rustdesk / rustdesk/rustdesk-server-pro
Default Client Settings Cannot Be Re-Enabled After Turning Off
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Description
Product: RustDesk Server Pro
Component: Custom client generation (default settings management)
Version: 1.6.3 (Server) 1.4.1 (Client)
Environment: Tested with both client and server builds, on multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS, Android).
Description
When generating custom clients with a customized set of default settings, the settings are correctly applied and appear as enabled (checked) by default.
However, once one of these default-enabled settings is manually disabled, it cannot be switched back on again. The toggle remains one-way (only from enabled → disabled, but not back).
By contrast, settings not included in the default list behave as expected: they can be toggled on and off freely.
This issue occurs across all operating systems in my tests.
Steps to Reproduce
- Generate a custom client with at least one default settings (example):
displays-as-individual-windows=Y
- Open the client and verify that the Displays as individual windows setting is checked by default.
- Manually disable it by clicking on it.
- Try to re-enable it.
Expected Result
Settings included in the default configuration should be toggleable both ways (on/off) after client generation.
Actual Result
Once turned off, a setting included in the default list cannot be turned back on.
Impact
- Users cannot restore critical security or usability features (e.g.,
privacy-mode,lock-after-session-end) after disabling them once. - This limits flexibility for admins and end-users.
Notes
- The bug affects only default-configured settings.
- Settings not part of the initial default config behave normally.
- Reproduced consistently with multiple settings and across different OS clients.
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating custom client generation and default-settings handling, then reproduce the steps with displays-as-individual-windows=Y; done means a generated client's default-configured settings can be disabled and re-enabled across the affected clients.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100