feat(settings): add a tool approval mode with an explicit off (YOLO) option (#6304)

* feat: add optional tool approval mode

Admin-configurable tool_approval_mode setting (ask/auto) for the
post-external-context tool approval gate.

- ask (default): existing approval flow, gate stays on
- auto: bypasses the approval gate for all runs - same effect as
  ODYSSEUS_TOOL_APPROVAL_GATE=0. Documented honestly in the settings
  row copy and in THREAT_MODEL.md, per review on #6304.
- value validated server-side ({ask, auto}, anything else -> 400)
- no new env var: the setting wires to the existing gate control
- tests: setting validation + _tool_approval_gate_bypassed behavior

* feat: surface deployment gate state on Tool approval row

Follow-up to StressTestor's re-review: when ODYSSEUS_TOOL_APPROVAL_GATE is
set to a falsy value, the Tool approval row still read 'Always ask' even though
the gate was off, misleading admins the other way.

GET /api/auth/settings now returns tool_approval_gate_env_disabled (derived
from TOOL_APPROVAL_GATE_ENABLED) for admins, and the settings row renders a
red notice naming the env var and explaining that the gate is off for every
run regardless of the stored setting. Non-admin/scrubbed responses do not
expose the deployment state. Test covers both env values and the scrub path.

* refactor: rename tool approval mode auto to off

The gate-off value is now "off" ("Off (YOLO)" in the UI) so the auto-approve name stays available for the future judged mode.

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Co-authored-by: Matej <matej@local>
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@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {
# Tune via Settings or by editing data/settings.json.
"research_run_timeout_seconds": 1800,
"agent_max_tool_calls": 0,
"tool_approval_mode": "ask",
"agent_max_rounds": 20, # per-message agent step cap (clamped 1..200)
# Soft input-token budget for the agent loop. The DEFAULT value (6000) is the
# "auto" sentinel: it means "scale the budget to the model's context window"