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This was raised as the "Alternatively…" paragraph in #52510, but that issue was auto-closed as a duplicate of #50679. #50679 is about a different bug (the statusLine hook not being invoked at all during active turns) and doesn't address the JSON payload. Filing this separately so it doesn't get lost.

Root Cause

This was raised as the "Alternatively…" paragraph in #52510, but that issue was auto-closed as a duplicate of #50679. #50679 is about a different bug (the statusLine hook not being invoked at all during active turns) and doesn't address the JSON payload. Filing this separately so it doesn't get lost.

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{
  "permission_mode": "default" | "acceptEdits" | "plan" | "bypassPermissions"
}
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Request

Add a permission_mode field to the JSON payload piped to the statusLine.command so user scripts can render their own indicator for auto / plan / bypassPermissions / acceptEdits state.

Why

The statusLine JSON already exposes model.display_name, vim.mode, effort.level, thinking.enabled, context_window.*, rate_limits.*, and cwd. Permission mode is comparable session state that users want visible alongside the rest, but it isn't in the payload — so a custom statusline can't surface it.

Today the only signal is the built-in mode banner (e.g. blue "plan mode on", red "bypass permissions on"), which lives outside the custom statusline and isn't programmatically accessible to it.

Proposal

Add to the stdin JSON:

{
  "permission_mode": "default" | "acceptEdits" | "plan" | "bypassPermissions"
}

If feasible, also include default_permission_mode (the configured default) so scripts can detect when the user is temporarily in a non-default mode.

Context

This was raised as the "Alternatively…" paragraph in #52510, but that issue was auto-closed as a duplicate of #50679. #50679 is about a different bug (the statusLine hook not being invoked at all during active turns) and doesn't address the JSON payload. Filing this separately so it doesn't get lost.

Environment

  • Custom statusLine.command shell script, Linux

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TL;DR

Add a permission_mode field to the JSON payload passed to the statusLine.command to enable custom statusline scripts to render the permission mode indicator.

Guidance

  • Review the current JSON payload structure to determine the best location for the permission_mode field.
  • Consider adding an optional default_permission_mode field to provide additional context for custom statusline scripts.
  • Update the statusLine.command shell script to parse and utilize the new permission_mode field.
  • Test the updated script with different permission modes to ensure correct rendering of the indicator.

Example

{
  "model": {
    "display_name": "...",
    "permission_mode": "plan"
  },
  "vim": {
    "mode": "...",
    "permission_mode": "plan"
  }
}

Note: This example assumes the permission_mode field is added to the existing JSON payload structure.

Notes

The proposal suggests adding the permission_mode field to the JSON payload, but the exact implementation details are not provided. The guidance above is based on the information provided in the issue.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Update the statusLine.command shell script to parse and utilize the new permission_mode field, if feasible, to provide a temporary solution until the JSON payload is updated.

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