Anthropic published an official video guide demonstrating the Cloud Sessions feature in Claude Code. Instead of limiting themselves to the local terminal, developers can delegate long‑running tasks — such as migrations or refactoring — to independent virtual machines in the cloud, run them directly from a smartphone and close the computer without interrupting the assistant's work.
In the video material published on the official Claude channel titled Coding on the go with Claude Code, Anthropic outlines the operation and practical use of cloud sessions (Cloud Sessions) [1]. Contrary to the title, “programming on the go” does not mean hurriedly typing commands in the local command line, but the ability to delegate programming tasks to cloud infrastructure with full support from mobile devices and browsers [1].
What are Cloud Sessions in Claude Code?
The key idea of cloud sessions is complete independence of the AI agent's work from the programmer's physical computer [1]. As explained in the video material, each cloud session runs on a dedicated virtual machine in the cloud [1]. This means the process does not burden local hardware and runs continuously even after the computer is turned off or the laptop lid is closed [1, 3].
The video clearly distinguishes the Cloud Session mode from the Remote Control function [1]. For remote control, the local environment must remain on and connected to the network. A cloud session, however, runs autonomously in the provider's infrastructure, and the user can at any time return to view the progress [1].
Programming from smartphone and parallel tasks
The practical aspect of “on the go” boils down to flexibility: a developer can start a session from a smartphone or a web browser [1]. Moreover, Claude Code allows running multiple cloud sessions in parallel [1]. This way you don't have to wait for one task to finish before starting another, and the individual processes do not get in each other's way [1].
According to the Anthropic guide, cloud sessions work best for long‑running tasks that traditionally blocked the programmer's terminal [1]. Among the main examples are:
- extensive code refactoring [1],
- library and architecture migrations [1],
- independent repository analysis and preparation of fixes [1, 3].
Environment configuration and GitHub integration
For Claude Code to operate on a project in the cloud, it is necessary to link the account with GitHub, which provides the assistant with secure access to repositories [1]. The virtual environment is not a rigid template — the user can define their own cloud environment [1]. This includes configuring environment variables and preparing installation scripts for project dependencies [1].
“A cloud session in Claude Code runs in its own virtual machine in the cloud, not on your computer. It keeps going while you're away, you can start one from your phone, and you can run several in parallel.” – official description of the Anthropic video material [1].
From pull request to claude --teleport command
The material also shows the full code work cycle on the cloud side [1]. The programmer does not need to manually copy files or monitor each individual command [1]. Instead, from the app they can:
- view changes prepared by the model [1],
- add comments and corrective notes [1],
- automatically open pull requests with the completed task [1].
If there is a need to finish work locally, Anthropic provided the command claude --teleport [1]. It allows rapid transfer of the session state from the cloud virtual machine directly to the user's local computer [1].
Availability and billing rules
Cloud sessions are available to subscribers of Pro, Max, and Team plans, as well as to Enterprise customers (holding premium seats licenses or Chat + Claude Code) [1]. Anthropic emphasizes that using virtual machines in the cloud does not involve a separate compute charge — cloud sessions consume the standard limits allocated within the given subscription, analogously to local sessions [1].
The novelty fits into the broader development of the Claude Code ecosystem, which includes, among other things, the Claude Code Projects announced in September 2026 [3] and the desktop application update from October 2026, introducing nested sessions and saved environments [2].
Conclusions: evolution towards autonomous assistants
Editorial opinion: The introduction of Cloud Sessions is a clear signal that programming assistance tools are no longer just enhanced autocomplete in the code editor. In this release, Claude Code becomes an asynchronous collaborator to which time‑consuming tasks are delegated from a phone while on the way to the office, so that upon arrival one only needs to review the ready pull request or fetch a branch with the teleport command. This is a practical step toward truly agentic code work.
Sources
- YouTube video: Coding on the go with Claude Code (official Claude channel, 13.10.2026) [1]
- Technical documentation: Claude Code on the Web [1]
- Blog post: Claude Code in the Cloud [1]
- Pasquale Pillitteri: Claude Code desktop rolls out nested sessions and saved environments (15.10.2026) [2]
- Marktechpost: Anthropic Launches Claude Code Projects in Beta (17.09.2026) [3]
- Pasquale Pillitteri: Anthropic launches Claude Code cloud sessions (24.09.2026) [4]
Sources
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OH1y7CjIew
- https://pasqualepillitteri.it/en/news/24032/claude-code-desktop-nested-sessions-environments
- https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/09/17/anthropic-launches-claude-code-projects-in-beta-parallel-cloud-sessions-that-keep-running-after-you-close-your-laptop/
- https://pasqualepillitteri.it/en/news/17933/claude-code-cloud-sessions-credit-250-dollars
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