VS Code's horrible confirmation work-flow

Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Feb 12, 2026 by bLightZP Closed Feb 14, 2026

What version of the IDE extension are you using?

0.4.73

What subscription do you have?

Plus

Which IDE are you using?

VS Code

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

When requesting a complex job, I may be faced with 10-20 approval requests for one action, preventing me from working on other things.

For example, in this screenshot situation where codex is requesting multiple slices of code in a row, and since each request uses a slightly different command line to access different sections of the code in the same file, the "Yes, don't ask me again" simply doesn't work.
<img width="364" height="97" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b855fe71-50f6-4168-84f1-e65b8bd18144" />

Yes, I can give full access, but I don't want a glitch to accidentally damage to my workstation.

Yes, I can run everything in a virtual machine, but that adds several layers of complexity that I would rather avoid.

Ideally, there would be a third option in between "Default permission" and "Full access", a "Do whatever you want in white-listed folders" option where codex can take any action as long as it's limited to the approved folders.

Or at the very minimum, adapt the "Yes, don't ask again" option to actually not ask again for different code slices read requests in the same file.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Ask any complex question on a large code base.

What is the expected behavior?

Don't interrupt my flow so many times.

Additional information

_No response_

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