feat: disable VS Code Workspace Trust in the image#521
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Ship `security.workspace.trust.enabled: false` in the Machine settings so workspaces (e.g. /workspaces/glueops) always open trusted. Removes the "Do you trust the authors of the files in this folder? Creating a terminal process requires executing code" prompt that blocks terminals/tasks on every codespace launch. Pre-trusting a single folder isn't durable -- VS Code stores the trusted -folder list in SQLite global state that a freshly launched CDE doesn't carry -- so disabling the feature is the reliable declarative option. These CDEs only ever open the user's own GlueOps repos. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Problem
On every codespace launch the workspace opens in Restricted Mode and VS Code blocks the terminal with:
This is VS Code Workspace Trust gating terminals/tasks in an untrusted folder (e.g.
/workspaces/glueops).Fix
Ship
"security.workspace.trust.enabled": falsein the image's Machine settings (Dockerfile L202), which already sets the color theme. This disables Workspace Trust entirely, so every folder opens trusted with no prompt.{"workbench.colorTheme": "VS Code Dark", "security.workspace.trust.enabled": false}Why disable, not pre-trust one folder
VS Code stores the trusted-folder list in SQLite global state (
state.vscdb), not insettings.json, and a freshly launched CDE doesn't carry it — so a specific folder can't be pre-trusted declaratively. Disabling the feature is the only reliable image-level option.Trade-off
Workspace Trust exists to stop a maliciously-crafted repo from auto-executing code on open. Turning it off globally means any folder opened in these CDEs runs fully trusted. Acceptable here since these ephemeral environments only ever open the user's own GlueOps repos.
Independent of #519 (the
codeCLI wrapper); both touch.devcontainer/DockerfileL202 but different lines.🤖 Generated with Claude Code