--no-remote flag does not fully disable remote control
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Newbie friendliness
- 72/100
Research direction
Start with the CLI argument handling for copilot --no-remote and the /remote status and /remote off command paths. Reproduce the issue on Copilot CLI v1.0.37 or the current version, then verify that launching with --no-remote reports Remote control status: disconnected rather than read-only.
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Description
Describe the bug
The --no-remote flag is documented as "Disable remote control of your session from GitHub web and mobile", but it only sets remote to read-only instead of fully disconnecting it. The /remote off slash command correctly disconnects, but --no-remote does not match this behavior.
Affected version
Copilot CLI v1.0.37
Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Launch
copilot --no-remote - Run
/remoteto check status - Observe:
Remote control status: read-only
Expected behavior
/remote should show Remote control status: disconnected, matching the behavior of /remote off.
Additional context
There is also no persistent setting in ~/.copilot/settings.json to default remote to disconnected, so users must run /remote off manually every session.
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