Content exclusion incorrectly blocks commands when a child process loads .env
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Descripción
Describe the bug
Our organization has the following content-exclusion policy:
"*":
- "**/.env"
The policy should prevent Copilot from reading .env files or using their contents as model context.
However, Copilot CLI also blocks starting an application when the application itself loads .env during normal startup.
For example, our Python application uses load_dotenv() during startup. The application starts successfully when run directly in the terminal, but Copilot CLI refuses to continue when asked to run the same approved command.
The error shown is:
Access denied: "[REDACTED]/.env" is excluded by organization content policy. Do not attempt to access this file.
Copilot does not need to read .env, receive its contents, or include them in model context for the application to start.
Affected version
GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.83
Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Configure an organization content-exclusion rule for
**/.env. - Create an application that loads
.envinternally during startup, for example usingpython-dotenvandload_dotenv(). - Verify that the application starts successfully when run directly in a terminal.
- Ask Copilot CLI to run the same startup command.
- Approve the command.
- Observe that Copilot CLI refuses to continue because
.envis excluded.
Expected behavior
Copilot CLI should execute the approved command.
Content exclusion should prevent Copilot from reading or using .env contents as model context, but should not prevent an application from loading the file internally as runtime configuration.
Additional context
- OS: macOS 26.6.2
- Architecture: arm64
- Shell: zsh
This began after content exclusions became generally available in Copilot App and CLI on September 2, 2026:
https://github.blog/changelog/2026-09-02-content-exclusions-generally-available-in-copilot-app-and-cli/
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Línea de trabajo
Comienza reproduciendo el comando aprobado con la regla de la organización que excluye **/.env, usando la aplicación Python y load_dotenv() descritos en el issue. Sigue el manejo de la exclusión de contenido para los procesos secundarios; se considera terminado cuando la aplicación aprobada se inicia mientras el contenido de .env sigue sin estar disponible para Copilot como contexto del modelo.
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Evaluación
- Stack tecnológico
- shell
- Área
- cli, security
- Tipo de issue
- Error
- Dificultad
- 4/5
- Tiempo estimado
- 3-5 días
- Estado de actividad
- Activo
- Claridad
- Bastante claro
- Aptitud para principiantes
- 55/100