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Need to restrict copy and paste in vscode

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
security

Research direction

The report names no file, test, or entry point. Start by locating the browser clipboard handling and checking the behavior against the stated native VS Code and GitHub Codespaces results. Done should define and verify a supported boundary between external clipboard access and copy/paste within the IDE.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

enhancement
Is there an existing issue for this?
  • I have searched the existing issues
OS/Web Information
  • Web Browser:
  • Local OS:
  • Remote OS:
  • Remote Architecture:
  • code-server --version:
Steps to Reproduce
  1. We're running code server in the kubernetes i need to restrict the copy and paste from the external source and need to copy and paste within the ide.
Expected
  1. We're running code server in the kubernetes i need to restrict the copy and paste from the external source and need to copy and paste within the ide.
Actual

copy and paste is working every where

Logs

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Screenshot/Video

No response

Does this bug reproduce in native VS Code?

Yes, this is also broken in native VS Code

Does this bug reproduce in GitHub Codespaces?

Yes, this is also broken in GitHub Codespaces

Are you accessing code-server over a secure context?
  • I am using a secure context.
Notes

No response

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