A session is stuck
It went quiet, says Not responding, stopped halfway, or never got going.
Quick question
What do you see?
It says Not responding
It says "Not responding"
Read it in My agent stopped respondingWhen a session has been completely silent for two minutes, Yardmaster sends it a free "are you still there?" check. If two checks in a row go unanswered, the line turns red and reads Not responding, with a Restart button.
Click Restart on the red line.
Yardmaster stops the stuck step and carries on the same reply. Your conversation stays as it was.
This check is on at first. With it off, a stuck session just sits quietly.
Check for silent sessionsSettings, Performance · Default: OnChecks every few minutes whether a silent Claude session is still answering, and marks it Not responding if it stops. Turn off only if it misbehaves.Open in YardmasterOpens Yardmaster. Don't have it? DownloadThe reply stopped halfway (an orange Paused dot)
The reply stopped halfway
Read it in My agent stopped respondingSometimes Claude Code drops a reply part way through. The session shows an orange Paused dot, and Yardmaster repairs it by itself: within about a minute it sends your last message again.
To try straight away, click the small Retry button just above the message box.
Yardmaster retries a session this quick way at most twice a day. After that, the dot turns red: Recovery failed, and slower retries take over; see It says "Recovery failed".
It says Recovery failed
It says "Recovery failed"
Read it in My agent stopped respondingThe quick retries ran out. Click Retry above the message box to try again now, or send the session a message. Either one starts it fresh from your conversation.
I can't tell if it is working
Is it working or stuck?
Read it in My agent stopped respondingWhile a Claude session writes its reply, a line under it names the step it is on, with a running clock:
Waiting for Claude: the request is on its way.
Thinking: the model is reasoning. Long thinking is normal on hard tasks.
Writing: the reply is coming in.
Running and a tool's name: the agent is using a tool, such as running a command.
Connection trouble, retrying, with a reason (for example "Anthropic is overloaded"): Yardmaster is retrying for you.
None of these needs you. Let the clock run.
It never got going (it stays on Starting)
The session stays on "Starting"
Read it in A session will not startA session normally starts within seconds. If it stays on Starting:
Check your internet connection. Sessions need it to reach Claude.
Check your sign-in. Open Settings > Accounts; if an account says it needs signing in, sign in again. See Connect your Claude account.
Just after opening Yardmaster, sessions from last time come back one at a time on purpose, so a few can sit on Starting for a minute or more. See Sessions come back after a crash or restart.
If a session is still on Starting after a minute or two, it turns red (Error). Send it a message to try again.
It stopped after a Login Expired notice
A sign-in stopped working
Read it in My agent stopped respondingIf one of your Claude accounts needs signing in again, Yardmaster stops using it, moves the sessions that were on it to another account, and asks you to sign in. When no account is left with room, those sessions show Recovery failed until you sign in again or a limit resets. See Connect your Claude account.