From 923dedc9bb88bdba6ad2edeff9816d0ca8531400 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Priya Patel <priya.patel@hashicorp.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:31:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix:=20=F0=9F=90=9B=20hides=20preferred=20clien?=
 =?UTF-8?q?ts=20section=20for=20linux=20(#3241)?=
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---
 .../routes/scopes/scope/projects/settings/index.js  |  2 ++
 .../scopes/scope/projects/settings/index.hbs        |  4 +++-
 .../acceptance/projects/settings/index-test.js      | 13 +++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/settings/index.js b/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/settings/index.js
index 400a51677..59d2b3a80 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/settings/index.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/settings/index.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export default class ScopesScopeProjectsSettingsIndexRoute extends Route {
     const logLevel = await window.desktop.logging.getLogLevel();
     const logPath = await window.desktop.logging.getLogPath();
     const serverInformation = this.clusterUrl.rendererClusterUrl;
+    const { isLinux } = await window.desktop.system.checkOS();
 
     return {
       desktopVersion: `v${desktopVersion}`,
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ export default class ScopesScopeProjectsSettingsIndexRoute extends Route {
       logLevel,
       logPath,
       serverInformation,
+      isLinux,
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/ui/desktop/app/templates/scopes/scope/projects/settings/index.hbs b/ui/desktop/app/templates/scopes/scope/projects/settings/index.hbs
index 0f661c6b5..7ccb91180 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/app/templates/scopes/scope/projects/settings/index.hbs
+++ b/ui/desktop/app/templates/scopes/scope/projects/settings/index.hbs
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@
 <SettingsCard::Application @model={{@model}} @toggle={{this.toggleTheme}} />
 <SettingsCard::ClientAgent @model={{@model}} />
 <SettingsCard::Logs @model={{@model}} />
-<SettingsCard::PreferredClients />
\ No newline at end of file
+{{#unless @model.isLinux}}
+  <SettingsCard::PreferredClients />
+{{/unless}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui/desktop/tests/acceptance/projects/settings/index-test.js b/ui/desktop/tests/acceptance/projects/settings/index-test.js
index 28bd7d033..8fd3f4bc4 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/tests/acceptance/projects/settings/index-test.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/tests/acceptance/projects/settings/index-test.js
@@ -336,4 +336,17 @@ module('Acceptance | projects | settings | index', function (hooks) {
     );
     assert.strictEqual(rdpService.preferredRdpClient, RDP_CLIENT_NONE);
   });
+
+  test('preferred clients is hidden for Linux', async function (assert) {
+    window.desktop.system.checkOS.resolves({
+      isWindows: false,
+      isMac: false,
+      isLinux: true,
+    });
+
+    await visit(urls.settings);
+
+    assert.dom(RDP_PREFERRED_CLIENT).doesNotExist();
+    assert.dom(RDP_RECOMMENDED_CLIENT).doesNotExist();
+  });
 });