Preference not saved when enabling "Auto-save scenes before building"

Unity: Build Systems

2023.1.X

2022.2.X

2021.3.X

2022.1.X

2022.1 has reached end of life so the issue will be fixed in a newer version.

Reproduction steps:

Create any new project
Go to “Edit > Preferences > General” (or “Unity > Preferences > General” on Mac)
Enable “Auto-save scenes before building”
Close the “Preferences” window
Re-open “Preferences > General”

Expected result: “Auto-save scenes before building” is enabled
Actual result: “Auto-save scenes before building” is disabled

Reproducible with: 2021.2.0a10, 2021.2.19f1, 2021.3.8f1, 2022.1.13f1, 2022.2.0b4, 2023.1.0a5
Not reproducible with: 2020.3.37f1, 2021.2.0a9

Reproducible on: MacOS 12.2.1 (Intel), Windows 11