[I] Search Engine is changed to Google when settings are applied without change.

#### Expected behaviour

Search engine stays set to desired engine.

#### Actual behaviour

Search engine is changed to Google.

#### Steps to reproduce

1. Open settings, set search engine to DuckDuckGo, Click OK.
2. Open settings, click OK without changing any setting.
3. Open settings, see that Google is now set.

#### Relevant log output in the Log panel

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#### Information about the application, settings and environment

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QOwnNotes Debug Information
===========================

## General Info

**Current Date**: `Mon Apr 13 12:02:51 2026`
**Version**: `26.4.11`
**Build date**: `Apr 11 2026`
**Build number**: `1310`
**Platform**: `linux (wayland)`
**Operating System**: `Arch Linux`
**Build architecture**: `x86_64`
**Current architecture**: `x86_64`
**Release**: `AppImage`
**Qt Version (build)**: `6.10.2`
**Qt Version (runtime)**: `6.10.2`
**Portable mode**: `yes`
**Settings path / key**: `/home/user/Downloads/tmp/Data/PBE/QOwnNotes.ini`
**Application database path**: `/home/user/Downloads/tmp/Data/QOwnNotes.sqlite`
**Application arguments**: `/tmp/.mount_QOwnNokGxE9u/AppRun.wrapped`, `--portable`
**Qt Debug**: `no`
**System Botan**: `no`
**Libgit2**: `no`
**QLiteHtml**: `yes`
**Locale (system)**: `en_US`
**Locale (interface)**: *empty*
**Primary screen resolution**: `1920x1080`
**Screen resolution(s)**: `1920x1080, 1920x1080`
**Icon theme**: `breeze-dark-qownnotes`
**Notes in current note folder**: `2`
**Calendar items**: `0`
**Enabled scripts**: `0`
**Database drivers**: `QSQLITE`

## Server Info

**serverUrl**: *empty*
**appIsValid**: `no`
**notesPathExists**: *empty*
**connectionErrorMessage**: *empty*

## Spellchecking

**Enabled**: `true`
**Selected language**: `auto`
**Language codes**: `en_US, en_US-large`
**Language names**: `American English (United States), American English (United States) [large]`
**Application dictionaries path**: `/home/user/Downloads/tmp/Data/dicts`

## Note folders

**currentNoteFolderId**: `1`

### Note folder `default`

**id**: `1`
**isCurrent**: `yes`
**activeTagId**: `0`
**localPath**: `/home/user/Downloads/tmp/Data/Notes`
**remotePath**: `Notes`
**cloudConnectionId**: `1`
**isShowSubfolders**: `no`
**isUseGit**: `no`
**allowDifferentNoteFileName**: `no`
**activeNoteSubFolder name**: *empty*
**database file**: `/home/user/Downloads/tmp/Data/Notes/notes.sqlite`

## Cloud connections

### Cloud connection `Default`

**id**: `1`
**isCurrent**: `yes`
**serverUrl**: *empty*
**username**: *empty*
**accountId**: *empty*

## Enabled scripts

## Settings

**ColorModes/ColorMode-dark/darkMode** (bool): `true`
**ColorModes/ColorMode-dark/darkModeColors** (bool): `true`
**ColorModes/ColorMode-dark/darkModeIconTheme** (bool): `true`
**ColorModes/ColorMode-dark/darkModeTrayIcon** (bool): `true`
**ColorModes/ColorMode-dark/editorColorSchemaKey** (QString): `EditorColorSchema-cdbf28fc-1ddc-4d13-bb21-6a4043316a2f`
**ColorModes/ColorMode-dark/internalIconTheme** (bool): `false`
**ColorModes/ColorMode-dark/name** (QString): `Dark`
**ColorModes/ColorMode-dark/systemIconTheme** (bool): `false`
**ColorModes/ColorMode-light/darkMode** (bool): `false`
**ColorModes/ColorMode-light/darkModeColors** (bool): `false`
**ColorModes/ColorMode-light/darkModeIconTheme** (bool): `false`
**ColorModes/ColorMode-light/darkModeTrayIcon** (bool): `false`
**ColorModes/ColorMode-light/editorColorSchemaKey** (QString): `EditorColorSchema-6033d61b-cb96-46d5-a3a8-20d5172017eb`
**ColorModes/ColorMode-light/internalIconTheme** (bool): `false`
**ColorModes/ColorMode-light/name** (QString): `Light`
**ColorModes/ColorMode-light/systemIconTheme** (bool): `false`
**ColorModes/currentId** (QString): `ColorMode-dark`
**ColorModes/ids** (QStringList): `ColorMode-light, ColorMode-dark`
**Debug/fakeOldVersionNumber** (bool): `false`
**Debug/fileLogging** (bool): `false`
**DistractionFreeMode/hideStatusBar** (bool): `false`
**Editor/CurrentSchemaKey** (QString): `EditorColorSchema-cdbf28fc-1ddc-4d13-bb21-6a4043316a2f`
**Editor/autoBracketClosing** (bool): `true`
**Editor/autoBracketRemoval** (bool): `true`
**Editor/disableCursorBlinking** (bool): `false`
**Editor/editorWidthInDFMOnly** (bool): `true`
**Editor/hangingIndent** (bool): `false`
**Editor/headingFolding** (bool): `false`
**Editor/hideFormattingSyntax** (bool): `false`
**Editor/highlightCurrentLine** (bool): `true`
**Editor/indentSize** (int): `4`
**Editor/markdownLspArguments** (QStringList): *empty*
**Editor/markdownLspCommand** (QString): `marksman`
**Editor/markdownLspEnabled** (bool): `false`
**Editor/removeTrailingSpaces** (bool): `false`
**Editor/showLineNumbers** (bool): `false`
**Editor/showMarkdownImagePreviews** (bool): `true`
**Editor/useTabIndent** (bool): `false`
**Editor/vimMode** (bool): `false`
**Editor/wikiLinkFileNameAutoSelect** (bool): `false`
**Editor/wikiLinkSupport** (bool): `false`
**IssueAssistantDialog/geometry** (QByteArray): `<binary data>`
**LastUpdateCheck** (QDateTime): `2026-04-13T11:58:42.436`
**LogWidget/criticalLog** (bool): `true`
**LogWidget/debugLog** (bool): `true`
**LogWidget/fatalLog** (bool): `true`
**LogWidget/infoLog** (bool): `true`
**LogWidget/scriptingLog** (bool): `true`
**LogWidget/statusLog** (bool): `true`
**LogWidget/warningLog** (bool): `true`
**MainWindow/mainToolBar.iconSize** (int): `24`
**MainWindow/noteTextEdit.code.font** (QString): `monospace,9,-1,2,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1`
**MainWindow/noteTextEdit.font** (QString): `Sans Serif,9,-1,5,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1`
**MainWindow/noteTextView.code.font** (QString): `monospace,9,-1,2,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1`
**MainWindow/noteTextView.font** (QString): `Sans Serif,9,-1,5,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1`
**MainWindow/noteTextView.ignoreCodeFontSize** (bool): `true`
**MainWindow/noteTextView.refreshDebounceTime** (int): `600`
**MainWindow/noteTextView.rtl** (bool): `false`
**MainWindow/noteTextView.underline** (bool): `false`
**MainWindow/noteTextView.useEditorStyles** (bool): `true`
**MainWindow/noteTextView.useInternalExportStyling** (bool): `true`
**NoteFolder-1/NoteTabNameList** (QStringList): `Welcome to QOwnNotes`
**NoteFolder-1/NoteTabStickinessList** (QStringList): *empty*
**NoteFolder-1/NoteTabSubFolderPathDataList** (QStringList): *empty*
**PiwikClientId** (QString): `<hidden>`
**SearchEngineId** (int): `0`
**SettingsDialog/geometry** (QByteArray): `<binary data>`
**SettingsDialog/mainSplitterState** (QByteArray): `<binary data>`
**ShowSystemTray** (bool): `false`
**StartHidden** (bool): `false`
**UpdateDialog/geometry** (QByteArray): `<binary data>`
**WelcomeDialog/geometry** (QByteArray): `<binary data>`
**acceptAllExternalModifications** (bool): `false`
**ai/autocompleteEnabled** (bool): `false`
**ai/groq/apiKey** (QString): `<hidden>`
**ai/mcpServerEnabled** (bool): `false`
**ai/mcpServerPort** (int): `22226`
**ai/mcpServerToken** (QString): `AwIAkeP5g+CWw/cOCyRPDWo6M/Hf8Ifjs+buMSMFYw50NS2jpg==`
**ai/openai/apiKey** (QString): `<hidden>`
**ai/responseTimeout** (int): `15`
**allowEmptyNotes** (bool): `true`
**allowNoteEditing** (bool): `true`
**allowOnlyOneAppInstance** (bool): `true`
**appMetrics/disableAppHeartbeat** (bool): `false`
**appMetrics/disableTracking** (bool): `false`
**appMetrics/notificationShown** (bool): `true`
**autoReadOnlyMode** (bool): `false`
**autoReadOnlyModeTimeout** (int): `30`
**automaticNoteFolderDatabaseClosing** (bool): `false`
**checkSpelling** (bool): `true`
**closeTodoListAfterSave** (bool): `false`
**cryptoKey** (qlonglong): `<hidden>`
**currentNoteFolderId** (int): `1`
**currentWorkspace** (QString): `initial`
**cursorWidth** (int): `1`
**darkMode** (bool): `true`
**darkModeColors** (bool): `true`
**darkModeIconTheme** (bool): `true`
**darkModeTrayIcon** (bool): `true`
**defaultNoteFileExtension** (QString): `md`
**demoNotesCreated** (bool): `true`
**disableAutomaticUpdateDialog** (bool): `false`
**disableSavedSearchesAutoCompletion** (bool): `false`
**dockWasInitializedOnce** (bool): `true`
**enableNoteChecksumChecks** (bool): `false`
**enableNoteTree** (bool): `false`
**enableReadOnlyMode** (bool): `true`
**enableSocketServer** (bool): `true`
**enableWebAppSupport** (bool): `false`
**externalEditorPath** (QString): *empty*
**fullyHighlightedBlockquotes** (bool): `false`
**gitCommitInterval** (int): `30`
**gitExecutablePath** (QString): *empty*
**gitLogCommand** (QString): *empty*
**guiFirstRunInit** (bool): `true`
**hideIconsInMenus** (bool): `false`
**hideTabCloseButton** (bool): `false`
**ignoreAllExternalModifications** (bool): `false`
**ignoreAllExternalNoteFolderChanges** (bool): `false`
**ignoreNoteSubFolders** (QString): `^\.`
**ignoredNoteFiles** (QString): *empty*
**imageScaleDown** (bool): `false`
**imageScaleDownMaximumHeight** (int): `1024`
**imageScaleDownMaximumWidth** (int): `1024`
**initialLayoutIdentifier** (QString): `minimal`
**insertTimeFormat** (QString): *empty*
**interfaceFontSize** (int): `11`
**interfaceLanguage** (QString): *empty*
**interfaceScalingFactor** (int): `100`
**internalIconTheme** (bool): `false`
**itemHeight** (int): `17`
**languageToolApiKey** (QString): *empty*
**languageToolCheckDelay** (int): `1500`
**languageToolEnabled** (bool): `false`
**languageToolEnabledCategories** (QStringList): `TYPOS, GRAMMAR, STYLE, REDUNDANCY, PUNCTUATION, TYPOGRAPHY`
**languageToolLanguage** (QString): `auto`
**languageToolServerUrl** (QString): `http://localhost:8081`
**legacyLinking** (bool): `false`
**localTrash/autoCleanupDays** (int): `30`
**localTrash/autoCleanupEnabled** (bool): `true`
**localTrash/supportEnabled** (bool): `true`
**markdownHighlightingEnabled** (bool): `true`
**maxNoteFileSize** (int): `1048576`
**navigationPanelAutoSelect** (bool): `true`
**navigationPanelHideSearch** (bool): `false`
**networking/ignoreSSLErrors** (bool): `true`
**networking/proxyType** (int): `2`
**newNoteAskHeadline** (bool): `false`
**noteEditIsCentralWidget** (bool): `true`
**noteFileExtensionList** (QStringList): `md, txt`
**noteListPreview** (bool): `false`
**noteSaveIntervalTime** (int): `10`
**noteSearchPanelOpenCreatedNotesInNewTab** (bool): `false`
**noteSubfoldersPanelDisplayAsFullTree** (bool): `false`
**noteSubfoldersPanelHideSearch** (bool): `false`
**noteSubfoldersPanelOrder** (int): `0`
**noteSubfoldersPanelShowFullPath** (bool): `false`
**noteSubfoldersPanelShowNotesRecursively** (bool): `false`
**noteSubfoldersPanelShowRootFolderName** (bool): `false`
**noteSubfoldersPanelSort** (int): `1`
**noteSubfoldersPanelTabsUnsetAllNotesSelection** (bool): `false`
**notesPanelOrder** (int): `1`
**notesPanelSort** (int): `1`
**notesPath** (QString): `Notes`
**notifyAllExternalModifications** (bool): `false`
**overrideInterfaceFontSize** (bool): `false`
**overrideInterfaceScalingFactor** (bool): `false`
**ownCloud/supportEnabled** (bool): `false`
**ownCloud/todoCalendarBackend** (int): `3`
**ownCloud/todoCalendarCalDAVPassword** (QString): `<hidden>`
**ownCloud/todoCalendarCalDAVServerUrl** (QString): *empty*
**ownCloud/todoCalendarCalDAVUsername** (QString): *empty*
**ownCloud/todoCalendarCloudConnectionId** (int): `1`
**ownCloud/todoCalendarDisplayNameList** (QStringList): *empty*
**ownCloud/todoCalendarEnabledList** (QStringList): *empty*
**ownCloud/todoCalendarEnabledUrlList** (QStringList): *empty*
**ownCloud/todoCalendarUrlList** (QStringList): *empty*
**restoreCursorPosition** (bool): `true`
**restoreLastNoteAtStartup** (bool): `true`
**restoreNoteTabs** (bool): `true`
**showMatches** (bool): `true`
**showMenuBar** (bool): `true`
**showStatusBar** (bool): `true`
**showStatusBarNotePath** (bool): `true`
**showStatusBarRelativeNotePath** (bool): `false`
**spellCheckLanguage** (QString): `auto`
**startInReadOnlyMode** (bool): `false`
**systemIconTheme** (bool): `false`
**taggingShowNotesRecursively** (bool): `false`
**tagsPanelHideNoteCount** (bool): `false`
**tagsPanelHideSearch** (bool): `false`
**tagsPanelOrder** (int): `0`
**tagsPanelSort** (int): `0`
**todoCalendarSupport** (bool): `true`
**useNoteFolderButtons** (bool): `false`
**useUNIXNewline** (bool): `false`
**webAppClientService/serverUrl** (QString): `wss://app.qownnotes.org`
**webAppClientService/token** (QString): `<hidden>`
**webSocketServerService/bookmarkSuggestionApiEnabled** (bool): `false`
**webSocketServerService/bookmarkSuggestionApiPort** (int): `22224`
**webSocketServerService/bookmarkSuggestionApiToken** (QString): `<hidden>`
**webSocketServerService/bookmarksNoteName** (QString): `Bookmarks`
**webSocketServerService/bookmarksTag** (QString): `bookmarks`
**webSocketServerService/commandSnippetsNoteName** (QString): `Commands`
**webSocketServerService/commandSnippetsTag** (QString): `commands`
**webSocketServerService/port** (int): `22222`
**workspace-initial/name** (QString): `Minimal`
**workspace-initial/noteEditIsCentralWidget** (QString): `true`
**workspace-initial/noteSubFolderDockWidgetVisible** (QString): `true`
**workspace-initial/windowState** (QByteArray): `<binary data>`
**workspaces** (QStringList): `initial`

## System environment

**APPDIR**: `/tmp/.mount_QOwnNokGxE9u`
**APPIMAGE**: `/home/user/Downloads/tmp/QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage`
**ARGV0**: `./QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage`
**COLORFGBG**: `15;0`
**COLORTERM**: `truecolor`
**DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS**: `unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus`
**DEBUGINFOD_URLS**: `https://debuginfod.archlinux.org `
**DESKTOP_SESSION**: `/usr/share/wayland-sessions/plasma.desktop`
**DISPLAY**: `:0`
**GTK2_RC_FILES**: `/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/user/.gtkrc-2.0:/home/user/.config/gtkrc-2.0`
**GTK_RC_FILES**: `/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/user/.gtkrc:/home/user/.config/gtkrc`
**HG**: `/usr/bin/hg`
**HISTCONTROL**: `ignoreboth`
**HOME**: `/home/user`
**ICEAUTHORITY**: `/run/user/1000/iceauth_Qepmsd`
**INVOCATION_ID**: `58885a1363ab471092fc8f0dfc76348b`
**JOURNAL_STREAM**: `9:19222`
**KDE_APPLICATIONS_AS_SCOPE**: `1`
**KDE_FULL_SESSION**: `true`
**KDE_SESSION_UID**: `1000`
**KDE_SESSION_VERSION**: `6`
**KONSOLE_DBUS_ACTIVATION_COOKIE**: `64xp99t+rMsOs51JGKo8WHZFjt9kqeFWBf2Jzc3jGxI=`
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**KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION**: `/Sessions/1`
**KONSOLE_DBUS_WINDOW**: `/Windows/1`
**KONSOLE_VERSION**: `251203`
**LANG**: `en_US.UTF-8`
**LANGUAGE**: *empty*
**LOGNAME**: `user`
**MAIL**: `/var/spool/mail/user`
**MANAGERPID**: `921`
**MANAGERPIDFDID**: `922`
**MEMORY_PRESSURE_WATCH**: `/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/plasma-plasmashell.service/memory.pressure`
**MEMORY_PRESSURE_WRITE**: `c29tZSAyMDAwMDAgMjAwMDAwMAA=`
**MOTD_SHOWN**: `pam`
**OWD**: `/home/user/Downloads/tmp`
**PATH**: `/home/user/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/home/user/.local/share/flatpak/exports/bin:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/opt/rocm/bin`
**PROFILEHOME**: *empty*
**PWD**: `/home/user/Downloads/tmp`
**QML_DISABLE_DISK_CACHE**: `true`
**QT_WAYLAND_RECONNECT**: `1`
**ROCM_PATH**: `/opt/rocm`
**SESSION_MANAGER**: `local/archlinux:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1196,unix/archlinux:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1196`
**SHELL**: `/usr/bin/bash`
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**SHLVL**: `1`
**SYSTEMD_EXEC_PID**: `1240`
**TERM**: `xterm-256color`
**USER**: `user`
**WAYLAND_DISPLAY**: `wayland-0`
**WINDOWID**: `94168493814192`
**XAUTHORITY**: `/run/user/1000/xauth_HzptOm`
**XDG_CONFIG_DIRS**: `/home/user/.config/kdedefaults:/etc/xdg`
**XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP**: `KDE`
**XDG_DATA_DIRS**: `/home/user/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share`
**XDG_MENU_PREFIX**: `plasma-`
**XDG_RUNTIME_DIR**: `/run/user/1000`
**XDG_SEAT**: `seat0`
**XDG_SEAT_PATH**: `/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0`
**XDG_SESSION_CLASS**: `user`
**XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP**: `KDE`
**XDG_SESSION_ID**: `1`
**XDG_SESSION_PATH**: `/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0`
**XDG_SESSION_TYPE**: `wayland`
**XDG_VTNR**: `1`
**XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT**: `us`
**XKB_DEFAULT_MODEL**: `pc105+inet`
**XKB_DEFAULT_OPTIONS**: `terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp`
**_JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING**: `1`
</details>

I kept noticing this when I was debugging the previous issues and could not pinpoint the cause or a way to reproduce it until now.
I used `watch grep -i searchengineid QOwnNotes.ini` to monitor the setting and find when it was happening.

I was able to reproduce this with the Flatpak and AppImage versions.

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Expected behaviour

Actual behaviour

Steps to reproduce

Relevant log output in the Log panel

Information about the application, settings and environment

QOwnNotes Debug Information

General Info

Server Info

Spellchecking

Note folders

Note folder `default`

Cloud connections

Cloud connection `Default`

Enabled scripts

Settings

System environment

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Uh oh!

[I] Search Engine is changed to Google when settings are applied without change. #3562

Description

Expected behaviour

Actual behaviour

Steps to reproduce

Relevant log output in the Log panel

Information about the application, settings and environment

QOwnNotes Debug Information

General Info

Server Info

Spellchecking

Note folders

Note folder default

Cloud connections

Cloud connection Default

Enabled scripts

Settings

System environment

Metadata

Metadata

Assignees

Labels

Projects

Milestone

Relationships

Development

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Note folder `default`

Cloud connection `Default`