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iOS app Code tab stuck at "Setting up a cloud container" on every new instruction — session actually running (display-only stall) #78565

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Summary

On the iOS Claude app, the Code tab session screen stays stuck at "Setting up a cloud container" whenever I send a new instruction — but the session is actually running in the cloud. It is a display-only stall, not a container that fails to start.

Steps to reproduce

  1. On the iOS app, open the Code tab and start a cloud session against a repository.
  2. Send an instruction. The screen shows "Setting up a cloud container" and never updates.
  3. Fully quit the app and reopen it (or open the same session in a browser at claude.ai/code) → the progress is there and the agent has been working the whole time.
  4. Send the next instruction → the screen stalls again at "Setting up a cloud container".

So step 3 is only a temporary fix — the stall recurs on every new instruction.

Expected behavior

The Code tab should stream live progress after each instruction without needing to relaunch the app.

Actual behavior

The Code tab shows a stale "Setting up a cloud container" state per instruction. The underlying session runs fine; only the app's live view is stuck.

Workaround (confirmed working)

Using Safari → claude.ai/code instead of the app streams progress correctly for the same session. Adding it to the Home Screen makes it a one-tap launcher.

Environment

  • iOS Claude app (version unknown — could you point me to where the app version is shown?)
  • GitHub App integration is working (PR creation and merge from the phone succeed), so this is not an auth issue.
  • Same session viewed in the browser (claude.ai/code) works correctly, which points to an app-side streaming/display bug.

Notes

This looks related to the "Setting up a cloud container" class of reports (e.g. #71420, and the resolved routine cases #58240 / #60817), but differs in that the container does start and run — the issue is purely the iOS app's per-instruction live view.

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