October 6, 2026
Cowork moves to the cloud: new Pro and Max tasks run remotely starting Oct 6
Starting Oct 6, 2026, Anthropic is removing Cowork's local mode on Pro and Max: new tasks will run in the cloud.
Gergely Orosz
@gergelyorosz
Sometimes it feels like the product strategy behind many of these coding agents is: "build it, then figure it out." On the one hand, that's understandable: the industry and its capabilities keep changing. On the other, it's strange to learn about these things from random social media posts. So many changes every week.
Kai @hqmank
🚨Anthropic removes Cowork's local option for Pro/Max tomorrow. New tasks run in the cloud. Existing local tasks stay on your computer. Anthropic says your sessions and files "live with your Claude account and go where you go." Where is my data, and who can access it?
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Starting Oct 6, 2026, Anthropic is removing Cowork's local mode on Pro and Max: new tasks will run in the cloud.
Existing local tasks will remain on your computer.