VS Code extension ignores bypassPermissions defaultMode — always prompts for Bash commands

[LucasNic]

Description

The VS Code extension does not respect defaultMode: bypassPermissions set in settings.json (user, project, or local). Even with this mode configured at all three levels, the extension still prompts "Allow this bash command?" for every command.

Steps to reproduce

1. Set defaultMode: bypassPermissions in ~/.claude/settings.json
2. Also set it in .claude/settings.json and .claude/settings.local.json for the project
3. Open VS Code with the Claude Code extension
4. Ask Claude to run any Bash command
5. Extension still prompts for confirmation

Expected behavior

bypassPermissions should suppress all permission prompts, as it does when running claude via the terminal/CLI.

Actual behavior

Extension always shows "Allow this bash command?" regardless of defaultMode setting.

Workaround

Using claude in the integrated terminal respects bypassPermissions correctly, but the terminal does not support pasting screenshots — which is a key reason users prefer the extension interface.

Environment

• Platform: Linux (WSL2)
• Shell: bash
• Interface: VS Code extension
• Settings confirmed at: user (~/.claude/settings.json), project (.claude/settings.json), and local (.claude/settings.local.json)

Additional context

The VS Code extension settings UI only exposes a single "allow dangerous commands" toggle, with no way to set bypassPermissions mode from within the extension itself.

[LucasNic]

Update: the bypassPermissions option is now visible in the VS Code extension UI as a selectable mode, but selecting it still does not suppress the "Allow this bash command?" prompts. The setting appears to be recognized by the UI but not actually applied to permission checks.

[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. [BUG] Bypass permissions not working in Antigravity/VS Code Remote SSH despite all configurations (v2.1.73) #33990
2. [BUG] VSCode extension does not enforce permissions from ~/.claude/settings.json - #29159
3. [BUG] defaultMode: bypassPermissions in settings.json has no effect — permission prompts still appear #34923

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[github-actions]

This issue has been automatically closed as a duplicate of #33990.

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