[BUG] Claude Code Remote not connecting

[mrjones2020-lang]

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What's Wrong?

Claude Code /remote-control is enabled on my Desktop at home. When fails to connect when I try from both my work PC and my cell phone on a separate network

What Should Happen?

It should connect, It's showing green in my Session. And my Desktop name shows at the bottom by the chat window

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

I don't know how you'd reproduce. Try and connect remotely I suppose? But clearly not everyone has this issue.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

No response

Claude Code Version

Most recent

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)

Additional Information

No response

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Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. [Bug] Remote control connection repeatedly fails #30303
2. Remote control session fails to load on mobile #29601
3. Remote Control: session not connecting from mobile app #28758

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[mrjones2020-lang]

It must be something to do with networking and WSL2, because if my phone is on same network, I can use it to connect into session. But if I log off the wifi, it won't connect to the Claude session

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Closing for now — inactive for too long. Please open a new issue if this is still relevant.

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