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Fixes #1939

Description

Workspace-scope zoo-code.allowedCommands / zoo-code.deniedCommands entries were never enforced, and saving the auto-approve settings dialog copied project-scoped entries into user-global settings. Three leak paths caused this; each gets a targeted fix:

  • Read/enforcement. ClineProvider.getState() read only extension global state, so a workspace-only allow-list had no effect on command auto-approval. New src/core/auto-approval/commandScope.ts provides readCommandListScopes(), which unions the global-state layer with the workspace layer from inspect().workspaceFolderValue ?? workspaceValue. getState() and getStateToPostToWebview() now share this merged value, so enforcement (Task.ask → getCommandDecisionDetailed) and the settings display show the same list and cannot drift. The old mergeCommandLists helper is deleted.
  • Write/scope leak. Saving the dialog previously flattened the merged list into user-global settings. updateSettings in webviewMessageHandler.ts now uses splitCommandListScopes() and resolveWorkspaceWriteTarget(): existing workspace entries stay in their folder/workspace scope, new entries route to Global, deleted entries are removed from the scope that owned them, and only the global layer is persisted to extension global state.
  • Activation seed leak. The activation seed read the effective config, which folds in workspace overrides, and permanently copied them into global state. New src/utils/seedAllowedCommands.ts reads inspect().globalValue only; extension.ts calls it.

The PR also removes vestigial allowedCommands/deniedCommands webview message handlers (verified zero senders), their WebviewMessage union members, and the orphaned commands payload in packages/types.

Reviewers should note one deliberate exception: createTask still writes command lists to the Global scope. That path carries "start this task with exactly this auto-approval policy" semantics (handoff/delegation payloads), unlike the scope-split persistence in the settings dialog; a comment records this.

Test Procedure

New specs: src/core/auto-approval/__tests__/commandScope.spec.ts (scope union, workspace-folder-over-workspace precedence, sanitization), src/utils/__tests__/seedAllowedCommands.spec.ts (globalValue-only seeding). Extended: ClineProvider.spec.ts (merged state round-trip), webviewMessageHandler.spec.ts (scope-split save: keep, route-new-to-global, remove-from-owning-scope), extension.spec.ts (activation seed call).

From src/:

  • npx vitest run core/auto-approval core/webview core/task utils/__tests__/seedAllowedCommands.spec.ts __tests__/extension.spec.ts __tests__/migrateSettings.spec.ts — 90 files, 1,541 tests pass.
  • webview-ui settings/chat canary suites — 88 tests pass.
  • tsc clean in src, packages/types, and webview-ui; ESLint clean; src/eslint-suppressions.json unchanged.

To verify manually: set zoo-code.allowedCommands in a workspace .vscode/settings.json, open the auto-approve dialog, and confirm the entry appears, enforcement honors it, and saving the dialog does not add it to user settings.

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  • Issue Linked: This PR is linked to an approved GitHub Issue (see "Related GitHub Issue" above).
  • Scope: My changes are focused on the linked issue (one major feature/fix per PR).
  • Self-Review: I reviewed my own code with care.
  • Testing: New and/or updated tests have been added to cover my changes (if applicable).
  • Visual Snapshot (UI changes only): No user-visible rendered-state change; the dialog renders the same list values as before. See webview-ui/AGENTS.md → "When a UI change needs a snapshot".
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  • No documentation updates are required. Workspace scoping of these settings is the documented intent the issue describes; the fix makes the product match it.

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ClineProvider.spec.ts run standalone exits 1 on pre-existing EnvironmentTeardownError unhandled rejections while all 179 assertions pass; this reproduces on baseline main and is unrelated to this change.

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Workspace-scope zoo-code.allowedCommands/deniedCommands settings were never enforced, and saving the auto-approve dialog flattened the merged dialog list into user-global settings, leaking project entries into every workspace. Activation additionally seeded global state from the effective config, permanently copying workspace overrides into global settings.

- Read/enforcement: new src/core/auto-approval/commandScope.ts unions the extension global-state layer with the workspace layer from inspect().workspaceFolderValue ?? workspaceValue; ClineProvider.getState() and getStateToPostToWebview() share the same merged value so enforcement and display cannot drift (old mergeCommandLists deleted).

- Write/scope-leak: splitCommandListScopes() + resolveWorkspaceWriteTarget() keep workspace entries in their folder/workspace scope, route new entries to Global, remove deleted entries from the owning scope, and persist only the global layer to extension global state.

- Activation seed leak: seedAllowedCommands.ts reads inspect().globalValue only, so workspace overrides are no longer folded into (and copied permanently to) global state at activation.

- Dead code: remove vestigial allowedCommands/deniedCommands webview message handlers (zero senders), their WebviewMessage union members, and the orphaned commands payload.

Closes Zoo-Code-Org#1939
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Learning: In Zoo-Code, command approval intentionally composes extension global-state entries and workspace entries as a set union through readCommandListScopes in src/core/auto-approval/commandScope.ts. A workspace list, including an empty list, does not replace or clear global entries. The matcher in src/core/auto-approval/commands.ts ignores entry scope: the longest matching prefix wins, and deny wins equal-length conflicts. Do not apply VS Code array-replacement semantics to this enforcement union.
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  • New Features
    • Allowed and denied command lists can be configured globally, for a workspace, or for a workspace folder. Existing commands remain in their current scope, while newly added commands are saved globally.
    • In multi-root workspaces, folder-specific settings take precedence over workspace settings. Displayed lists combine global commands with the applicable workspace or folder commands.
    • Existing global allowed commands are preserved. A workspace-only allowed-command value does not populate the global list.
    • Clearing a command from a workspace or folder removes it from that scope without adding it back to the global list.

Command-list handling now reads global and workspace values separately, merges them for state reads, and saves edits by scope. Activation seeds global state without using workspace overrides. Dedicated command-list message types were removed.

Changes: Command-list scope handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Read and split command-list scopes
src/core/auto-approval/commandScope.ts, src/core/auto-approval/__tests__/commandScope.spec.ts
New helpers inspect and sanitize global and workspace lists, merge values, split edits by origin, and resolve workspace write targets. Tests cover precedence, filtering, deduplication, and target selection.
Seed global allowed commands
src/utils/seedAllowedCommands.ts, src/extension.ts, src/utils/__tests__/seedAllowedCommands.spec.ts, src/__tests__/extension.spec.ts
Activation seeds global state from inspected global configuration when no value is stored. Tests cover workspace overrides, existing values, inspection failures, and copied arrays.
Expose command-list state by scope
src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts, src/core/webview/__tests__/ClineProvider.spec.ts
getState returns merged global and workspace lists. getStateToPostToWebview returns stored global lists. Tests cover workspace and workspace-folder values.
Persist command-list edits by scope
packages/types/src/vscode-extension-host.ts, src/core/webview/webviewMessageHandler.ts, src/core/webview/__tests__/webviewMessageHandler.spec.ts
Settings updates retain existing entries at their current scope, write new entries globally, and store only global lists in extension state. Failed writes can trigger restoration of the prior workspace value. Dedicated command-list message types were removed.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Priority: ➖ Normal

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Webview
  participant updateSettings
  participant commandScopeHelpers
  participant VSCodeConfiguration
  participant ExtensionGlobalState
  Webview->>updateSettings: Submit allowed or denied command list
  updateSettings->>commandScopeHelpers: Read scopes and split incoming list
  updateSettings->>VSCodeConfiguration: Write workspace scope, then global scope
  updateSettings->>ExtensionGlobalState: Store global list after successful writes
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Workspace command lists are now enforced together with global lists. Saving settings no longer copies workspace entries into global settings. No concrete merge-blocking risk remains.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check Error Issue #1939 requires workspace command entries to remain visible and preserved when the settings dialog saves. ClineProvider.getState() uses readCommandListScopes(...).merged, but `getStateToPostT… Use readCommandListScopes("allowedCommands", allowedCommands).merged and the equivalent denied-command value in getStateToPostToWebview(). Keep a regression test that verifies a workspace-only entry appears in webview state and survives…
Security Boundaries Error The prior security finding remains valid. In changed ClineProvider.getState() (src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts:2962-2966), readCommandListScopes() unions workspace and global command lists. Th… Make global deny entries authoritative at the approval boundary. Reject or ignore a workspace allow when the command matches a global deny, or run a separate global-deny check before longest-prefix resolution. Add regression tests for globa…
Persistence Integrity Error The changed command-list save path still has an unhandled partial-persistence failure. In webviewMessageHandler.ts:821-831, the workspace and global configuration writes complete before `webviewMess… Make command-list persistence transactional across configuration and extension state. Capture the prior workspace configuration value, prior global configuration value, prior extension global-state value, and prior cache value. If `contextP…
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Title check Passed The title clearly identifies the primary fix: enforcing and persisting workspace-scoped auto-approve command lists.
Description check Passed The description is complete. It links issue #1939, explains the implementation, documents tests and manual verification steps, and completes the checklist. The use of “Fixes #1939” satisfies the requi…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes remain within issue #1939. The scope helpers, enforcement path, settings persistence, activation seed correction, dead message removal, and regression tests support the linked issue. The d…
Regression Evidence Passed Focused coverage is present for the changed behavior. commandScope.spec.ts covers scope precedence, unions, sanitization, write splitting, target selection, missing inspections, lookup failures, and…
Lifecycle Resource Cleanup Passed No changed lifecycle path creates or retains a listener, watcher, provider, timer, task, or other resource. The new paths only inspect/update VS Code configuration and extension global state, and `act…
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Issue #1939 requires workspace command entries to remain visible and preserved when the settings dialog saves. ClineProvider.getState() uses readCommandListScopes(...).merged, but getStateToPostToWebview() still assigns allowedCommands and deniedCommands from extension global state only. A workspace-only entry is absent from the dialog state. An unchanged dialog save can therefore remove that entry from its workspace scope.

Resolution

Use readCommandListScopes("allowedCommands", allowedCommands).merged and the equivalent denied-command value in getStateToPostToWebview(). Keep a regression test that verifies a workspace-only entry appears in webview state and survives an unchanged dialog save.

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Explanation

The prior security finding remains valid. In changed ClineProvider.getState() (src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts:2962-2966), readCommandListScopes() unions workspace and global command lists. The unchanged matcher (src/core/auto-approval/commands.ts:407-423) lets the longer allow prefix win. Therefore, with global state deniedCommands: ["rm"], workspace allowedCommands: ["rm -rf"], and alwaysAllowExecute enabled, rm -rf / reaches the approval boundary and is auto-approved. The changed scope tests do not cover this conflict.

Resolution

Make global deny entries authoritative at the approval boundary. Reject or ignore a workspace allow when the command matches a global deny, or run a separate global-deny check before longest-prefix resolution. Add regression tests for global deniedCommands: ["rm"] with workspace allowedCommands: ["rm -rf"], and global deniedCommands: ["*"] with workspace allowedCommands: ["rm"]; neither command may auto-approve.

Full details: Persistence Integrity

Explanation

The changed command-list save path still has an unhandled partial-persistence failure. In webviewMessageHandler.ts:821-831, the workspace and global configuration writes complete before webviewMessageHandler.ts:949 awaits contextProxy.setValue(). For allowedCommands and deniedCommands, ContextProxy.setValue() calls updateGlobalState(), which updates stateCache before awaiting globalState.update() (ContextProxy.ts:363-370, 538-542). If globalState.update() rejects after both configuration writes succeed, no catch or rollback restores either configuration layer or the extension-state cache. For example, saving deniedCommands with an existing workspace entry can leave the new global/workspace settings on disk while the old extension global-state list remains persisted; after restart, new entries disappear or removed entries return. The added tests cover configuration-write and workspace-restore failures, but no extension-state-write failure.

Resolution

Make command-list persistence transactional across configuration and extension state. Capture the prior workspace configuration value, prior global configuration value, prior extension global-state value, and prior cache value. If contextProxy.setValue() fails after configuration writes, restore both configuration layers and restore the extension-state cache and persisted value, or report an explicit unrecoverable partial failure that identifies the changed layers and prevents the handler from reporting success. Add a test that rejects the extension-state write after successful configuration writes and verifies compensation or explicit partial-failure reporting.

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- Rewind the workspace-layer command-list write when the global-layer write
  fails: the raw previous value is captured before saving, the failed key
  skips its extension global-state update while the other keys still save,
  and a failed rewind is reported alongside the original error.
- Read and write the command lists through one configuration object scoped
  to the first workspace folder, so workspace-folder targets are legal and
  resolve against the right folder's settings (the VS Code API rejects
  folder-targeted updates on an unscoped configuration).
- Narrow the try/catch around configuration lookups so a failed lookup
  stays distinct from an absent value; behavior is unchanged, the guarded
  failure mode is now testable.
- Add regression tests for the compensation path, the scoped reads and
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🟡 Minor · Abort the command-list save when the ownership snapshot is… · webviewMessageHandler.ts:770-780

src/core/webview/webviewMessageHandler.ts:770-780
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Abort the command-list save when the ownership snapshot is unavailable.

When both scope inspections return undefined, readCommandListScopes treats the workspace layer as empty and resolveWorkspaceWriteTarget returns undefined. A retained workspace command then enters globalWrite, the workspace write is skipped, and the handler still performs the Global update.

The rollback capture does not prevent this path. It runs after the split and only restores a workspace write after a later Global-write failure. Use one validated inspection snapshot for the split, target selection, and rollback. Abort this key's save when that snapshot is unavailable.

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diff --git a/src/core/auto-approval/commandScope.ts b/src/core/auto-approval/commandScope.ts
@@
 export type CommandListConfigKey = "allowedCommands" | "deniedCommands"
 
+export interface CommandListInspection {
+	workspaceValue?: string[]
+	workspaceFolderValue?: string[]
+}
+
 export interface CommandListScopes {
@@
 export function readCommandListScopes(
 	configKey: CommandListConfigKey,
 	globalList: string[] | undefined,
+	inspectionOverride?: CommandListInspection,
 ): CommandListScopes {
 	const global = sanitizeCommandList(globalList)
 
@@
-	let inspected: { workspaceValue?: string[]; workspaceFolderValue?: string[] } | undefined
-	try {
-		inspected = commandListConfiguration().inspect<string[]>(configKey)
-	} catch {
-		inspected = undefined
+	let inspected = inspectionOverride
+	if (inspectionOverride === undefined) {
+		try {
+			inspected = commandListConfiguration().inspect<string[]>(configKey)
+		} catch {
+			inspected = undefined
+		}
 	}
@@
 export function resolveWorkspaceWriteTarget(
 	configKey: CommandListConfigKey,
+	inspectionOverride?: CommandListInspection,
 ): vscode.ConfigurationTarget.WorkspaceFolder | vscode.ConfigurationTarget.Workspace | undefined {
@@
-	let inspected: { workspaceValue?: string[]; workspaceFolderValue?: string[] } | undefined
-	try {
-		inspected = commandListConfiguration().inspect<string[]>(configKey)
-	} catch {
-		inspected = undefined
+	let inspected = inspectionOverride
+	if (inspectionOverride === undefined) {
+		try {
+			inspected = commandListConfiguration().inspect<string[]>(configKey)
+		} catch {
+			inspected = undefined
+		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/core/webview/webviewMessageHandler.ts b/src/core/webview/webviewMessageHandler.ts
@@
-						const currentScopes = readCommandListScopes(key, getGlobalState(key))
+						let config: vscode.WorkspaceConfiguration
+						let ownershipSnapshot: CommandListInspection | undefined
+						try {
+							config = commandListConfiguration()
+							ownershipSnapshot = config.inspect<string[]>(key)
+						} catch (error) {
+							vscode.window.showErrorMessage(`Failed to save ${key}: ${String(error)}`)
+							continue
+						}
+						if (ownershipSnapshot === undefined) {
+							vscode.window.showErrorMessage(`Failed to save ${key}: configuration scope unavailable`)
+							continue
+						}
+
+						const currentScopes = readCommandListScopes(key, getGlobalState(key), ownershipSnapshot)
@@
-						const workspaceTarget = resolveWorkspaceWriteTarget(key)
-						const config = commandListConfiguration()
+						const workspaceTarget = resolveWorkspaceWriteTarget(key, ownershipSnapshot)
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-							const previousInspected = config.inspect<string[]>(key)
+							const previousInspected = ownershipSnapshot
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In the command-list save flow, use one validated configuration inspection
snapshot for scope splitting, workspace target selection, and rollback capture;
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@coderabbitai The three pre-merge rows from your top level comment are factually wrong on 0cf1628. Recompute and clear them if you agree.

Linked Issues: getStateToPostToWebview() already uses the merged lists. It destructures allowedCommands and deniedCommands from getState() (src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts:2536), which returns readCommandListScopes(...).merged (:2965-2966). Test "getStateToPostToWebview shows the same merged command lists as getState" (src/core/webview/tests/ClineProvider.spec.ts:1644) passes; CI green.

Security Boundaries: contradicts your own withdrawal: inline thread 4276973618, comment 4281619458, 2026-10-15T10:03:04Z, "I withdraw the finding. No change is required for this concern." src/core/auto-approval/commands.ts is untouched by this PR; union semantics are the #1939 contract, recorded in your Learnings.

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@DaubnerF I checked 0cf162895 against the PR base. I agree that these three rows should not block this PR. I withdraw them.

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Linked Issues getStateToPostToWebview() uses the merged lists from getState(). The regression test asserts that workspace entries appear in webview state. My global-only claim was wrong.
Security Boundaries #1939 explicitly requires union semantics and scope-independent longest-prefix matching. commands.ts is unchanged. The proposed global-deny override contradicts that contract and my prior withdrawal. I also used the existing learning to verify this assessment.
Persistence Integrity The base already writes configuration before the shared contextProxy.setValue() call. I did not establish a PR-introduced regression that justifies this blocker. The new scope-write and compensation paths have focused tests. This does not mean extension-state writes are transactional.

All 28 check-runs passed on this head.

The top-level summary also incorrectly says that getStateToPostToWebview() returns stored global lists. I cannot directly edit that comment with the available read-only tools. I am requesting regeneration with these corrections, including removal of the three error rows.

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Learning: In Zoo-Code, command approval intentionally composes extension global-state entries and workspace entries as a set union through readCommandListScopes in src/core/auto-approval/commandScope.ts. A workspace list, including an empty list, does not replace or clear global entries. The matcher in src/core/auto-approval/commands.ts ignores entry scope: the longest matching prefix wins, and deny wins equal-length conflicts. Do not apply VS Code array-replacement semantics to this enforcement union.
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// The folder value wins over the workspace value, matching VS Code's
// folder-over-workspace precedence. An absent inspect result composes to
// an empty workspace layer: enforcement must not break.
const workspace = sanitizeCommandList(inspected?.workspaceFolderValue ?? inspected?.workspaceValue)

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This line adds the workspace layer to the enforced list, and zoo-code.allowedCommands has no scope or untrustedWorkspaces restriction in package.json. Can a cloned repo's .vscode/settings.json now grant auto-approved commands once the user trusts it? Would machine-overridable scope, or workspace entries for deniedCommands only, fit the goal of #1939?

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Answering the factual part first: yes, a workspace .vscode/settings.json can carry allow entries, and the longest-prefix match can let a workspace entry outrank a global deny today. So your concern is valid — as implemented, this PR makes workspace-granted auto-approval possible in a way that can reasonably be considered unsafe, and I don't want it to stay that way. My plan is not to remove workspace entries but to change the model with the following two rules, which I intend to implement once we agree on the direction:

1. The global layer outranks the workspace layer. The user's own lists are evaluated first and decide wherever they have a matching entry, in both directions. A global deny of git then blocks git commands in every project no matter what a repository's allow list grants — the global deny list finally becomes a genuine personal veto. Symmetrically, a team's deny cannot outrank a member's global allow either. The authority over Zoo is the person running it; a project file fills gaps in the user's policy, never outranks it.

2. A user-level setting — not settable by workspace files, default off — gates the entire workspace layer. Until the user switches it on, a project's settings.json cannot influence command policy at all. This goes beyond your "workspace entries for deniedCommands only" suggestion: even repo-carried denies are a policy change by a potentially untrusted source, so nothing from the workspace applies by default, and curated project lists materialize only for members who opted in on their machine. For existing users the feature simply does not exist until they enable it.

Why project-scoped lists at all: an allow list is project knowledge — test runners, build commands — and today it accumulates in one global list that grows into the union of every project you have opened. The intended steady state is a curated project list under blanket auto-deny: everything outside the list is denied, so the list is the project's capability boundary. Manually approving commands that match neither list does not scale — models invent new command strings constantly. The last piece is exact-match entries (#1940): a prefix entry like npm run grants arbitrary execution today, so exact entries are what make a curated list safe to rely on unattended.

Neither rule is part of this PR yet — I'd like to settle the model here before implementing it. I'm very happy to hear your thoughts, especially if you spot a flaw in the model or if you have additional wishes.

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Can we tie into the vscode workspace trust api, instead of introducing something new?

workspaceWriteApplied = true
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await config.update(key, globalWrite, vscode.ConfigurationTarget.Global)

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This write replaces the user-scope value with globalWrite, but enforcement and display no longer read inspect().globalValue. If a user hand-edited entries in their user settings.json, do they disappear on the next save? Should globalValue join the global layer, or is the seed the only intended source?

// Display is the set union of global state and workspace scope, matching
// what getState() enforces.
expect(state.deniedCommands).toEqual(["git", "docker"])
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The three merge tests here cover deniedCommands, and this is the only allowedCommands assertion ([]). If getState() returned the raw stateValues.allowedCommands, would any test fail? Can we add a case with a workspace-only allow entry for both getState() and getStateToPostToWebview()?

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