[Feature Request] Send VS Code notification (showInformationMessage) when approval is required in VS Code Extension

[taitoojp]

What feature would you like to see?

Problem

When using Kimi Code CLI via the VS Code Extension, the approval dialog appears inside the Kimi webview panel. However, if VS Code is minimized or hidden behind other applications, users do not notice that an approval is pending. This causes the workflow to stall until the user manually checks the Kimi panel.

Proposed Solution

When a ToolCall requires user approval (i.e., yoloMode is disabled), please trigger a standard VS Code notification using vscode.window.showInformationMessage() or similar API. For example:

"Kimi: Approval required. Please check the Kimi Code panel."
[Open Kimi]

Clicking "Open Kimi" should focus the Kimi webview panel (kimi.webview.focus).

Benefits

• Users can immediately notice approval requests even when VS Code is not focused.
• Reduces workflow interruption caused by missed approvals.
• Keeps the existing approval dialog in the webview; the notification acts only as a non-intrusive alert.

Current Workaround

• Enable kimi.yoloMode, which auto-approves all tool calls but reduces security/control.
• Manually check the Kimi panel frequently.

Environment

• OS: Windows 11
• VS Code: latest stable
• Kimi Code Extension: v0.5.7

Thank you for considering this improvement!

Additional information

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[zeel2104]

Is it open for contribution?

[taitoojp]

Hi @zeel2104, yes, please go ahead! I'd really appreciate it. Thank you so much for picking this up! 🙏

[zeel2104]

@taitoojp
The PR is open for review

[taitoojp]

@taitoojp The PR is open for review

Thanks for the quick implementation.

I want to make sure this fully resolves #2040.

From the diff, this appears to add the ACP-side notification event, but I do not see the VS Code extension-side handler that receives kimi/approval_required and calls vscode.window.showInformationMessage().

Could you confirm whether the VS Code extension already supports this custom notification method?

If not, I think this PR may only provide the backend/ACP signal and a follow-up extension-side change would still be required to actually show the native VS Code notification requested in #2040.

I’m happy to verify the behavior on Windows 11 once a testable build is available.

[zeel2104]

Hey @taitoojp

Thanks for checking.

You are correct: this PR only adds the CLI/ACP-side signal. I could not confirm that the VS Code extension already handles kimi/approval_required, and I do not see the VS Code extension source in this repository.

This PR emits a best-effort ACP custom notification before session/request_permission:

kimi/approval_required

with payload fields including message, action_label, and focus_command: "kimi.webview.focus".

A VS Code extension-side handler is still required to fully implement #2040, roughly:

connection.onNotification("kimi/approval_required", async (params) => {
  const action = params.action_label ?? "Open Kimi";
  const selected = await vscode.window.showInformationMessage(params.message, action);

  if (selected === action) {
    await vscode.commands.executeCommand(params.focus_command ?? "kimi.webview.focus");
  }
});