[BUG] VS CODE Extension no longer allows --dangerously-skip-permissions

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1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/2933
2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/2564

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Increase priority for this ticket, since with the newly updated Claude Code VSCode extension, the workaround with Ctrl+C and running 'claude --dangerously-skip-permissions' it does not work anymore. I've tried setting an alias in zshrc, but it does not work since extensions are not loading up the shell, I've tried adding this flag to ~/.claude/settings.json, it did not work.

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also,
i use this extension in cursor, and i wish to have a solution there also

same

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Adding some additional thoughts..

There are other small affordance differences that are not keyboard focused, a single click anywhere doesn't give the textbox focus, escape button doesn't work when modals pop-up, less insight into progress, no ctrl-o, no thinking mode hooks that I can see beyond config etc.. in addition to no option to dangerously-skip-permissions.

Love using this but for now gonna head back to the CLI.

What worries me more is that this feels “on purpose”, which makes me worry directionally. Let’s not slow things down. There’s plenty of other guardrails to you use in your repo. One of the best things about Claude code was that it was much like a CLI: plenty of config and everything out in the open.

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same problem, i really hope this isn't intention

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+1. I can't use this until I have a workaround here

@max-winderbaum yeah i just went to using claude code directly in the terminal. Doesn't have any of these issues

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This is so frustrating

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Claude Code just became totally useless for me, now changing to Codex. I WAS fan of claude code. Done!

1, allow, 1 allow, 1, allow.... No way!!!

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Has anyone found a workaround for this yet, aside from running it in the terminal? Or is it something only Anthropic can fix?

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No workaround that I can find, other than using the terminal. The native extension is so close, but without this feature, I'm sticking to the CLI.

Stopped using the extension entirely now, total dealbreaker.

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Rather than just +1'ing this (which I support), I'll add a little color on how I use the product. I very frequently operate Claude Code via the extension to do some work for me and then tab away to some other task. If I remain present, the _extremely_ frequent permission prompts are annoying, but if I tab away, they're actively disruptive since I return later only to find nothing completed.

I totally respect and appreciate the aim to add safety into the product, but I think the controls around the intended permission tolerance are missing. Do I want to give Claude permission to use rm? Maybe, maybe not; I'm glad you asked. Do I want to give it permission to search "linear sdk 2025" on the web? Yes; please stop asking me. But keeping an allow-list of tools is also untenable. I trust the LLM to make a judgement call on what could be dangerous or not, and if there's nuance, I can add it to my CLAUDE.md or some other config location.

tl;dr: This isn't just missing polish. It's actively disruptive and really breaks the experience of the extension vs CLI.

Please add this feature to Claude code extension for VSCode. Thank you.

I very frequently operate Claude Code via the extension to do some work for me and then tab away to some other task. If I remain present, the _extremely_ frequent permission prompts are annoying, but if I tab away, they're actively disruptive since I return later only to find nothing completed.

Even better than the YOLO approach is to use a Claude development container, which creates a limited-access Docker container for development. You then run “Reopen in Container" in VS Code, and run Claude Code inside the container. Since your codebase is the only content inside the container, this is all Claude has access to… and YOLO no more… 🙂

It looks like @zeke has opened a proper feature request for this. (Thanks!) So hopefully this is on the @anthropics radar.

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把这个放到 插件同目录("C:\Users\your-user-name\.vscode\extensions\anthropic.claude-code-xxxxxxxxxx")下，保存成 bat 文件，然后执行：

u/echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

:: 设置窗口标题
title Claude Code Patcher (v3 with Backup)

:: 定义要查找和替换的字符串
set "original_string=k=[\"--output-format\",\"stream-json\",\"--verbose\",\"--input-format\",\"stream-json\"]"
set "replacement_string=k=[\"--dangerously-skip-permissions\",\"--output-format\",\"stream-json\",\"--verbose\",\"--input-format\",\"stream-json\"]"

:: PowerShell 使用的正则表达式模式
set "original_pattern=k=\[\"--output-format\",\"stream-json\",\"--verbose\",\"--input-format\",\"stream-json\"\]"
set "replacement_pattern=k=\[\"--dangerously-skip-permissions\",\"--output-format\",\"stream-json\",\"--verbose\",\"--input-format\",\"stream-json\"\]"

:: 定义文件名和路径
set "target_file=extension.js"
set "backup_file=%target_file%.bak"
set "file_path=%~dp0%target_file%"
set "backup_path=%~dp0%backup_file%"

echo.
echo ==========================================================
echo           Claude Code VSCode Patcher (v3)
echo ==========================================================
echo This script will modify '%target_file%' to add the
echo '--dangerously-skip-permissions' launch argument.
echo.
echo A backup of the original file will be created as
echo '%backup_file%' before any changes are made.
echo.
echo Make sure this script is in the same directory as
echo '%target_file%'.
echo.
echo Press any key to continue, or close this window to cancel.
pause > nul
echo.

:: 1. 检查 extension.js 是否存在
if not exist "%file_path%" (
    echo [ERROR] '%target_file%' not found in the current directory.
    echo Please place this script next to the file you want to patch.
    goto end
)

:: 2. 检查是否已经被修改过
powershell -NoProfile -Command "if ((Get-Content -Raw -Path '%file_path%') -match '%replacement_pattern%') { exit 0 } else { exit 1 }"
if %errorlevel% equ 0 (
    echo [INFO] The file appears to be already patched. No changes made.
    goto end
)

:: 3. 检查原始字符串是否存在
powershell -NoProfile -Command "if ((Get-Content -Raw -Path '%file_path%') -match '%original_pattern%') { exit 0 } else { exit 1 }"
if %errorlevel% neq 0 (
    echo [WARNING] The original arguments array was not found.
    echo The file might be a different version or already modified.
    echo No changes were made.
    goto end
)

:: 4. 创建备份（如果备份文件不存在）
echo [INFO] Checking for existing backup...
if not exist "%backup_path%" (
    echo [ACTION] Creating backup of the original file as '%backup_file%'...
    copy "%file_path%" "%backup_path%" > nul
    if %errorlevel% neq 0 (
        echo [ERROR] Failed to create backup file. Aborting patch.
        goto end
    )
    echo [SUCCESS] Backup created.
) else (
    echo [INFO] Backup file '%backup_file%' already exists. Proceeding without creating a new backup.
)
echo.


:: 5. 执行替换
echo [ACTION] Found the original arguments array. Patching the file...
echo.
powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "(Get-Content -Raw -Path '%file_path%') -replace '%original_pattern%', '%replacement_string%' | Set-Content -Path '%file_path%'"

:: 6. 检查结果
if %errorlevel% equ 0 (
    echo [SUCCESS] The file '%target_file%' has been successfully patched!
    echo If you encounter any issues, you can restore the original file
    echo by renaming '%backup_file%' back to '%target_file%'.
) else (
    echo [ERROR] Something went wrong during the patching process.
    echo Please check your permissions and try running as an administrator if needed.
)

:end
echo.
echo ==========================================================
echo Patch process finished.
echo.
pause

+1 Cant use the extension w/o this feature.

+1 The extension is unusable without it!

Won't touch CC extension without it.

This was seriously slowing me down so much i build a patcher to fix the issue.

Find it here:

https://github.com/jimmy927/claude-code-extension-patcher

PS C:\Users\jimmy\src\claude-code-extension-patchger> .\ultra-yolo-patcher.ps1  -yes
Claude Code YOLO Patcher - Dual Mode (Windows + WSL)

[1/2] Windows...
[FOUND] C:\Users\jimmy\.cursor\extensions\anthropic.claude-code-2.0.10-universal (3 files)
[FOUND] C:\Users\jimmy\.vscode\extensions\anthropic.claude-code-1.0.109 (1 files)
Patched 4/4 files
RESTART Cursor/VSCode!
Logs: C:\Users\jimmy\AppData\Local\Temp\claude-code-yolo.log

[2/2] WSL...
[FOUND] /home/jimmy/.cursor-server/extensions/anthropic.claude-code-2.0.10-universal (3 files)
[FOUND] /home/jimmy/.cursor-server/extensions/anthropic.claude-code-2.0.14-universal (3 files)
Patched 6/6 files
RESTART Cursor/VSCode!
Logs: /tmp/claude-code-yolo.log
PS C:\Users\jimmy\src\claude-code-extension-patchger>

need this NOW

MUST have this

Looking into this now!

This feature has been added and should be out before the end of the week. I'll follow-up with instructions on how to enable when it's out!

There are SO MANY unskippable things that Claude confirms on...pgpassword,
mkdir, just...do it already, dude! I trust you, Claude.

On Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 11:34 JB @.***> wrote:

hackyon-anthropic left a comment (anthropics/claude-code#8539) <https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8539#issuecomment-3438540652> This feature has been added and should be out before the end of the week. I'll follow-up with instructions on how to enable when it's out! — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8539#issuecomment-3438540652>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A2PWXJD7H7C4VI3C2QSU4SD3ZENTPAVCNFSM6AAAAACH6E7K5CVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZTIMZYGU2DANRVGI> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: @.***>

This should be available in 2.0.26!

You will first need to enable the Allow Dangerously Skip Permissions option in preferences (you can open it up with General Config (VScode) in the extension's command menu /). Once you've toggled the option, you should be able to shift+tab into the bypass permissions mode.

Please give it a spin when you get a chance! Closing this issue out, but feel free to file another issue if you encounter problems with it

Format my hard drive! Right my ex's and tell them I want to get back
together! Just don't make me confirm!

On Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 19:43 JB @.***> wrote:

hackyon-anthropic left a comment (anthropics/claude-code#8539) <https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8539#issuecomment-3440578552> This should be available in 2.0.26! You will first need to enable the Allow Dangerously Skip Permissions option in preferences (you can open it up with General Config (VScode) in the extension's command menu /). Once you've toggled the option, you should be able to shift+tab into the bypass permissions mode. Please give it a spin when you get a chance! Closing this issue out, but feel free to file another issue if you encounter problems with it — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8539#issuecomment-3440578552>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A2PWXJDHZQFTB7IEFI5QIQ33ZGG5BAVCNFSM6AAAAACH6E7K5CVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZTINBQGU3TQNJVGI> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: @.***>

do you realize how much time ive spent using claude to patch --dangerously-skip-permissions after every update!? lol, glad its finally a feature.

can you now please allow further customization to the status line? like git branch, the context window, and other features popular in the terminal based CC affords?

or better yet, just fix the schizo terminal behavior where I feel like im plugging into the matrix and i have no need for the extension 👍

This should be available in 2.0.26! You will first need to enable the Allow Dangerously Skip Permissions option in preferences (you can open it up with General Config (VScode) in the extension's command menu /). Once you've toggled the option, you should be able to shift+tab into the bypass permissions mode. Please give it a spin when you get a chance! Closing this issue out, but feel free to file another issue if you encounter problems with it

what about those who uses CC extension in cursor? how do we do that?

You should be able to access the same settings in Cursor

You can click the settings Editor four times and it changes too just for
this editor.

On Sat, Nov 1, 2025, 03:32 Bomin Zhang @.***> wrote:

RealmX1 left a comment (anthropics/claude-code#8539) <https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8539#issuecomment-3476162546> This should be available in 2.0.26! You will first need to enable the Allow Dangerously Skip Permissions option in preferences (you can open it up with General Config (VScode) in the extension's command menu /). Once you've toggled the option, you should be able to shift+tab into the bypass permissions mode. Please give it a spin when you get a chance! Closing this issue out, but feel free to file another issue if you encounter problems with it The issue now is that this is a global setting for all claude code window opened through the extension. Previously, we can manually control which window use the bypass-permission and which not to. If possible, include a button or some control inside each window for toggling this. Thanks. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8539#issuecomment-3476162546>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A2PWXJAPLRVUTEU5JKXKIIL32SD5BAVCNFSM6AAAAACH6E7K5CVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZTINZWGE3DENJUGY> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: @.***>

Or just use Shift+Tab to cycle thru the modes. Easy peasy.

You can click the settings Editor four times and it changes too just for this editor. […](#)

Is there a way to make a new window/session start with "Bypass permissions" ?
i start new sessions all the time and need to constantly toggle to "Bypass permissions" - its tedious.

@jimmy927 we just added this option to the latest version, it should be available inside /General Config as Initial Permission Mode

@jimmy927 we just added this option to the latest version, it should be available inside /General Config as Initial Permission Mode

GREAT! which version will it be in ?

Solved in 2.0.35

<img width="1274" height="827" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2ac1f76e-7158-4899-9abc-f5cdfd32f39b" />

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