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Computer use MCP session staleness and capture fixes

Cluster 51164 · agent. Data as of 2026-10-24 20:38 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #87333 on 16 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and PRs address a recurring problem where MCP sessions become stale, returning empty or zero-size captures, with fixes including session reconnection, CLI transport fallback, and bypassing broken window discovery.

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#87333 fix(computer-use): placeholder-id targeting + macOS zero-display diagnosis (salvage #81340, #52949, #67259)

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files: tests/tools/test_computer_use_display_count_guard.py, tests/tools/test_computer_use_placeholder_ids.py, tools/computer_use/cua_backend.py, tools/computer_use/doctor.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2

#51186 fix(computer-use): reconnect MCP session on stale empty result (#51164) · done elsewhere → 13b75e7, #51164
#52142 fix(computer-use): accept pid+window_id to bypass list_windows when discovery is broken · done elsewhere → #87333

Closed issues · 1

Closed#51164computer_use MCP session goes stale after first capture — subsequent calls return 0x0

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Subsystem: agent
Merged PRs: #87333
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 2 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 16 Aug 2026

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