Remote Task Management

Errand Cloud gives you secure remote access to your local Errand installation from anywhere in the world. Whether you’re at work, travelling, or just away from your home network, you can create, monitor, and manage tasks as if you were sitting in front of your server.

How Remote Access Works

When you connect your Errand installation to Errand Cloud, it establishes a persistent encrypted connection to the cloud service. This connection stays open in the background and allows the cloud service to relay requests between your browser and your local server.

When you visit errand.cloud and log in:

Your browser connects to the Errand Cloud service
Errand Cloud identifies your linked installation
Your requests are relayed through the encrypted connection to your local server
Your server processes the request and sends the response back through the same connection

This means you get the full Errand experience remotely — the same interface, the same features, the same data. Nothing is stored on the cloud; it’s simply a secure tunnel to your local installation.

What You Can Do Remotely

Everything you can do locally, you can do through Errand Cloud:

Create new tasks — type or dictate tasks from your phone
Monitor running tasks — watch progress and read agent logs in real time
Review completed work — check results, approve outputs, or retry tasks
Manage your board — organise, prioritise, and schedule tasks
Update settings — change configuration without being on your home network

Mobile-Friendly Interface

The Errand Cloud interface is optimised for mobile devices. The responsive design works well on phones and tablets, making it easy to manage tasks on the go. Common actions like creating a task or checking status are designed to be quick and accessible from a small screen.

Offline Handling

If your local Errand installation goes offline (for example, if your home server restarts or loses its internet connection):

Remote access pauses — you’ll see a notification that your installation is offline
Webhooks are queued — incoming webhooks from Slack, GitHub, and other services are stored for up to 48 hours
Automatic reconnection — when your installation comes back online, it reconnects automatically and queued webhooks are delivered

You don’t need to do anything to re-establish the connection. Errand handles reconnection in the background.

Security

All data in transit is encrypted using TLS
Your Errand Cloud account credentials are separate from your local Errand credentials
The cloud service never stores your task data, emails, files, or any other content
Sessions can be managed from the Cloud Service settings page