Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug When a beforeShellExecution hook returns permission: "ask", the command executes immediately without prompting the user for approval. The allow and deny permissions work correctly - only ask is broken. Permission Expecte…

Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known issue, the exact same bug was already reported here: Hook ASK output not stopping agent The regression happened somewhere between 2.2 and 2.3. The team is aware and the bug is logged. It affects both the beforeShellExecution and beforeMcpCall hooks. Allow…

Hooks: "ask" permission broken in 2.4.21

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Hook ASK output not stopping agent Bug Reports mcp , auto-run , hooks	7	257	March 4, 2026
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Hooks: "ask" permission broken in 2.4.21

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