[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:
TableDispatcher.append_head()always calls_flatten_table_to_text()_flatten_table_to_text()deletes all children of the table:table_element.remove(child)- The converter creates a list of children AFTER
append_head():children = list(html_element) - The list is empty → child elements are not processed
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)
TableCellHeadDispatcherclass 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- testsTableCellHeadDispatchertest_append_cell_creates_cell- testsTableCellHeadDispatcher- 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 fromtable.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
- Delete the classes
TableRowDispatcher,TableCellDispatcher',TableCellHeadDispatcher` - Remove the methods
_append_table()',_is_nested_table()fromTableDispatcher` - Delete the import of
WD_PARAGRAPH_ALIGNMENT - Check that there are only:
- The
TableDispatcherclass 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
- Change the import - leave only the
TableDispatcher - Delete the entries
tr,th,tdfrom the dictionary_dispatch_html - Leave only
table=TableDispatcher()
Step 3: Remove the dead code tests
- Delete the file
tests/integration/tag_dispatchers/test_table.py - Remove the
get_table_text_matrix()' functionfromtest_html2docx.py
Step 4: Check that nothing is broken
- Run all the tests:
pytest tests/ -v - Check the conversion of real HTML:
python debug/test_conversion.py(if there is) - 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 developersThis issue has 2 comments on GitHub. Read the full discussion on GitHub ↗