Repeated tool approval notifications despite 'Always allow without review' setting

[Maxim-Mazurok]

Type: Bug

Every time Copiolot in Agent mode is using Playwright MCP - I get notification: "Chat: name_of_my_chat" - "Approve tool result?"
Even though no approval is actually required. It just continues working without my intervention, approving results, and browsing sites, clicking around, etc, as expected.
But while it's doing that - I'm getting annoying notifications all the time.
Would appreciate a fix :)
Related to #273826
I tried to record reproduction, but I think screen recorder mutes notifications or maybe when VSC in focus - it doesn't send them, not sure... I'll see if I can reproduce and attach later.
Thanks!

Extension version: 0.37.9
VS Code version: Code 1.109.5 (Universal) (0725862, 2026-02-19T19:43:32.382Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 25.3.0
Modes:

Logs

Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":"delProvid","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":"erData\"","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":", \"goal\"","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":": \"","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":"Create ","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":"Cl","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":"aude","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":" deploymen","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":"t with ne","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":"wer A","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":"PI","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":"\"","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":", \"isBackg","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":"round\"","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":": fal","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":"se","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":", \"timeou","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"partial_json":"t\": 120000}","type":"input_json_delta"},"index":2,"type":"content_block_delta"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"index":2,"type":"content_block_stop"}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"delta":{"stop_reason":"tool_use","stop_sequence":null},"type":"message_delta","usage":{"cache_creation_input_tokens":503,"cache_read_input_tokens":92321,"input_tokens":1,"output_tokens":332}}
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: {"amazon-bedrock-invocationMetrics":{"cacheReadInputTokenCount":92321,"cacheWriteInputTokenCount":503,"firstByteLatency":6103,"inputTokenCount":1,"invocationLatency":9085,"outputTokenCount":332},"type":"message_stop"}
Info: [messagesAPI] message 0 returned. finish reason: [stop]
Trace: [messagesAPI]SSE: [DONE]
Info: ccreq:dd946e2b.copilotmd | success | claude-opus-4.6 -> claude-opus-4-6 | 11503ms | [panel/editAgent]
Trace: Resolving chat model
Trace: Resolved chat model
Debug: AgentIntent: rendering with budget=92525 (baseBudget: 127997, toolTokens: 19144), summarizationEnabled=true
Trace: Resolving chat model
Trace: Resolved chat model
Debug: [ToolResult] Large tool result (21158 bytes) written to disk: /Users/max/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/63718a181bbb53c1155a71fd23a0a16e/GitHub.copilot-chat/chat-session-resources/53946bf8-83de-490d-bfdb-072708009df9/toolu_bdrk_015jpCpYMs1KVQCSZyox9KH8__vscode-1772525968518
Debug: [ToolResult] Large tool result (22055 bytes) written to disk: /Users/max/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/63718a181bbb53c1155a71fd23a0a16e/GitHub.copilot-chat/chat-session-resources/53946bf8-83de-490d-bfdb-072708009df9/toolu_bdrk_01Bgw2rRyCKykV59yzQLwUqa__vscode-1772525968511
Debug: [ToolResult] Large tool result (20209 bytes) written to disk: /Users/max/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/63718a181bbb53c1155a71fd23a0a16e/GitHub.copilot-chat/chat-session-resources/53946bf8-83de-490d-bfdb-072708009df9/toolu_bdrk_01A3EHbwNuC7AyrzvSzPQy83__vscode-1772525968508
Debug: [ToolResult] Large tool result (47176 bytes) written to disk: /Users/max/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/63718a181bbb53c1155a71fd23a0a16e/GitHub.copilot-chat/chat-session-resources/53946bf8-83de-490d-bfdb-072708009df9/toolu_bdrk_01QPCjYGdUqniaE5di6G2yXb__vscode-1772525968498
Debug: [ToolResult] Large tool result (48790 bytes) written to disk: /Users/max/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/63718a181bbb53c1155a71fd23a0a16e/GitHub.copilot-chat/chat-session-resources/53946bf8-83de-490d-bfdb-072708009df9/toolu_bdrk_0136BVXfGEsVLZ2Ayw52G7Zh__vscode-1772525968493
Debug: [ToolResult] Large tool result (24524 bytes) written to disk: /Users/max/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/63718a181bbb53c1155a71fd23a0a16e/GitHub.copilot-chat/chat-session-resources/53946bf8-83de-490d-bfdb-072708009df9/toolu_bdrk_01DJi2N6sJUmPaBgr5vhHduS__vscode-1772525968487
Debug: [ToolResult] Large tool result (36649 bytes) written to disk: /Users/max/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/63718a181bbb53c1155a71fd23a0a16e/GitHub.copilot-chat/chat-session-resources/53946bf8-83de-490d-bfdb-072708009df9/toolu_bdrk_014CkJqDg4hEFWwJypxmTUMw__vscode-1772525968485
Debug: [ToolResult] Large tool result (21783 bytes) written to disk: /Users/max/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/63718a181bbb53c1155a71fd23a0a16e/GitHub.copilot-chat/chat-session-resources/53946bf8-83de-490d-bfdb-072708009df9/toolu_bdrk_012qSSNemjwjDSXijNPS59Go__vscode-1772525968481
Debug: [ToolResult] Large tool result (16570 bytes) written to disk: /Users/max/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/63718a181bbb53c1155a71fd23a0a16e/GitHub.copilot-chat/chat-session-resources/53946bf8-83de-490d-bfdb-072708009df9/toolu_bdrk_01AQ81qtiJjzcmFgaUnCEcjS__vscode-1772525968477
Debug: [ToolResult] Large tool result (12383 bytes) written to disk: /Users/max/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/63718a181bbb53c1155a71fd23a0a16e/GitHub.copilot-chat/chat-session-resources/53946bf8-83de-490d-bfdb-072708009df9/toolu_bdrk_01LoKzXznTauB78HMVG4UfYk__vscode-1772525968438
Debug: [ToolResult] Large tool result (17102 bytes) written to disk: /Users/max/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/63718a181bbb53c1155a71fd23a0a16e/GitHub.copilot-chat/chat-session-resources/53946bf8-83de-490d-bfdb-072708009df9/toolu_bdrk_018NF2H7fKESyUz8yWnsTnCY__vscode-1772525968423
Debug: [ToolResult] Large tool result (75545 bytes) written to disk: /Users/max/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/63718a181bbb53c1155a71fd23a0a16e/GitHub.copilot-chat/chat-session-resources/53946bf8-83de-490d-bfdb-072708009df9/toolu_bdrk_01BjadHbE9yJTx711sruUv1u__vscode-1772525968417
Trace: Resolving chat model
Trace: Resolved chat model
Trace: Resolving chat model
Trace: Resolved chat model
Trace: Built prompt
Trace: Sending prompt to model
Debug: modelMaxPromptTokens 127997
Debug: modelMaxResponseTokens 64000
Debug: chat model claude-opus-4.6

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Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id d42bdea2-fa5d-494d-9336-ec7b6b7dfe4e
Screen Reader	yes
VM	0%

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[Maxim-Mazurok]

Reproduced:

0303.mp4

Also here's my chat-related config for reference:

{
  "chat.agent.maxRequests": 1000000,
  "chat.agentSessionsViewLocation": "view",
  "chat.editing.autoAcceptDelay": 1,
  "chat.mcp.autostart": "newAndOutdated",
  "chat.mcp.serverSampling": {
    "Global in Code: imagesorcery": {
      "allowedModels": [
        "github.copilot-chat/gpt-4.1",
        "github.copilot-chat/claude-3.5-sonnet",
        "github.copilot-chat/claude-3.7-sonnet",
        "github.copilot-chat/claude-3.7-sonnet-thought",
        "github.copilot-chat/claude-sonnet-4",
        "github.copilot-chat/gemini-2.0-flash-001",
        "github.copilot-chat/gemini-2.5-pro",
        "github.copilot-chat/gpt-4o",
        "github.copilot-chat/o3",
        "github.copilot-chat/o3-mini",
        "github.copilot-chat/o4-mini",
      ],
    },
  },
  "chat.todoListTool.enabled": false,
  "chat.tools.autoApprove": true,
  "github.copilot.chat.agent.thinkingTool": true,
  "github.copilot.chat.codesearch.enabled": true,
  "github.copilot.chat.editor.temporalContext.enabled": true,
  "github.copilot.chat.edits.temporalContext.enabled": true,
  "github.copilot.chat.generateTests.codeLens": true,
  "github.copilot.chat.languageContext.fix.typescript.enabled": true,
  "github.copilot.chat.languageContext.inline.typescript.enabled": true,
  "github.copilot.chat.languageContext.typescript.enabled": true,
  "chat.tools.urls.autoApprove": {
    "/.*/": true
  },
  "chat.tools.edits.autoApprove": {
    "**/*": true,
    "**/.vscode/*.json": false,
    "**/.git/**": false,
    "**/{package.json,server.xml,build.rs,web.config,.gitattributes,.env}": false,
    "**/*.{code-workspace,csproj,fsproj,vbproj,vcxproj,proj,targets,props}": false,
    "**/*.lock": false,
    "**/*-lock.{yaml,json}": false
  },
  "chat.tools.global.autoApprove": true,
  "chat.tools.terminal.enableAutoApprove": true,
  "chat.tools.terminal.autoApprove": {
    "/.*/": true,
    "rm": true,
  },
  "chat.editing.confirmEditRequestRetry": false,
  "chat.editing.confirmEditRequestRemoval": false,
  "chat.edits2.enabled": true,
  "chat.implicitContext.enabled": {
    "panel": "first",
  },
  "inlineChat.enableV2": true,
  "inlineChat.notebookAgent": true,
  "chat.mcp.gallery.enabled": true,
  "github.copilot.chat.agent.currentEditorContext.enabled": false,
  "chat.viewSessions.orientation": "stacked",
}

[connor4312]

Please update your version of VS Code for the fix

[connor4312]

Ah, sorry, this is not in stable yet. But it's fixed in Insiders and will be fixed on the next stable coming Thursday