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A Project lets you describe a goal in a single... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-projects-parallel-cloud-sessions-that-keep-running-when-you-close-your-laptop-hkckqoior og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hKckqoior.png og:image:alt: Claude Code Projects: parallel cloud sessions that keep running when you close your laptop og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Claude Code Projects: parallel cloud sessions that keep running when you close your laptop **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 3 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Anthropic is rolling out a new Projects feature in Claude Code for select Pro and Max users on desktop and web. A Project lets you describe a goal in a single ongoing conversation, and Claude breaks the work into threads that run as parallel cloud sessions, passing context between them and continuing to work even after you close your laptop. The feature is currently in beta for select users. ## Content ## What launched Anthropic has rolled out a redesigned Projects experience for Claude Code, along with cloud sessions going generally available. Both are live now for select Claude Pro and Max subscribers, with broader rollout to follow. **Projects** let you describe a high-level engineering goal instead of individual tasks. Claude scopes the work, breaks it into threads, and runs those threads as parallel cloud sessions - each with its own branch and repository copy. A coordinator agent manages shared memory and keeps context synced across threads, so things like release dates, approval owners, or workflow preferences persist across days or weeks without you having to re-explain them. There's an overview panel to monitor progress and steer things remotely, including from your phone. Real examples of what this handles: profiling endpoints and opening PRs to reduce checkout latency, or migrating away from a deprecated API across multiple repos simultaneously. **Cloud sessions** are now out of research preview and generally available. The short version: you start a task, close your laptop, and Claude keeps working. Existing Pro subscribers get a one-time $100 credit; Max subscribers get $250. Those credits get spent first before falling back to normal plan usage. Local thread execution was added shortly after launch, so threads can now run on your own machine instead of only in the cloud. ## How it actually works The architecture is one coordinator agent per project that manages memory and spins off subagents for individual tasks. You can ask it to be proactive, run things on a schedule, and it handles session management so you don't have to think about it. Threads can make code changes, run tests, and open pull requests. Merge conflicts from overlapping work still need human resolution - that part hasn't changed. Shared memory means the project accumulates context over time. Some developers are already rethinking how they use CLAUDE.md as a result: since Claude Code 2.1.32, auto-memory handles recurring corrections and workflow preferences automatically, leaving CLAUDE.md better suited for fixed project-specific rules that should always load. ## The usage question Here's the thing worth paying attention to: each parallel thread counts as a full session. Run four threads in parallel and you're burning four sessions' worth of usage simultaneously. You can hit plan limits much faster than you'd expect, especially on complex projects. There's also a quirk to know about: if you leave old sessions open, agents can communicate across terminals and those idle sessions can start consuming usage. Close sessions you're not actively using. This is a sensitive issue given Anthropic's ongoing class-action lawsuit over undisclosed usage ceilings on Max plans. Worth keeping an eye on your usage dashboard if you're running heavy parallel workloads. ## Rollout timeline - **Now:** Select Pro and Max subscribers on cloud sessions with no existing projects - **Coming weeks:** All Pro and Max users - **Later:** Team and Enterprise plans, mobile support Existing projects continue working unchanged until you upgrade them to the new experience. ## Early reactions People who've been in the beta for a while are pretty enthusiastic. The main thing that comes up is how much easier it is to stay in flow when Claude handles session management - you just send thoughts as they come and the project figures out how to organize them. The coordinator responding quickly while threads work in the background is the part that seems to click for most people once they try it. ## Questions this post answers ### What is the new Projects feature in Claude Code? Projects is a Claude Code feature that lets you describe a goal in a single ongoing conversation, and Claude breaks the work into threads that run as parallel cloud sessions. It passes context between threads and keeps running even after you close your laptop. It is rolling out in beta on desktop and web for select Pro and Max users. _Developers exploring agentic coding workflows can track new Claude Code capabilities like this on daily.dev._ ### Do I need to keep my laptop open for Claude Code to keep working on a task? No, with the Projects feature Claude Code sessions run in the cloud and continue processing even after you close your laptop. Work is broken into parallel threads with context passed between them, so long-running or multi-step goals keep progressing without your machine staying on. _Anyone relying on always-on AI coding sessions can follow updates like this via daily.dev._ ## Community take How the wider developer community reacted, aggregated from 2 discussions and 25 comments across x (as of 2026-09-24). **TL;DR:** Reactions are mostly curious rather than settled, with people asking how the new cloud sessions differ from prior remote execution and probing practical details like credit usage, resumability, and cross-device handoff. **Sentiment:** 30% positive · 50% mixed · 20% skeptical **The case for** - Being able to keep an agent running after closing the laptop is seen as matching how people actually work. - Some see the extra launch credits as a nice bonus. - A few find the always-on cloud execution genuinely time-saving for fitting work into busy schedules. **The pushback** - Confusion about whether this is meaningfully different from the existing Claude Code on Web feature. - Concern that separately billed usage credits could be accidentally consumed at API-equivalent rates. - Desire for better session handback (changed files, tests, blockers, spend) before resuming, which isn't clearly addressed. - Envy that competing tools already offer smoother remote/cross-device control. - Worry about ownership and review of unattended runs that may produce risky or unreviewed changes. - One comment raises environmental cost concerns about always-on remote sessions. **By community** - x (mixed): Curiosity and cautious optimism about always-on cloud sessions mixed with pointed questions about credit billing, resumability, GitHub-only support, and how it differs from prior offerings. **Hottest debate:** Whether this cloud sessions launch is a genuinely new capability or just a GA relabeling of an existing feature. **Open questions** - What happens when a session runs out of credit mid-task—does it pause or terminate? - Do idle or disconnected sessions risk running up separate, more expensive usage-based billing? - Does the cloud sandbox retain local config like CLAUDE.md and MCP servers, or start fresh? - Will repos hosted outside GitHub (e.g., GitLab) be supported? - Can sessions resume from a checkpoint if the connection drops? **Highlights** > @addyosmani Just make sure your Usage Credits are NOT enabled. 😉 Those are billed separately at API-equivalent rates. So a session may accidently...use those extra-hours. > — [Newyorkez on x](https://x.com/Newyorkez/status/2103141036096721160) > @addyosmani Cloud execution is the easy headline; the handback is the product. Show changed files, tests, blockers, and spend before resuming, then let me continue the same task locally from phone or laptop. > — [liuzhao\_666 on x](https://x.com/liuzhao_666/status/2103161727387132360) > @addyosmani closing the laptop used to mean the agent died. this is the version that matches how people actually work. > — [adammenges on x](https://x.com/adammenges/status/2103165311092699192) > @addyosmani Cloud sessions are just a thin wrapper around a stable socket. What really matters is the models ability to reconnect or resume from a checkpoint when the session is lost. > — [Michael\_WCD on x](https://x.com/Michael_WCD/status/2103215745731862638) > @addyosmani Cloud sessions that keep going after you close the laptop are useful. Ownership of failed runs still decides if it ships. > — [Uttam\_kr1 on x](https://x.com/Uttam_kr1/status/2103183312067936606) **Source threads** - [x](https://x.com/addyosmani/status/2103137385038942481) · 0 points · 25 comments - [x](https://x.com/kloss_xyz/status/2103023373639127304) · 0 points · 0 comments ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Anthropic rolls out up to $250 in free Claude Code credits, but only for cloud sessions](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-rolls-out-up-to-250-in-free-claude-code-credits-but-only-for-cloud-sessions-09xrdatai) · BleepingComputer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#cloud](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic), [#claude-code](https://daily.dev/tags/claude-code) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-projects-parallel-cloud-sessions-that-keep-running-when-you-close-your-laptop-hkckqoior) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Claude Code Projects: parallel cloud sessions that keep running when you close your laptop","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-projects-parallel-cloud-sessions-that-keep-running-when-you-close-your-laptop-hkckqoior","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-projects-parallel-cloud-sessions-that-keep-running-when-you-close-your-laptop-hkckqoior"},"datePublished":"2026-09-17T17:15:25.779Z","dateModified":"2026-09-24T21:01:15.363Z","description":"Anthropic is rolling out a new Projects feature in Claude Code for select Pro and Max users on desktop and web. 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