"Display Start Screen" setting does not persist after restart

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• This is a bug in RetroArch frontend
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Description

The "Display Start Screen" setting in RetroArch does not persist after restarting the application. Even when explicitly enabled, it reverts to its default value ("Off") upon restart.

Expected behavior

The "Display Start Screen" setting should remain set to "On" after restarting RetroArch.

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Navigate to: Settings → User Interface → Menu Item Visibility
2. Observe that "Display Start Screen" is set to "Off" by default
3. Set "Display Start Screen" to "On"
4. Main Menu → Restart
5. Navigate again to: Settings → User Interface → Menu Item Visibility
6. Observe that "Display Start Screen" has reverted to "Off"

Version/Commit

1.22.2

Bisect Results

Present in the nightly version

Yes, this is reproduced in the nightly build

Platform & operating system

GNU/Linux

Affected Cores

No response

Environment information

This issue also affects the stable Flatpak release 1.22.2

Relevant log output

Start by reproducing the issue on GNU/Linux or the stable Flatpak release, using Settings → User Interface → Menu Item Visibility and Main Menu → Restart. Trace the persistence of the “Display Start Screen” value; done means that setting remains “On” after restarting RetroArch.