[mashkovd]

Phase 1 — env-only, no image release

The labs claude-remote operator device resumes a pinned session (RESUME_SESSION_ID) on every (re)launch. The headless --remote-control bridge has stdin=/dev/null, so the interactive "Resume from summary?" modal can never be answered. Once the resumed session crosses BOTH default gate thresholds (age > 70 min AND est. tokens > 100k) startup blocks on the modal → relay never connects (Remote Control failed to connect: /login) → silent TUI wedge (observed 2026-06-03, session stuck ~10h until a manual pod restart). Merge logic kept working via the steward-log scheduler ticks; only the interactive operator session wedged.

Change (3 env vars on base-service)

var	value	why
CLAUDE_CODE_RESUME_THRESHOLD_MINUTES	2000000000	raise the age half of the modal gate so it never fires
CLAUDE_CODE_RESUME_TOKEN_THRESHOLD	2000000000	raise the token half of the modal gate so it never fires
CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_COMPACT_WINDOW	140000	auto-compact (summarise, thread kept) at ~70% of a 200k window so the long-lived session never chokes near the model max

Resume then loads the full transcript silently → the operator keeps its memory, and the wedge becomes impossible. Mirrors the proven Mac-bridge wrapper config (Claude Code 2.1.150, confirmed running in-pod).

Scope

• Pure values/env change. No entrypoint.sh / image change, no release.
• Does not touch the pr-steward scheduler, merge logic, or the RESUME_SESSION_ID pin.

Follow-up (Phase 2, separate release of mctl-claude-remote)

state-file session rotation (by 20MB transcript size) + retention prune (current + 3) + remove hard-pinned RESUME_SESSION_ID + persistent resumeReturnDismissed + a startup-wedge backstop (detect modal-block at startup → fresh session + Telegram alert), robust against future Claude Code env-key renames on the auto-updating binary.

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Review: Trivial Config Change — Approved ✓

Reviewed platform-gitops/services/labs/claude-remote/values.yaml diff.

Summary: Pure environment variable addition + explanatory comment. No YAML errors, no security concerns, no operational risks.

Changes:

• CLAUDE_CODE_RESUME_THRESHOLD_MINUTES: "2000000000" — raises age threshold to effectively infinity so resume modal never fires on startup
• CLAUDE_CODE_RESUME_TOKEN_THRESHOLD: "2000000000" — same for token threshold
• CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_COMPACT_WINDOW: "140000" — auto-compact at ~70% of 200k window to prevent long-lived session from choking near model max

Assessment:

• ✓ Valid YAML, correct indentation (2-space per CLAUDE.md)
• ✓ Numeric values are conservative and intentional (2B min ≈ 3,800 years effectively disables the threshold)
• ✓ Comment fully explains the issue (observed wedge 2026-06-03), the fix, and phase 1/2 roadmap
• ✓ No secrets, no security issues
• ✓ Narrowly scoped: env-only, no image/entrypoint changes, doesn't touch pr-steward or RESUME_SESSION_ID pin (as promised)

No P1/P2 findings, good to merge.

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