Claude Code cloud sessions go GA as Anthropic hands existing users $100–$250 in credits
新智元 · wechat · 2026-09-25
Anthropic's Claude Code cloud sessions have left research preview and are generally available, alongside a promo giving existing Pro users $100 and Max users $250 in credits — claimable by Oct 8, expiring Nov 5.
- Cloud sessions run in an Anthropic-hosted Ubuntu VM (4 cores, 16GB RAM, 30GB disk), pulling code from GitHub so tasks keep running with your laptop closed; multiple repos can run in parallel, and Claude can open PRs and fix CI failures or review comments on its own
- claude --teleport pulls cloud work back to local; sessions can start via claude.ai/code, the mobile app, desktop, or claude --cloud
- Limits: no free internet access, idle VMs are reclaimed, credits only cover cloud sessions, GitHub binding required (GitLab/Bitbucket can't push back), one claim per account, and Team/Enterprise/API-key users excluded
- Anthropic corrected an earlier post that implied separate billing — cloud usage still draws from Pro/Max plans, credits are deducted first
- User concerns: burning quotas via forgotten sessions and exposed shell-history config — coding is shifting from "supervising AI" to "dispatching and reviewing"
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