I have had this issue for some time now, wish someone would fix this.
Something has clearly changed in the last version or so.
On mutable systems the newest version does not follow local preferences no matter what I try.
I've tried changing web preferences and using them to editing the local and global preferences file
Linux mint 22.1 xia x64 Boinc 8.2.4 (x64) on 4 core intel i5 with GeForce GT730
the preferences are all messed up never seams to follow local or web prefs. it either runs continuous with run always or run based on prefs and have to stop with suspend.
I been using Boinc for years but have never seen this part of it so messed up.
Same issue with Garuda Linux 6.17.1-zen1-1-zen x86_64, Boinc 8.2.4(x64) on Dell with 6 core i5 nVidia GT1030
Same issue with Linux mint 22.2 6.8.0-85 on Asus AMD4 core Phenom with Boinc 8.2.4 (x64) GeForce GT730
Same issue with Linux Mint 22.2 zara 6.8.0-85 on PowerEdge Xeon X3430 with Boinc 8.2.4.(x64) GeForce GT730
Same issue on Windows 11 Boinc 8.2.4(x64) on the same Dell with 6 core i5 again with boinc 8.2.4 and tried 8.2.5 nVidia GT1030
Several other Mint boxes with varying versions.
Along with trying to do docker, podman-docker, the best results were with flatpak on linux boxes but most will not use the older GPU's under Flatpak.
Tried docker on Windows 11 but never got it to work correctly.
All the WLS, docker, podman, flatpak is all way to complicated and I feel boinc is going to be loosing a lot of users till they get a self install that sets everything up
and works, Linux and Windows. I feel like I'm a little more computer savvy than a majority of users, but that's just all ridiculous.
As with these issues I am going to drop Boinc for now and uninstall as I'm not risking my PC's health till it's straightened out.
Let me know what logs are needed with any or all..

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Win11 x64-Asus AMD 2.7GHz-32GB-GT760
Garuda x64-Dell-i5-4.6GHz-32GB-GT1030
Mint 22.1-Xeon-2.6GHz-32GB-GT760