Some interfaces (like personal-files) are very privileged so we can vote for only use or use and auto-connection depending on the interface and its specific requests. In this case, since httpie is the clear owner of the target files/directories, it is ok to grant use and auto-connection. But we have denied it in other cases like this one.
Sounds great to me, I have granted the auto-connection as well (cc @alexmurray FYI). This is now live.