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This isn't precisely a wing issue, but I'm running into it in wing specifically, so I'm hoping you guys might have an answer. I recently updated my mac OS machine to Catalina (BIG mistake!). Now trying to run commands like os.listdir or anything else that accesses the file system from the wing debugger or built-in shell just gives a "permission denied" error - even though I am just trying to access my files. I have tried adding WingPro.app and wing-internal-python to the "full disk access" section of the security preferences pane, but I still get the issue. Running python through the terminal, on the other hand, works fine after adding terminal to that section. So it seems like I should be able to fix this by adding something to the full disk access section, but I can't figure out what... Any tips/ideas? Thanks.

EDIT: PRECISE steps to recreate this issue:

1. Add WingPro.app to the full disk access list in the security pane. Make sure it is NOT listed in the "Files and Folders" section
2. Open WingPro, but DO NOT open or create any documents in Documents, Desktop, etc.
3. From the python shell, try to run something like os.listdir() on your Documents, Desktop, etc

As an interesting note, this issue is "fixed" the first time WingPro itself tries to access (open or save) a file in any of the affected directories. Once that has happened, even if only once, this problem no longer exists. Even removing Wing from the Full disk access section (with wing not running) does not cause the issue to re-appear. Also, apparently, this problem does not arise if you do not first add Wing to the full disk access section, as in that situation the system properly prompts to allow access (according to comments).

This is clearly an issue with the implementation of the new security features in Catalina, and how they interact with the existing "full disk access" permissions, and not an issue with WingIDE. In any case, now that WingPro has accessed documents in all relevant locations, it is working properly. Thanks for the feedback!