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You can now handoff any Warp agent conversation to the cloud. Just type & with your next prompt, and follow along from anywhere using the live session link. https://t.co/1MJIue9SAl
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Warp developers can now move active terminal agent sessions to the cloud by prefixing prompts with the & symbol. This shift allows long-running autonomous tasks to continue executing independently of the local machine while providing a link for remote monitoring.
Warp, an agentic development environment combining a terminal and code editor, launched a cloud handoff feature for its AI agents. By typing
& before a prompt, users can transfer a local conversation to the cloud. This expands on Warp Oz platform capabilities, which introduced the infrastructure for persistent remote agent orchestration.- Trigger
- & symbol
- Monitoring
- Live session link
- Execution location
- Cloud
- Persistence
- Continues after local terminal closure
- Platform
- Oz
This update addresses the tethering problem of local agentic coding. Traditional terminal-based agents stop when the session ends, which is impractical for complex, multi-step refactors. Moving execution to the cloud ensures the agent loop remains active, transforming the terminal into a remote management interface rather than just a local execution tool.
You can now initiate a task locally and monitor progress from any device using a generated live session link. This enables asynchronous workflows where an agent handles heavy lifting—mirroring the Gemini 3.5 Flash integration—while you move between workstations. The feature is available now within the Warp terminal for all users.
Still wondering? A few quick answers below.
Cloud handoff is a new capability in the Warp terminal that allows developers to move an active AI agent conversation from their local machine to the cloud. By offloading the execution, the agent can continue working on complex software development tasks persistently, even if the user closes their local terminal or moves away from their primary computer.
To move a session to the cloud, you simply type the ampersand symbol followed by your next prompt in the Warp terminal. This command tells the system to transition the agentic workflow to the Oz orchestration platform. Once the handoff is initiated, the agent continues its reasoning and execution steps in a remote cloud environment instead of locally.
After handing off a conversation to the cloud, Warp provides a live session link that allows you to follow the agent's progress from anywhere. This link provides real-time visibility into the agent's actions and reasoning process, enabling you to check in on long-running tasks from different devices without needing to keep your original terminal session active.
Running agents in the cloud allows for persistent execution of long-running autonomous tasks that might otherwise be interrupted by local hardware constraints or network changes. This shift enables an agent loop—the cycle of observing, reasoning, and acting—to complete complex migrations or code refactors independently while freeing up the developer's local environment for other immediate work.
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