{"slug": "moonshot-ai-makes-kimi-code-ask-before-trusting-project-folders", "title": "Moonshot AI makes Kimi Code ask before trusting project folders", "summary": "Moonshot AI's October 21 update to Kimi Code Desktop adds a trust prompt for newly opened folders, and declining the prompt blocks messages from being sent in that workspace, according to the product's release notes. The same update asks users switching models mid-session to start a new session, compact the context and continue, or continue directly, and adds a way to reload sessions after configuration changes. The changes give developers more control over what a coding agent can do in a local project and what happens to an active session.", "body_md": "# Moonshot AI makes Kimi Code ask before trusting project folders\n\n**Moonshot AI's October 21st update prompts users to trust newly opened folders, confirms model switches and adds a way to reload sessions after configuration changes.**\n\n        By [RuntimeWire Staff](https://runtimewire.com/author/runtimewire-staff)\n        · Published \n\nPrimary source: [Kimi / Moonshot AI](https://x.com/Kimi_Moonshot/status/2113445757185606062)\n\n## Why it matters\n\nTrust prompts and model-switch confirmations give developers more control over what a coding agent can do in a local project and what happens to an active session.\n\nMoonshot AI's October 21st update to [Kimi Code Desktop](https://www.kimi.com/code?ref=runtimewire) adds a trust prompt for newly opened folders. Declining the prompt blocks messages from being sent in that workspace, according to the product's [release notes](https://www.kimi.com/code/docs/en/kimi-code/whats-new.html?ref=runtimewire). The same update asks users what to do when switching models mid-session: start a new session, compact the context and continue, or continue directly.…\n\nWhen you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/moonshot-ai-makes-kimi-code-ask-before-trusting-project-folders", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/moonshot-kimi-code-desktop-agent-developer-workflow", "published_at": "2026-10-23 16:49:19+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-23 20:10:15.032098+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-agents", "developer-tools", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Moonshot AI", "Kimi Code Desktop", "Kimi"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/moonshot-ai-makes-kimi-code-ask-before-trusting-project-folders", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/moonshot-ai-makes-kimi-code-ask-before-trusting-project-folders.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/moonshot-ai-makes-kimi-code-ask-before-trusting-project-folders.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/moonshot-ai-makes-kimi-code-ask-before-trusting-project-folders.jsonld"}}