[Bug] Plan mode missing permission prompt for destructive rm command

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Feb 4, 2026 by Ada-lave Closed Mar 5, 2026

Bug Description
Claude Code in plan mode didn't ask for permission to run the rm command, is that okay?

Environment Info

  • Platform: linux
  • Terminal: vscode
  • Version: 2.1.31
  • Feedback ID: 510632e6-4f4b-43bb-ab01-56aeacbf1fd4

my permissions list:

{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "Bash(find:*)",
      "Bash(python -m pytest:*)",
      "Bash(pytest:*)",
      "Bash(python -c:*)"
    ]
  }
}

And his run:
● Bash(rm /home/user/.../test_table.py)
⎿ (No content)

my plan:

Plan: Removing legacy logic of DOCX tables

Context

After changing TableDispatcher.append_head() (commit 01836d9), all tables are inserted as text via `_flatten_table_to_text()'. The whole logic of creating real DOCX tables with rowspan/colspan has become dead code and is never called.

Why is the code dead:

  1. TableDispatcher.append_head() always calls _flatten_table_to_text()
  2. _flatten_table_to_text() deletes all children of the table: table_element.remove(child)
  3. The converter creates a list of children AFTER append_head(): children = list(html_element)
  4. The list is empty → child elements are not processed
  5. TableRowDispatcher', TableCellDispatcher' are never called

Files to change

1. /home/user/.../tag_dispatchers/table.py

Delete:

  • _append_table() (lines 24-52) - creating a DOCX table
  • _is_nested_table()' (lines 54-66) - used only in _append_table()`
  • `TableRowDispatcher' class in its entirety (lines 112-151)
  • `TableCellDispatcher' class in its entirety (lines 154-250)
  • ATTENTION: The '_append_cell()` method is defined TWICE (lines 182-215 and 217-250)
  • TableCellHeadDispatcher class in its entirety (lines 253-291)
  • Import WD_PARAGRAPH_ALIGNMENT (line 5) - used only in the code being deleted

Leave:

  • `TableDispatcher' class with three methods:
  • append_head()' - calls _flatten_table_to_text()`
  • append_tail() - pass
  • `_flatten_table_to_text()' - active logic
  • Imports: _Body, Document', _Cell', Paragraph, TagDispatcher', get_root`

2. /home/user/.../dispatcher.py

Delete:

  • Imports TableRowDispatcher', TableCellDispatcher', `TableCellHeadDispatcher' (lines 20-21)
  • Entries in the dictionary _dispatch_html:
  • tr=TableRowDispatcher() (line 64)
  • th=TableCellHeadDispatcher() (line 65)
  • td=TableCellDispatcher() (line 66)

Leave:

  • Import of TableDispatcher
  • Entry table=TableDispatcher() in the dictionary

Change the import from:

from html2docx.tag_dispatchers.table import TableDispatcher, TableRowDispatcher,\
    TableCellDispatcher, TableCellHeadDispatcher

On:

from html2docx.tag_dispatchers.table import TableDispatcher

3. /home/user/.../test_table.py

Delete the entire file - all tests check the dead code:

  • test_append_table - tests _append_table()
  • test_append_row' - tests _append_row()`
  • test_append_cell - tests _append_cell()
  • test_append_head_applies_formatting - tests TableCellHeadDispatcher
  • test_append_cell_creates_cell - tests TableCellHeadDispatcher
  • Helpers create_table_with_state()', create_row_with_state()`

4. /home/user/.../test_html2docx.py

Delete an unused function:

  • get_table_text_matrix()' (lines 28-38) - reads from table.rows', but tables are now text

Leave:

  • Formatting tests, paragraphs, links
  • Tests that check the text representation of tables (if any)

Execution plan

Step 1: Cleaning table.py

  1. Delete the classes TableRowDispatcher, TableCellDispatcher', TableCellHeadDispatcher`
  2. Remove the methods _append_table()', _is_nested_table() from TableDispatcher`
  3. Delete the import of WD_PARAGRAPH_ALIGNMENT
  4. Check that there are only:
  • The TableDispatcher class with 3 methods
  • The necessary imports: _Body, Document, _Cell, Paragraph, TagDispatcher, get_root

Expected result: file ~120 lines instead of 291

Step 2: Update dispatcher.py

  1. Change the import - leave only the TableDispatcher
  2. Delete the entries tr, th, td from the dictionary _dispatch_html
  3. Leave only table=TableDispatcher()

Step 3: Remove the dead code tests

  1. Delete the file tests/integration/tag_dispatchers/test_table.py
  2. Remove the get_table_text_matrix()' function from test_html2docx.py

Step 4: Check that nothing is broken

  1. Run all the tests: pytest tests/ -v
  2. Check the conversion of real HTML: python debug/test_conversion.py (if there is)
  3. Make sure that the tables are inserted as text in the correct order

Verification

# Run all tests
pytest tests/ -v

# Must pass everything except the deleted ones:
# - Should NOT be test_table.py
# - E2E table tests will fail if they check doc.tables (expect DOCX tables)
# This is normal - they are testing the old functionality

# Check that the library is running
python -c "
from docx import Document
from html2docx import html2docx

html = '<table><tr><td>Test</td></tr></table><p>Text</p>'
doc = Document()
html2docx(doc, html, [])

assert len(doc.tables) == 0, 'Tables should be text, not DOCX tables'
assert len(doc.paragraphs) >= 2, 'There should be paragraphs with the text of the table'
print('✓ Tables are inserted as text')
"

# Check with real
python -c data "
from docx import Document
from html2docx import html2docx

with open('debug/data.html', 'r') as f:
    html = f.read()

doc = Document()
html2docx(doc, html, [])
doc.save('/tmp/test.docx ')
print(f'✓ Paragraphs created: {len(doc.paragraphs)}')
print(f'✓ Tables created: {len(doc.tables)} (must be 0)')
"
``

## Results after deletion

- **Size table.py ** from 291 lines to ~120 lines (-60%)
- **Classes:** from 4 to 1 (TableDispatcher only)
- **Tests:** -5 integration tests, -1 helper function
- **Functionality:** no changes (tables as text)
- **Advantages:**
- Easier to understand code
- Less code to maintain
  - No dead code
- Less confusion for developers

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