fix(claude): stop dropping an explicitly requested permission mode

[fedecia]

The bug

mapCliOptionsToSDK in server/modules/providers/list/claude/claude-runtime.provider.js
loses a caller's explicitly requested permissionMode in two separate ways:

if (permissionMode && permissionMode !== 'default') {
  sdkOptions.permissionMode = permissionMode;
}
// ...
if (settings.skipPermissions && permissionMode !== 'plan') {
  sdkOptions.permissionMode = 'bypassPermissions';
}

1. 'default' is dropped. With permissionMode absent from sdkOptions, the
   SDK falls back to the user's own defaultMode in their Claude Code settings. A
   caller that explicitly asks for the standard approval flow can silently get
   acceptEdits or bypassPermissions instead — the opposite of what it asked for.
2. skipPermissions exempts only 'plan'. An explicit 'default' or
   'acceptEdits' is overwritten with 'bypassPermissions', so a global setting
   outranks a per-request choice.

Both cases are invisible in the local Web UI, where the mode picker and
skipPermissions belong to the same person and the fallback usually agrees with
the request. They matter as soon as a programmatic caller sets the mode per
session and the server it talks to has its own settings file.

The change

The distinction that matters is explicitly requested vs omitted, not which mode
was named. resolveClaudePermissionMode() states that in one place:

• an explicit mode is forwarded verbatim, 'default' included;
• skipPermissions decides only when no mode was requested.

Web sessions that send no mode keep their current behaviour exactly.

The return type is the SDK's own PermissionMode, imported from
@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk, rather than a locally written union. Modes the
SDK adds later — dontAsk and auto are already there — need no edit here.

Testing

npm test — 266 pass, 0 fail (262 before this change, plus the 4 new ones).
tsc -p server/tsconfig.json --noEmit is clean.

The new tests cover the 'default' case, the generalized precedence over
skipPermissions, the omitted-mode path in both skipPermissions states, and
pass-through of modes the union gained from the SDK.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved Claude permission-mode handling.
  • Explicitly selected permission modes, including the default, are now honored.
  • Automatic permission bypass is applied only when no mode is selected and bypassing is enabled.
  • Supports newer Claude SDK permission modes.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Changes

Claude permission mode handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Permission mode resolver and validation server/modules/providers/list/claude/claude-permission-mode.ts, server/modules/providers/tests/claude-permission-mode.test.ts	The resolver forwards explicit modes, including default, and maps omitted modes to bypassPermissions or undefined. Tests cover precedence and newer SDK modes.
Runtime SDK option wiring server/modules/providers/list/claude/claude-runtime.provider.js	The runtime provider uses the resolver before setting sdkOptions.permissionMode.

Poem

A rabbit checks the mode with care,
default hops cleanly through the air.
Skip permissions waits its turn,
New SDK paths now safely learn.
The Claude flow bounds through the gate.

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 78f7d

The change correctly preserves explicitly requested permission modes, but unvalidated client input can still pass unsupported mode values to the SDK, potentially causing rejected requests or unexpected runtime behavior. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or a follow-up validation guard.

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Inline comments:
In `@server/modules/providers/list/claude/claude-permission-mode.ts`:
- Around line 18-25: The resolveClaudePermissionMode function currently casts
arbitrary requestedMode strings to PermissionMode; validate requestedMode
against the supported PermissionMode values and reject or omit unsupported
values before sdkOptions.permissionMode reaches the SDK, while preserving valid
modes and the skipPermissions fallback.

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