/permissions needs to be able to be invoked during tasks

[gusholcomb]

What variant of Codex are you using?

cli

What feature would you like to see?

The only time I want to use /permissions is during an active effort and having to cancel a task just to make it so I can edit the permissions is very frustrating. Please let me invoke it at any point and if you want to not apply it until after the current task runs thats fine and it can be queued up, etc.

It is a massive inconvenience to not be able to upgrade permissions when I'm confided the agent is on the right path, etc.

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[github-actions]

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

• TUI: /side cannot access /permissions, and returning from /side can restore stale main-thread permissions #18854
• [BUG] Not accepting all permissions when setting Full access after doing the first/initiating prompt #17653

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[gusholcomb]

not a duplicate

[Mahkhmood9]

I assume this is intentional by design, to prevent confusion.
Example of the confusion: Why does it keep asking for permissions when they've already been set?

The key thing to understand is that any permission changes will only take effect on the next prompt.

I encounter the same behavior in the terminal — however, in VS Code, permissions can be changed mid-session, with the understanding that they apply from the next prompt onward.

(Interestingly, one could argue this is justified "by design," given the nature of the UI and the async architecture inherent to Electron-based desktop applications.)

[gusholcomb]

I hear that but at least let me queue up the permission change in the same way it queues up my next prompt

[Mahkhmood9]

I hear that but at least let me queue up the permission change in the same way it queues up my next prompt

you mean "changes will apply next prompt" kind of thing?

[gusholcomb]

yes. it's already a built in mechanism:

[Mahkhmood9]

yes. it's already a build in mechanism:

usally its my job to fail on basic english lol.

I meant like ...

you apply to "Full access" in the "/premission" and then outlined in red , "this wil apply next prompt you sent"