Permissions stuck in auto mode after changing back to interactive
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Description
Describe the bug
When changing permissions from auto mode back to interactive, the agent keeps making code changes without permission requests as it does normally in "interactive mode". I have observed this behavior for multiple models.
Affected version
1.0.78
Steps to reproduce the behavior
go from auto mode where it implements something, back to interactive and do more code changes then
Expected behavior
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the permission-mode transition in Copilot CLI 1.0.78: perform a change in auto mode, switch back to interactive mode, and request another code change. Trace the mode transition and verify that interactive mode resumes permission requests after the switch.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100