In a new document, enable Edit -> Track Changes -> Record, save it as FODT, and reload. => Record changes is disabled. This is fine when using ODT format. Observed in LO 7.4.0.0.alpha0+ (8279d89d6e037def78f50c72fab2116ca56bef52), 3.3.0 / Ubuntu. The setting is supposed to be stored in the XML as follows (taken from ODT): <office:body> <office:text> <text:tracked-changes text:track-changes="true"/> This is missing from the FODT, however if this last line is added manually, the setting is imported correctly, thus it's a FILESAVE issue. The relevant code that disables the setting seems to be here: https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlexp.cxx?r=84213a42#283 Added in a 2001 commit: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=6af264883910fe31433b4164b1956f4f9ed75ecb
No repro with this version of LibreOffice: Version: 25.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: cd4498d32867af26e95de84836b724b4f85ba1b0 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 22631); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
I can still reproduce with LO 25.2.0.0.alpha0+ (1565181908a06dcdb8d97d6be8ff773acd1d05cb) / Linux. Please confirm you actually saved the file to FODT format.