Unclear The default value of watch_sessions is not stated, so it is unclear whether session watching is used by default.
What
Remote Control lets you reach a Claude Code session from another device. The part that talks to Anthropic's servers, the bridge, used to check for new work at fixed intervals, which is called polling.
- The bridge now has a
sessionsWatchclient. It gets a resume token from/v1/code/sessions?limit=1and opens a stream of server-sent events (a connection where the server pushes updates) at/v1/code/sessions/watch, sending the last event it saw so it can pick up where it left off. - A "sync" event marks the watcher as connected. "added" and "changed" events trigger an immediate check for work.
- While the watcher is connected, its own pacing replaces the fixed poll intervals.
- Four new settings in the bridge's server-supplied configuration control this:
watch_sessions,watch_connected_poll_interval_ms,watch_fallback_poll_interval_msandwatch_session_end_window_ms. - The watcher starts only when the configuration has
watch_sessionsset and other checks pass, and stops otherwise.
Why
When the watcher runs, Remote Control can notice new sessions sooner and ask the server for updates less often. Whether it runs depends on configuration sent from the server.
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The default value of `watch_sessions` is not stated, so it is unclear whether session watching is used by default.