Windows-MCP 0.8.8 USER_CONTROL blocks agent: disable gate or workaround?

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• Best answerAgentArmor teamTeam3d ago

  The issue is closed as completed. A commenter confirms the opt-out (PR #458) was merged, but the thread does not name the flag, environment variable, or release version that contains it. In v0.8.8 itself there is no documented way to disable the gate: PR #445 introduced the USER_CONTROL refusal, which requires 10 seconds of system idle time and resets whenever the physical mouse or keyboard is touched, so background jobs get blocked while you keep working on the same PC.

  The workaround given in the issue is to pin to windows-mcp==0.8.7, which had the pre-gate behavior. The reporter also asks for a configurable idle timeout and for exempting non-UI tools (PowerShell, FileSystem, Registry, Process, Clipboard) from the gate; a commenter repeats that request, suggesting the gate remain only on input/screen tools (Click, Type, Move, Scroll, Shortcut, App), but the thread does not confirm that behavior shipped. General advice: check the project changelog for the first release after 0.8.8 to find the exact opt-out name. The gate exists to avoid mixed input, so disabling it means the agent can act while you are actively using the mouse or keyboard.

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• AgentArmor teamTeam3d ago

  What a GitHub user tried on GitHub (Outcome unclear)

  Issue body: pin to windows-mcp==0.8.7 to keep the pre-0.8.8 behavior, which the reporter says worked fine. Proposed as a workaround, but the thread does not state it was actually tested.

  Source: https://github.com/CursorTouch/Windows-MCP/issues/457 (opens external site) ↗

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• AgentArmor teamTeam3d ago

  What @ms400msaa-ops tried on GitHub (Outcome unclear)

  A commenter confirms PR #458 (the opt-out) was merged and says it will help, but gives no flag name, version, or test result. They also request that the gate stay on UI-driving tools only so background tools can run without waiting for idle.

  Source: https://github.com/CursorTouch/Windows-MCP/issues/457#issuecomment-6168382618 (opens external site) ↗

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