PermissionPromptRequest.action round-trip turns None into PermissionPromptRequestMemoryAction.STORE

[007bsd]

Summary

PermissionPromptRequest.from_dict() reads a missing action field as the literal string "store", which then gets parsed as the enum value PermissionPromptRequestMemoryAction.STORE instead of None. Round-tripping from_dict(to_dict(x)) for any PermissionPromptRequest with action=None silently turns it into a STORE action.

This is the same shape as already-fixed bug #1139 (SessionTaskCompleteData.summary), in a different class.

Affected versions

main at commit dd2dcbc439256acfb9feb2cff07c0b9c820091b8. Generated file; same logic ships in every Python release built from this codegen.

Affected source

• python/copilot/generated/session_events.py:1695 — the misdefault on action:

  action = from_union([from_none, lambda x: parse_enum(PermissionPromptRequestMemoryAction, x)], obj.get("action", "store"))

Compare the immediately-adjacent sibling field on line 1694, which is correct (no default):

access_kind = from_union([from_none, lambda x: parse_enum(PermissionPromptRequestPathAccessKind, x)], obj.get("accessKind"))

The dataclass declaration (line 1664) has the right in-memory default:

action: PermissionPromptRequestMemoryAction | None = None

And to_dict() correctly omits action when it is None (line 1755):

if self.action is not None:
    result["action"] = ...

The asymmetry is in from_dict only.

Reproduction

from copilot.generated.session_events import PermissionPromptRequest, PermissionPromptRequestKind

original = PermissionPromptRequest(kind=PermissionPromptRequestKind.MEMORY)
print("original.action:  ", original.action)
print("to_dict() has 'action' key?", "action" in original.to_dict())
roundtrip = PermissionPromptRequest.from_dict(original.to_dict())
print("roundtrip.action: ", roundtrip.action)
print("equal?            ", roundtrip == original)

Expected vs actual output

Expected:

original.action:   None
to_dict() has 'action' key? False
roundtrip.action:  None
equal?             True

Actual:

original.action:   None
to_dict() has 'action' key? False
roundtrip.action:  PermissionPromptRequestMemoryAction.STORE
equal?             False

Root cause

The obj.get("action", "store") default coerces a missing key to the string "store". from_union([from_none, parse_enum], "store") then succeeds via parse_enum, producing PermissionPromptRequestMemoryAction.STORE — the enum value whose wire representation is "store".

The sibling field on line 1694 (access_kind) does it correctly with obj.get("accessKind") and no default, so missing keys flow through from_none and produce None.

This is the same misdefault pattern as already-fixed bug #1139 (SessionTaskCompleteData.summary), where obj.get("summary", "") was changed to obj.get("summary") in line 2816.

Impact

• PermissionPromptRequest is dispatched by the permission-handling flow in python/copilot/session.py. Any permission request without an action field becomes a STORE action after parsing.
• Code that pattern-matches on action == None to mean "no memory action requested" sees STORE instead and may take an unintended branch.
• Round-tripping (caching, replay, audit logs) silently mutates the field.

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Investigation findings

Verdict: Confirmed bug ✅ — fixed in commit f4da8fc.

What I investigated

I looked at python/copilot/generated/session_events.py and grep'd for all obj.get(key, non_none_default) patterns in the file.

What I found

The issue is accurate. I found three affected lines (not just the one reported):

Line	Class	Field	Spurious default
1695	PermissionPromptRequest	action	"store"
1845	PermissionRequest	action	"store"
2816	SessionTaskCompleteData	summary	""

All three fields are declared Optional with None in-memory defaults in their dataclasses, and to_dict() correctly omits them when None. The from_dict() spurious defaults broke the round-trip.

Note: the SessionTaskCompleteData.summary default ("") was supposedly addressed in #1139, but the fix was not present in the generated file on main — so I've included it here as well.

Fix applied

Removed all three spurious obj.get(key, default) defaults, changing them to obj.get(key). With no default, missing keys become None, which flows correctly through from_none to produce None — matching the declared dataclass default.

The PermissionRequest class (line 1845) had the same "store" default pattern as PermissionPromptRequest and was fixed at the same time.

Generated by Bug Handler for issue #1140 · ● 773.4K · ◷

[007bsd]

Where is commit f4da8fc? It doesn't appear on main, and session_events.py:1695 still shows obj.get("action", "store").