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Troubleshooting

What Miko's messages mean and what to do, from the install command to notifications.

Installing on your server

On your server, start with sudo miko-host doctor. It checks everything Miko needs and names the next step. When the installer stops before installing, it says “Nothing was changed.”

This looks like a container

Run the command on the VM or server itself.

Miko supports Ubuntu 24.04/26.04 and Debian 12/13

Use one of those systems. On an older Ubuntu, upgrade with sudo do-release-upgrade.

This CPU has no AVX2

Claude Code needs AVX2 on x86_64. Ask your provider for a newer CPU type, or use an arm64 server.

Miko needs at least 2 GB of memory and 3 GB of free disk

Use a bigger server (4 GB of memory is recommended), or free some disk space.

The server clock is … off

Run sudo timedatectl set-ntp true, then run the command again.

Can’t reach … Miko needs outgoing HTTPS only

Allow outgoing HTTPS from the server. Nothing needs to come in.

Miko needs root once to install

Run the command as root, or install sudo.

Another Miko install, update or uninstall is running

Wait a minute, then run the command again.

System updates kept the package manager busy

Try again in a few minutes.

Behind a proxy

With –proxy, Miko installs, but connecting doesn’t go through the proxy yet. Allow outgoing HTTPS to Miko directly.

Connecting a server

These connecting errors leave Miko installed. Get a new code with Add a machine in Machines, then run echo <code> | sudo miko-host pair - on the server.

This code expired or was already used

Get a new code. A code works once, for 10 minutes.

This code was already used. If that wasn’t you…

Remove the other machine in Machines.

The browser saw different words and refused this server

Nothing was added to your account. If it’s your server, get a new code and check the three words again.

Too many pairing attempts from this network

Wait a minute, then try again.

<machine> is busy connecting

Wait until the code expires, or run sudo miko-host pair –cancel on the server so a new code works at once.

Already paired with an account

To move the server to the account in your browser, run echo <code> | sudo miko-host pair –replace -.

Machines and projects

In the app, each message says what happened, whether your work is safe, and one next step.

<machine> is offline

If it’s on, it reconnects by itself. Your agents there keep their work. Press Check it.

<machine> needs an update

It updates by itself when its agents are quiet. Press Update now to update at once.

<machine> runs a different Miko

Press Update now, or Reload this page.

Miko was updated

Press Reload to get the new version.

<machine> isn’t connected to your account

Press Connect it and connect it again with a new code. The same goes for “<machine> can’t reach Miko”.

Claude Code isn’t ready on <machine>

Press Update now.

If the machine card says its processor can’t run Claude Code (it needs AVX2), use another server.

Paused when <machine> restarted

Press Resume. It picks up the same conversation.

<machine> needs git

Run sudo apt install git there, then press Look again.

<project>’s folder is missing

Press Pick the folder and choose it again.

This device

Miko can’t start right now

Your agents keep working. Miko tries again by itself. Press Try now to try at once.

You’re signed out

This device was removed

This device’s time is up

It was added as a public computer, and its 12 hours ended. Sign in again.

This browser lost what it had saved for Miko

Press Add with my passkey.

Then, in Settings › Devices, press Remove… on the old entry, named “… (lost …)”, then Revoke.

Miko couldn’t read the keys it keeps in this browser

Reload the page.

This device’s clock looks off

Set the date and time to automatic, then try again.

Too many tabs

Close a Miko tab you don’t use, then reload.

Update your browser

Use Chrome or Edge 137, Firefox 130, or Safari 17 or later.

Typing is on <device>

Nothing was sent. Press Type here to take over.

<device> took over typing

What you typed after that wasn’t sent. Press Type here to take it back.

Not sure it arrived

Look at the agent before you send it again.

Already handled

The question was answered or ended first. Nothing was sent.

Accounts and links

That’s pay per use, not your subscription

Press Sign out and try again, then pick the other option in the app’s own list.

<account> looks different on <machine>

Press Sign out and try again.

Too many tries

Wait a few minutes and try again.

This invite link is incomplete

Open the whole link from your invite email. It ends with a long code after #invite=.

This link doesn’t work any more

It may be incomplete or already used. Ask for a new code on the sign-in page.

Notifications

Nothing arrives on iPhone

In your iPhone’s Settings › Notifications, check that Miko is allowed to send notifications.

Notifications are blocked for this site

Allow them in the browser’s site settings, then come back.

Miko couldn’t reach this device’s push service

Turn notifications off and on again.

Miko got it on this device. Don’t see it?

Check this device’s notification settings for your browser, and Focus or Do Not Disturb.

No Allow button on the notification

Safari and iPhone show no buttons. Tap the notification, then Allow on the card.

Elsewhere, buttons show only when the notification shows the whole request.

Connections, previews and routines

A connection needs you to sign in again. Agents keep working without it until then. Press Sign in again.

Couldn’t reach it

Miko couldn’t reach the service from your machine. Press Test again.

Your browser blocked the new tab

Allow pop-ups for Miko and try again.

Nothing is running there now

The website stopped. Ask your agent to start it again.

Too many previews on <machine>

Close one and try again.

An account or project is missing from the routine sheet

The sheet lists the accounts signed in on an up-to-date machine, with that machine’s projects.

This routine is already running

The current run keeps going, and the next one starts at its usual time.

Something didn’t work

Nothing was lost. Press Try again.