Enterprise-managed settings now support bypass permission controls

GitHub has added a new governance capability to enterprise-managed settings, allowing administrators to disable bypass permission controls for Copilot CLI and VS Code. The setting prevents automatic approval of permission prompts, enhancing security for Copilot Business and Enterprise users.

Enterprise-managed settings now support bypass permission controls We’re adding our first governance capability to the enterprise-managed settings configuration. Enterprise administrators can now set disableBypassPermissionsMode to "disable" in the enterprise-managed settings.json to prevent GitHub Copilot CLI and VS Code from automatically skipping permission prompts also known as “yolo mode” or auto-approve . Add disableBypassPermissionsMode to .github-private/.github/copilot/settings.json . GitHub Copilot automatically pulls and applies these settings for users licensed through your enterprise account with Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise. If you’ve already configured a source organization for custom agents, this setting uses that same .github-private repository. You can confirm that your configuration is active on the Agents page under AI controls in your enterprise settings. This builds on the enterprise-managed plugins for Copilot CLI https://github.blog/changelog/2026-05-06-enterprise-managed-plugins-in-github-copilot-cli-are-now-in-public-preview/ and VS Code https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-05-enterprise-managed-plugins-in-vs-code-in-public-preview/ capabilities launched earlier. VS Code v1.122+ already respects enterprise-managed settings including this policy. The new supported path for AI standards is copilot/managed-settings.json https://docs.github.com/enterprise-cloud@latest/rest/copilot/copilot-custom-agents?apiVersion=2026-03-10 get-the-source-org%5B%E2%80%A6%5Dts-in-an-enterprise , with backward compatibility for .github/copilot/settings.json . To learn more, see Disabling automatic command approval in Copilot clients https://docs.github.com/copilot/how-tos/administer-copilot/manage-for-enterprise/manage-agents/disable-automatic-commands . Join the discussion within GitHub Community https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/199139 .