How to disable "Allow Ghostty to Execute" confirmation prompt for -e flag?

[nasteffe]

Issue Description

I run Ghostty as a background process (macos-hidden = always, initial-window = false) and use Alfred workflows to launch specific terminal applications (nchat, claude, aerc, etc.) via:

/Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/MacOS/ghostty -e /usr/local/bin/nchat

When launching Ghostty with the -e flag to execute a command, a confirmation dialog appears every time asking "Allow Ghostty to Execute [command]?"

There is no "Remember" or "Always Allow" option, so this prompt appears on every invocation.

I tried using open -na Ghostty.app --args -e /usr/local/bin/nchat bypasses the prompt but causes the command to exit immediately. Adding --wait-after-command=true keeps the window open but requires an extra keypress after the command exits.

Expected Behavior

I run Ghostty as a background process (macos-hidden = always, initial-window = false) and use Alfred workflows to launch specific terminal applications (nchat, claude, aerc, etc.) via:

/Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/MacOS/ghostty -e /usr/local/bin/nchat

Actual Behavior

When launching Ghostty with the -e flag to execute a command, a confirmation dialog appears every time asking "Allow Ghostty to Execute [command]?"

There is no "Remember" or "Always Allow" option, so this prompt appears on every invocation.

Reproduction Steps

1. Create a minimal config file:
   mkdir -p /tmp/ghostty-test && echo "# minimal test config" > /tmp/ghostty-test/config
2. Quit Ghostty completely if running
3. From another terminal (e.g., Terminal.app), run:
   /Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/MacOS/ghostty --config-file=/tmp/ghostty-test/config -e /bin/ls
4. Observe the "Allow Ghostty to Execute /bin/ls?" prompt appears
5. Click "Allow"
6. Run the same command again
7. Observe the prompt appears again (approval was not remembered)

Ghostty Logs

No response

Ghostty Version

Ghostty 1.2.3

Version
  - version: 1.2.3
  - channel: stable
Build Config
  - Zig version   : 0.14.1
  - build mode    : builtin.OptimizeMode.ReleaseFast
  - app runtime   : apprt.Runtime.none
  - font engine   : font.main.Backend.coretext
  - renderer      : renderer.generic.Renderer(renderer.Metal)
  - libxev        : kqueue

OS Version Information

macOS Darwin 24.6.0

(Linux only) Display Server

None

(Linux only) Desktop Environment/Window Manager

No response

Minimal Ghostty Configuration

# /tmp/ghostty-test/config
# minimal test config

Additional Relevant Configuration

No response

I acknowledge that:

• I have reviewed the FAQ and confirm that my issue is NOT among them.
• I have searched the Ghostty repository (both open and closed Discussions and Issues) and confirm this is not a duplicate of an existing issue or discussion.
• I have checked the "Preview" tab on all text fields to ensure that everything looks right, and have wrapped all configuration and code in code blocks with a group of three backticks (```) on separate lines.

[mitchellh]

This can't be disabled because disabling it is a serious attack vector that was disclosed in a prior security disclosure: GHSA-q9fg-cpmh-c78x

Fork Ghostty yourself and comment out the code. That's why open source is awesome.