more fixes for perms

packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts

@@ -45,21 +45,16 @@ import { Npm } from "@opencode-ai/core/npm"
 
 const log = Log.create({ service: "config" })
 
-// Custom merge function that concatenates array fields instead of replacing them
+// Custom merge: deep-merges most fields, but dedupes `instructions` and
-// Keep remeda's deep conditional merge type out of hot config-loading paths; TS profiling showed it dominates here.
+// concatenates `permission` as layered configs so user-written rule ordering
-function mergeConfig(target: Info, source: Info): Info {
+// is preserved across config sources.
-  return mergeDeep(target, source) as Info
+// Keep remeda's deep conditional merge type out of hot config-loading paths;
-}
+// TS profiling showed it dominates here.
-
+function mergeConfigs(target: Info, source: Info): Info {
-function mergeConfigConcatArrays(target: Info, source: Info): Info {
+  const merged = mergeDeep(target, source) as Info
-  const merged = mergeConfig(target, source)
   if (target.instructions && source.instructions) {
     merged.instructions = Array.from(new Set([...target.instructions, ...source.instructions]))
   }
-  // Accumulate permission layers for later merging as rulesets.
-  // This preserves the ordering semantics: later rules override earlier rules.
-  // Each layer keeps the raw shape the user wrote on disk; consumers should use
-  // ConfigPermission.toLayers to normalise.
   if (source.permission) {
     merged.permission = [...ConfigPermission.toLayers(target.permission), ...ConfigPermission.toLayers(source.permission)]
   }
@@ -236,9 +231,7 @@ export const Info = Schema.Struct({
     description: "Additional instruction files or patterns to include",
   }),
   layout: Schema.optional(ConfigLayout.Layout).annotate({ description: "@deprecated Always uses stretch layout." }),
-  permission: Schema.optional(
+  permission: Schema.optional(ConfigPermission.LayersInput).annotate({
-    Schema.Union([ConfigPermission.Info, Schema.mutable(Schema.Array(ConfigPermission.Info))]),
-  ).annotate({
     description:
       "Permission configuration. Accepts a single object (per-tool action map) or an array of layered configs; arrays are merged in order so later layers override earlier ones.",
   }),
@@ -431,9 +424,9 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
             .pipe(Effect.catch(() => Effect.void))
         }
       }
-      result = mergeConfig(result, yield* loadFile(path.join(Global.Path.config, "config.json")))
+      result = mergeConfigs(result, yield* loadFile(path.join(Global.Path.config, "config.json")))
-      result = mergeConfig(result, yield* loadFile(path.join(Global.Path.config, "opencode.json")))
+      result = mergeConfigs(result, yield* loadFile(path.join(Global.Path.config, "opencode.json")))
-      result = mergeConfig(result, yield* loadFile(path.join(Global.Path.config, "opencode.jsonc")))
+      result = mergeConfigs(result, yield* loadFile(path.join(Global.Path.config, "opencode.jsonc")))
 
       const legacy = path.join(Global.Path.config, "config")
       if (existsSync(legacy)) {
@@ -443,7 +436,7 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
               const { provider, model, ...rest } = mod.default
               if (provider && model) result.model = `${provider}/${model}`
               result["$schema"] = "https://opencode.ai/config.json"
-              result = mergeConfig(result, rest)
+              result = mergeConfigs(result, rest)
               await fsNode.writeFile(path.join(Global.Path.config, "config.json"), JSON.stringify(result, null, 2))
               await fsNode.unlink(legacy)
             })
@@ -523,7 +516,7 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
         })
 
         const merge = (source: string, next: Info, kind?: ConfigPlugin.Scope) => {
-          result = mergeConfigConcatArrays(result, next)
+          result = mergeConfigs(result, next)
           return mergePluginOrigins(source, next.plugin, kind)
         }
 
@@ -557,7 +550,7 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
                   return isRecord(data) && isRecord(data.config) ? data.config : data
                 })) as Record<string, unknown>)
               : {}
-            const remoteConfig = mergeConfig(wellknown.config ?? {}, fetchedConfig as Info)
+            const remoteConfig = mergeConfigs(wellknown.config ?? {}, fetchedConfig as Info)
             if (!remoteConfig.$schema) remoteConfig.$schema = "https://opencode.ai/config.json"
             const source = `${url}/.well-known/opencode`
             const next = yield* loadConfig(JSON.stringify(remoteConfig), {
@@ -701,7 +694,7 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
         // macOS managed preferences (.mobileconfig deployed via MDM) override everything
         const managed = yield* Effect.promise(() => ConfigManaged.readManagedPreferences())
         if (managed) {
-          result = mergeConfigConcatArrays(
+          result = mergeConfigs(
             result,
             yield* loadConfig(managed.text, {
               dir: path.dirname(managed.source),
@@ -720,8 +713,12 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
         }
 
         if (Flag.OPENCODE_PERMISSION) {
-          const envPermission = JSON.parse(Flag.OPENCODE_PERMISSION) as ConfigPermission.Info
+          const envPermission = ConfigParse.schema(
-          result.permission = [...ConfigPermission.toLayers(result.permission), envPermission]
+            ConfigPermission.LayersInput,
+            JSON.parse(Flag.OPENCODE_PERMISSION),
+            "OPENCODE_PERMISSION",
+          )
+          result.permission = [...ConfigPermission.toLayers(result.permission), ...ConfigPermission.toLayers(envPermission)]
         }
 
         if (result.tools) {

packages/opencode/src/config/permission.ts

@@ -59,9 +59,15 @@ type _Info = Schema.Schema.Type<typeof InputObject>
 export type Info = { -readonly [K in keyof _Info]: _Info[K] }
 
 // Top-level config accepts either a single permission object or an array of
-// layered configs. Internal merging produces arrays; this helper normalises
+// layered configs. Validated input goes through this union; runtime merging
-// either shape into the array form expected by consumers.
+// always produces arrays.
-export function toLayers(value: Info | Info[] | undefined): Info[] {
+export const LayersInput = Schema.Union([Info, Schema.mutable(Schema.Array(Info))]).annotate({
+  identifier: "PermissionLayersInput",
+})
+export type LayersInput = Schema.Schema.Type<typeof LayersInput>
+
+// Normalise either shape into the array form expected by consumers.
+export function toLayers(value: LayersInput | undefined): Info[] {
   if (!value) return []
   return Array.isArray(value) ? value : [value]
 }

packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts

@@ -1891,6 +1891,68 @@ test("user bash catchall overrides inherited bash rules", async () => {
   })
 })
 
+// Permissions split across multiple global config files (config.json + opencode.json)
+// must layer in load order rather than deep-merging into a single object.
+test("multiple global config files preserve permission layer ordering", async () => {
+  await using globalTmp = await tmpdir()
+  await using tmp = await tmpdir()
+  const prev = Global.Path.config
+  ;(Global.Path as { config: string }).config = globalTmp.path
+  await clear(true)
+
+  try {
+    // First global file: deny rm-style commands.
+    await writeConfig(globalTmp.path, {
+      $schema: "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
+      permission: { bash: { "rm *": "deny" } },
+    }, "config.json")
+    // Second global file: top-level catchall "ask" — must come *after* the deny layer.
+    await writeConfig(globalTmp.path, {
+      $schema: "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
+      permission: { "*": "ask" },
+    }, "opencode.json")
+
+    await WithInstance.provide({
+      directory: tmp.path,
+      fn: async () => {
+        const config = await load()
+        const layers = ConfigPermission.toLayers(config.permission)
+        // Each global file contributes its own layer.
+        expect(layers.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2)
+        const ruleset = Permission.merge(...layers.map((p) => Permission.fromConfig(p)))
+        // Later "*": "ask" overrides earlier "rm *": "deny" — ordering is preserved.
+        expect(Permission.evaluate("bash", "rm -rf /", ruleset).action).toBe("ask")
+      },
+    })
+  } finally {
+    ;(Global.Path as { config: string }).config = prev
+    await clear(true)
+  }
+})
+
+test("OPENCODE_PERMISSION env var rejects malformed input", () => {
+  // Validates the env-var parser surfaces clear errors instead of silently casting.
+  expect(() =>
+    ConfigParse.schema(
+      ConfigPermission.LayersInput,
+      { bash: "maybe" },
+      "OPENCODE_PERMISSION",
+    ),
+  ).toThrow()
+})
+
+test("OPENCODE_PERMISSION env var accepts both single-object and array syntax", () => {
+  const single = ConfigParse.schema(ConfigPermission.LayersInput, { bash: "deny" }, "OPENCODE_PERMISSION")
+  expect(ConfigPermission.toLayers(single)).toHaveLength(1)
+
+  const layered = ConfigParse.schema(
+    ConfigPermission.LayersInput,
+    [{ bash: "deny" }, { bash: { "echo *": "allow" } }],
+    "OPENCODE_PERMISSION",
+  )
+  expect(ConfigPermission.toLayers(layered)).toHaveLength(2)
+})
+
 test("config parser preserves permission order while rejecting unknown top-level keys", () => {
   const config = ConfigParse.schema(
     Config.Info,