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Telemetry and egress

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 ### Optional features
 
-| Host                                                                                                                                            | Required when                                                                                  |
-| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| Host of `otlpEndpoint`                                                                                                                          | OpenTelemetry export is configured                                                             |
-| `github.com`, `objects.githubusercontent.com`, `pypi.org`, `files.pythonhosted.org`                                                             | Python-based desktop extensions are enabled                                                    |
-| Hosts of each entry in `managedMcpServers` (server URL, plus `oauth.authorizationServer` and `login.microsoftonline.com` if configured)         | Managed MCP servers are configured                                                             |
-| Search provider host of a built-in `websearch` server (`api.search.brave.com`, `api.tavily.com`, `api.exa.ai`, or the host of your `customUrl`) | [Built-in web search](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/web-tools#built-in-web-search) is configured |
-| Hosts in `coworkEgressAllowedHosts`                                                                                                             | Sandbox web access is configured                                                               |
+| Host                                                                                                                                            | Required when                                                                                                                                                          |
+| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Host of `otlpEndpoint`                                                                                                                          | OpenTelemetry export is configured                                                                                                                                     |
+| `github.com`, `objects.githubusercontent.com`, `pypi.org`, `files.pythonhosted.org`                                                             | Python-based desktop extensions are enabled                                                                                                                            |
+| Hosts of each entry in `managedMcpServers` (server URL, plus `oauth.authorizationServer` and `login.microsoftonline.com` if configured)         | Managed MCP servers are configured                                                                                                                                     |
+| Search provider host of a built-in `websearch` server (`api.search.brave.com`, `api.tavily.com`, `api.exa.ai`, or the host of your `customUrl`) | [Built-in web search](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/web-tools#built-in-web-search) is configured                                                                         |
+| Hosts in `coworkEgressAllowedHosts`                                                                                                             | Sandbox web access is configured                                                                                                                                       |
+| `downloads.claude.ai`                                                                                                                           | [SSH remote sessions](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/ssh-remote-sessions) are enabled (`sshHostAllowlist` set), including on devices installed with the offline installer |
 
 ## Disabling all Anthropic-bound connections
 
-With `disableEssentialTelemetry`, `disableNonessentialTelemetry`, `disableNonessentialServices`, and `disableAutoUpdates` all set to `true`, the desktop application makes **no outbound connections to Anthropic-operated hosts at runtime**. The only required egress is `downloads.claude.ai` (for the VM bundle at session start) and your inference provider. With the [offline installer variant](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/installation#offline-installation), `downloads.claude.ai` is not needed either, and your inference provider is the only required egress.
+With `disableEssentialTelemetry`, `disableNonessentialTelemetry`, `disableNonessentialServices`, and `disableAutoUpdates` all set to `true`, the desktop application makes **no outbound connections to Anthropic-operated hosts at runtime**. The only required egress is `downloads.claude.ai` (for the VM bundle at session start) and your inference provider. With the [offline installer variant](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/installation#offline-installation), `downloads.claude.ai` is not needed either, and your inference provider is the only required egress. Enabling [SSH remote sessions](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/ssh-remote-sessions) adds `downloads.claude.ai` back for every device, because the offline installer does not include the remote-session components.
 
 These settings control only the application's telemetry, update, and non-essential service connections. They do not change how your inference provider handles conversation content at the endpoint. On Microsoft Foundry, the Claude models behind your inference endpoint run in an Anthropic-operated service, so conversation content reaches Anthropic-operated infrastructure regardless of these settings. See [Data handling by provider](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/overview#data-handling-by-provider) on the Overview page.