Monkey throwing security exception even though they are disabled - android

He everyone, I am getting this exception
java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: android.intent.action.CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGS
and Im not sure where its coming from as the app im testing doesnt use android.intent.action.CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGS
anywhwere
Maybe it is a 3rd party library somewhere.
I disabled security exceptions with
adb shell monkey -p package.name --ignore-security-exceptions -v -v 15000
but it still throws the exception.
Any help with this will be appreciated, thank you for your time

There is likely a permission issue within the program "Monkey" itself in which, is conflicting with the Android permission system. It appears to be the same type of error that would occur in Windows if you tried to run a program that required administrative rights.
If possible, try running as admin.

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