[BUG] Auto-mode ignores permissions.ask

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• [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

It is illogical that permissions.allow and permissions.deny are respected in auto-mode but not permissions.ask. All three permissions lists are configured in the same place, and if I want auto-mode to ignore permissions.ask I can simply empty out the permissions.ask array.

What Should Happen?

Auto-mode should respect permissions.ask

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

1. Turn on auto-mode
2. Specify a permissions.ask setting in your settings.json
3. Prompt claude in a way that should trigger permissions.ask, but does not.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

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Claude Code Version

2.1.90

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

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