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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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Originally posted by @hopfinjo in https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/issues/4388

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the permission transition described for version 1.0.78: make a change in auto mode, switch back to interactive mode, and make another change. Trace how the CLI stores and applies the permission mode; done means interactive mode requests permission for subsequent code changes across the affected models.

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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

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