Permission mode is a per-session runtime choice, while scheduled tasks cannot rely on a human approval loop. This removes the General settings permission surface, persists session permission metadata, and forces scheduled tasks to run with bypass permissions. Runtime permission changes now handle both directions across bypass boundaries, including startup/prewarm races, by persisting first and restarting only when the CLI launch mode must change.
Constraint: Scheduled tasks must be able to execute without a human standing by for authorization.
Constraint: The CLI only honors bypass permissions when launched with the skip-permissions flag, so switching to or from bypass requires a restart.
Rejected: Keep a global General permission default | it can leak across sessions and scheduled runs in ways the user cannot reason about.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: broad
Directive: Do not reintroduce a global UI permission selector without proving it cannot affect unrelated sessions or automations.
Tested: bun test src/server/__tests__/conversations.test.ts -t "permission" --timeout 30000 (10 pass, 0 fail)
Tested: bun run check:server (858 pass, 0 fail)
Tested: cd desktop && bun run check:desktop (760 tests plus production build passed)
Tested: desktop/scripts/build-macos-arm64.sh and codesign verification passed
Tested: Real DeepSeek smoke validated plan, bypass, and scheduled task permission behavior
Not-tested: Did not repeat the full DeepSeek smoke after the final startup-race hardening; mock WebSocket permission regression and full server gate were rerun after that change.
Fixes#632
The desktop app now keeps the composer stable while turns are active,
reduces low-signal tool noise in the transcript, restores project context
under the composer after session creation, and relies on the CLI's own
permission requests instead of injecting broader desktop-side Bash asks.
This also brings in the supporting desktop app source tree and the server
routes/session metadata needed for git info, filesystem browsing, session
resume, slash commands, and SDK-backed permission bridging so the UI can
operate as a coherent feature instead of a partial patch.
Constraint: Desktop transcript needs to stay usable during long multi-tool sessions without hiding file-change diffs
Constraint: Permission prompts must mirror CLI behavior closely enough that read-only commands do not get desktop-only prompts
Rejected: Keep rendering Read/Bash bodies inline | too noisy and unlike the intended transcript model
Rejected: Commit only the touched desktop files | would leave the newly introduced desktop app incomplete in git history
Confidence: medium
Scope-risk: broad
Reversibility: messy
Directive: Treat non-writing tools as summary-first transcript events; do not re-expand them by default without validating the UX against long sessions
Tested: cd desktop && bun run lint
Tested: cd desktop && bun run test -- --run
Tested: bun test src/server/__tests__/conversations.test.ts
Not-tested: Manual visual regression against the exact screenshots in a live desktop session
Not-tested: Full root TypeScript check (repository still has unrelated extracted-native parse failures)
