Hmbown/CodeWhale · error · anyhow::Error

unsupported permission posture {value:?}; expected ask, auto

Error message

unsupported permission posture {value:?}; expected ask, auto-review, or full-access

What it means

RuntimePolicy::from_request rejected the permission posture string: it matches none of ask, auto-review, or full-access after mode parsing succeeded.

Source

Thrown at crates/tui/src/runtime_policy.rs:57

        Self {
            mode: visible_mode(parsed_mode),
            permission,
        }
    }

    /// Validate and normalize a new Runtime request. Legacy aliases are
    /// accepted as one-way inputs, but only current values are persisted.
    pub(crate) fn from_request(
        mode: &str,
        permission_posture: Option<&str>,
        auto_approve: Option<bool>,
    ) -> Result<Self> {
        let parsed_mode = parse_runtime_mode(mode).ok_or_else(|| {
            anyhow::anyhow!("unsupported Runtime mode {mode:?}; expected plan, act, or operate")
        })?;
        let permission = match permission_posture {
            Some(value) => ApprovalMode::from_config_value(value).ok_or_else(|| {
                anyhow::anyhow!(
                    "unsupported permission posture {value:?}; expected ask, auto-review, or full-access"
                )
            })?,
            None if parsed_mode == AppMode::Yolo || auto_approve.unwrap_or(false) => {
                ApprovalMode::Bypass
            }
            None => ApprovalMode::Suggest,
        };
        if permission == ApprovalMode::Never {
            bail!("permission posture 'never' is not part of the Runtime product contract");
        }
        Ok(Self {
            mode: visible_mode(parsed_mode),
            permission,
        })
    }

    #[must_use]

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Solutions

1. Use ask, auto-review, or full-access
2. Fix the posture string sent by the requesting client

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/tui/src/runtime_policy.rs:57 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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