core: preserve permission config key order to maintain user-defined permission precedence

packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts

@@ -395,27 +395,52 @@ export namespace Config {
   })
   export type PermissionRule = z.infer<typeof PermissionRule>
 
+  // Capture original key order before zod reorders, then rebuild in original order
+  const permissionPreprocess = (val: unknown) => {
+    if (typeof val === "object" && val !== null && !Array.isArray(val)) {
+      return { __originalKeys: Object.keys(val), ...val }
+    }
+    return val
+  }
+
+  const permissionTransform = (x: unknown): Record<string, PermissionRule> => {
+    if (typeof x === "string") return { "*": x as PermissionAction }
+    const obj = x as { __originalKeys?: string[] } & Record<string, unknown>
+    const { __originalKeys, ...rest } = obj
+    if (!__originalKeys) return rest as Record<string, PermissionRule>
+    const result: Record<string, PermissionRule> = {}
+    for (const key of __originalKeys) {
+      if (key in rest) result[key] = rest[key] as PermissionRule
+    }
+    return result
+  }
+
   export const Permission = z
-    .object({
-      read: PermissionRule.optional(),
-      edit: PermissionRule.optional(),
-      glob: PermissionRule.optional(),
-      grep: PermissionRule.optional(),
-      list: PermissionRule.optional(),
-      bash: PermissionRule.optional(),
-      task: PermissionRule.optional(),
-      external_directory: PermissionRule.optional(),
-      todowrite: PermissionAction.optional(),
-      todoread: PermissionAction.optional(),
-      webfetch: PermissionAction.optional(),
-      websearch: PermissionAction.optional(),
-      codesearch: PermissionAction.optional(),
-      lsp: PermissionRule.optional(),
-      doom_loop: PermissionAction.optional(),
-    })
-    .catchall(PermissionRule)
-    .or(PermissionAction)
-    .transform((x) => (typeof x === "string" ? { "*": x } : x))
+    .preprocess(
+      permissionPreprocess,
+      z
+        .object({
+          __originalKeys: z.string().array().optional(),
+          read: PermissionRule.optional(),
+          edit: PermissionRule.optional(),
+          glob: PermissionRule.optional(),
+          grep: PermissionRule.optional(),
+          list: PermissionRule.optional(),
+          bash: PermissionRule.optional(),
+          task: PermissionRule.optional(),
+          external_directory: PermissionRule.optional(),
+          todowrite: PermissionAction.optional(),
+          todoread: PermissionAction.optional(),
+          webfetch: PermissionAction.optional(),
+          websearch: PermissionAction.optional(),
+          codesearch: PermissionAction.optional(),
+          lsp: PermissionRule.optional(),
+          doom_loop: PermissionAction.optional(),
+        })
+        .catchall(PermissionRule)
+        .or(PermissionAction),
+    )
+    .transform(permissionTransform)
     .meta({
       ref: "PermissionConfig",
     })

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

@@ -868,3 +868,48 @@ test("merges legacy tools with existing permission config", async () => {
     },
   })
 })
+
+test("permission config preserves key order", async () => {
+  await using tmp = await tmpdir({
+    init: async (dir) => {
+      await Bun.write(
+        path.join(dir, "opencode.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          $schema: "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
+          permission: {
+            "*": "deny",
+            edit: "ask",
+            write: "ask",
+            external_directory: "ask",
+            read: "allow",
+            todowrite: "allow",
+            todoread: "allow",
+            "thoughts_*": "allow",
+            "reasoning_model_*": "allow",
+            "tools_*": "allow",
+            "pr_comments_*": "allow",
+          },
+        }),
+      )
+    },
+  })
+  await Instance.provide({
+    directory: tmp.path,
+    fn: async () => {
+      const config = await Config.get()
+      expect(Object.keys(config.permission!)).toEqual([
+        "*",
+        "edit",
+        "write",
+        "external_directory",
+        "read",
+        "todowrite",
+        "todoread",
+        "thoughts_*",
+        "reasoning_model_*",
+        "tools_*",
+        "pr_comments_*",
+      ])
+    },
+  })
+})