This is what /remote-control does in Claude Code, once it's running on your main machine. You can open it up in the phone app.
It flakes out in less than 24 hrs. I tried leaving a session open on remote control mode in a VM but it inevitably stopped with some token auth error.
I wish codex supported this, I use it all the time for claude.
Re:Work with Codex from Anywhere
by wahnfrieden on Thursday May 14, 2026 @07:48PM
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That’s this announcement.
Re:Work with Codex from Anywhere
by reassess_blind on Thursday May 14, 2026 @08:10PM
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I ask because I tried the other week to use /remote-control in Claude, and it prompted to connect a Github repo with no local alternative. Things may have changed since then.
My experience today with the new Codex remote control has been that it doesn't connect at all.
I think the `/remote-control` feature does this, if I understand you correctly.
Re:Work with Codex from Anywhere
by DonsDiscountGas on Thursday May 14, 2026 @07:10PM
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It's supposed to. I've always found it buggy and unreliable but maybe that's just me. (This command exists in Claude btw not sure about Codex)
Looks like codex has it too since last week, https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/tag/rust-v0.130.0
You can also connect remotely. Tailscale to connect to your network/machine. Then use SSH to login. Then use tmux to persist the session even if you log out.
Does it work on windows? And how do you then remote in?
Re:Work with Codex from Anywhere
by wolfoftheweb on Thursday May 14, 2026 @10:21PM
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You can run Codex and Claude on mobile from https://github.com/happier-dev/happier
I tried apps that do this workflow (happy coder being one), but the workflow itself is rather clunky. You have to first start the session inside the remote machine. I now only do ssh, I can start or resume on whatever device suits at the time. The only downside is latency and connection drops, mosh solves it.
Edit: Running into issues setting it up on Windows. There's no "/remote-control" command in the CLI, so I installed the Windows Codex app. Then I updated the iOS app which now has the "Codex" feature in the sidebar, which should allow remote access to the Windows machine's instance - except it doesn't connect. The iOS app shows my desktop's hostname, so it knows there's an instance there, but refuses to connect. Issues like this would persuade a lot of folks to switch back to Claude.