GitHub Copilot's overlapping Agent mode and Permissions settings confuse users
tristanbob · x · 2026-10-23
A user flags confusing GitHub Copilot settings: Agent mode offers Interactive/Plan/Autopilot while Permissions offers Manual/Assisted/Allow all, which seem to overlap. The screenshot shows the new "Assisted permissions" (evaluates risk before running tools), manual permission fallback, Allow all, and a terminal sandboxing toggle.
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