Default working directory is not saved

[gaksaray]

Description

Default working directory is set to a different folder than user home. But launching new session reverts to user home. Launching Jupyterlab from terminal by jlab --working-dir [directory] does launch a session in directory but launching it from the app reverts is back to user home.

Reproduce

1. Launch Jupyterlab Desktop
2. Settings → Server → Default working directory: /Users/[username]/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox
3. Apply & restart
4. New session → Starts in home folder

Expected behavior

To be able to set the default working directory and have Jupyterlab launch in that folder every time

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[mbektas]

@gaksaray thanks for reporting this. I am able to reproduce the issue. It must have been broken during a refactoring. We will patch it in the next version.