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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

  1. Generate a custom client with at least one default settings (example):
displays-as-individual-windows=Y
  1. Open the client and verify that the Displays as individual windows setting is checked by default.
  2. Manually disable it by clicking on it.
  3. 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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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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