the host PC, which limits what Remote Control can be used for.

Suggested improvements

  1. Mirror AskUserQuestion prompts (and Claude Code permission confirmations) to the Remote Control client so they can be answered from there.
  2. For UAC: show on the remote client that an elevation prompt is pending on the host, so the user knows why the session is waiting. If Windows allows it, offer a way to approve from the remote client; otherwise a clear "needs confirmation at the host machine" notice would already help.

Workarounds I used

  • Asked the agent to pose questions as plain text instead of AskUserQuestion.
  • Switched my application's installer from per-machine to per-user so updates no longer trigger UAC at all.

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