Postman installer may auto-approve Codex and Claude Code hooks without user consent
Postman’s desktop installer is designed to automatically approve hooks for Codex and Claude Code plugins, according to the company’s own source code and documentation. Reports from October and November 2026 describe users finding approval records in their AI tools after updating Postman, but whether this happened in every case remains unclear. The hooks themselves output text instructions for…
Key points
- Postman’s installer writes approval records for Codex and Claude Code hooks automatically during installation, per its source code and documentation
- User reports confirm approval records exist in some cases, but not all, and no evidence of data exfiltration has been found
- Postman’s official documentation acknowledges the behavior but does not confirm whether fixes have been applied
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Why does Postman's installer write AI approvals on your behalf? — Steps to verify with Codex and Claude Code on your machine
note.com · 4 November 2026
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