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blockReadsOutsideWorkingDirectories: why setting it to false does nothing (2026)
permissions.blockReadsOutsideWorkingDirectories blocks reads outside your working directories in every permission mode, including bypassPermissions. Writing false does not turn it off, because the key is a logical OR across all settings sources. Plus the 53-hour macOS defect window, dated from the npm registry.
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