[FEATURE] disableBypassPermissionsMode should accept booleans (managed settings)

Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened May 29, 2026 by batmat Closed Jul 1, 2026

Preflight Checklist

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  • [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

Two issues with the current naming:

  1. Double-negative naming: The field name already expresses the intent ("disable bypass-permissions mode"), so the value "disable" reads redundantly/confusing. You expect true/false.
  • confusing, because you may read it as "disable the disabling of bypass-permissions...", and bypass is also a negative to some extent 😅)
  1. No explicit opt-out: There's no way to set it to false (allowed). You can only omit the field or set it to "disable". For managed settings, admins need to express intent explicitly.

Proposed Solution

Accept booleans, with the string "disable" grandfathered as equivalent to true:

// Current (confusing, only documented value)
"disableBypassPermissionsMode": "disable"

// Proposed
"disableBypassPermissionsMode": true   // bypass mode is blocked
"disableBypassPermissionsMode": false  // bypass mode explicitly allowed

// Grandfathered (still works, treated as true)
"disableBypassPermissionsMode": "disable"

Alternative Solutions

N/A

Priority

Low - Nice to have

Feature Category

Configuration and settings

Use Case Example

My company is setting up managed-settings file. Editing this file, and making sense of this field is unnecessarily hard 😅

Thanks!

Additional Context

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