permission-mode: bypassPermissions in settings.local.json has no effect

[jeffrey-aguilera]

Description

Setting "permission-mode": "bypassPermissions" in .claude/settings.local.json does not bypass permission prompts. Tools still require manual approval each time.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create .claude/settings.local.json in project root:

{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": []
  },
  "permission-mode": "bypassPermissions"
}

2. Restart Claude Code
3. Attempt any tool use (e.g., Bash, Read, Edit)

Expected Behavior

All permission prompts are skipped, matching the behavior of claude --dangerously-skip-permissions.

Actual Behavior

Permission prompts still appear for every tool use. The setting is silently ignored.

Additional Context

• "skipDangerousModePermissionPrompt": true in ~/.claude/settings.json is also recognized but only suppresses the startup warning — it does not actually enable bypass mode.
• "dangerouslySkipPermissions": true under "permissions" is also silently ignored.
• The only working method appears to be the CLI flag --dangerously-skip-permissions.
• There is no clear documentation on whether permission-mode is a valid settings.json key or if bypass mode can only be activated via CLI flag.

Environment

• macOS (Darwin 25.3.0)
• Claude Code CLI

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[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. bypassPermissions / --dangerously-skip-permissions does not suppress multi-line Bash description safety check #39875
2. Bypass permissions mode doesn't apply to UNC network paths in VS Code extension #39815
3. [BUG] Dispatch-spawned Claude Code sessions ignore user's model and permission-mode settings — no way to change from mobile #39889

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