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Claude Code v2.1.81 20 Mar 2026

Remote Review [In Development]

What

Offloads /review PR reviews to a remote Claude Code session, running the review in the background and delivering results as a task notification.

Status

Gated by REVIEW_REMOTE environment variable.

Details

When triggered, launches a remote session with the PR diff
Polls remote session for events every 1 second, with 30-minute timeout
Delivers review findings via task-notification when complete
Includes session cleanup (delete/archive) after completion
Falls back to local review if remote launch fails
Produces notification: "Remote review session launched. Review output will arrive as a task-notification when complete."

Evidence

Remote review launcher (gated by REVIEW_REMOTE, search for "Remote review session launched" and "launchRemoteReview")

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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