Improved Remote Control Error Messages / Claude Code v2.1.84

Remote Control error messages are now more specific and actionable:

Requires a claude.ai subscription (not just login)
Explains that long-lived tokens from setup-token or CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN are limited to inference-only
Provides clear guidance to run claude login

Evidence

RC error messages (search for "Remote Control requires a claude.ai subscription", "Remote Control requires a full-scope login token")

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

The build it came inv2.1.84

25 Mar 2026 · 29 entries, this one is #19.

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Names in this entry

clisetup-token
Setup tokens can now carry any lifetime, but everything still hands over the 365-day maximum.
envCLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN
Three artifact environment variables are now recognised, with the API token stripped from spawned processes as a secret.

Is this right?

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.