Bug 488369 - "Allow restoring on future sessions" checkbox is unclear and misleading
Summary: "Allow restoring on future sessions" checkbox is unclear and misleading
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: xdg-desktop-portal-kde
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: git-master
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2024-06-11 15:59 UTC by Nate Graham
Modified: 2024-08-23 11:44 UTC (History)
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Description Nate Graham 2024-06-11 15:59:58 UTC 
What this checkbox actually does is auto-accept new requests for the same thing until the system (or the portal) is restarted. The text fails to communicate this adequately. Consider changing it to something like:

"Don't ask again until system is restarted"

"Auto-accept this connection until system is restarted"
Comment 1 Nicolas Fella 2024-06-11 18:28:13 UTC 
The fact that the authorization only persists until restart is a bug that is fixed with https://invent.kde.org/plasma/xdg-desktop-portal-kde/-/merge_requests/289
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2024-06-11 18:46:07 UTC 
Got it. Then I guess it could simply be changed to "Don't ask for this connection again" or "Always auto-accept this connection".
Comment 3 Nicolas Fella 2024-06-12 14:44:50 UTC 
It's not quite "always". The application can chose between persisting "never", "as long as the application is running", and "until explicitly revoked".

See https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/blob/main/data/org.freedesktop.portal.RemoteDesktop.xml#L118
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2024-06-12 14:57:37 UTC 
Then I guess we need to bubble up what the app asks for in the UI, so the user knows what they're signing up for.