A Remote Coding Agent Can Deadlock on a Local Permission Dialog
The nastiest failure mode in a remote coding agent is not a bad patch. It is a permission prompt that nobody can see. You start a long-running job on a workstation, leave the desk, and check it from a phone later. The agent reaches a command that needs approval. If that request only exists as a modal in the desktop UI, the job has not technically failed. It has just stopped forever. That is…
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