In desktop, 'Recent Sources' is not retaining new sources

[kerryo]

I have found that the "Recent sources" menu in Power BI Desktop is not working (at least not as I expected), steps to replicate the issue:

• Open Power BI Desktop
• Click on "Get Data"
• Get data from any data source (In my example a Snowflake connection) and load it into Power BI Desktop
• Click on “Recent sources” in the “Home” section of the ribbon.
• The “Most recent” displays the Snowflake connection as expected.
• Click on “More…”
• The “Recent Sources” modal dialog is displayed showing the new connection.
• Save the .pbix file.
• Close Power BI Desktop
• Open Power BI Desktop & load the previous pbix file
• Click on “Recent Sources”.
• PBI Desktop displays a the “Recent Sources” modal MINUS the new connection...

Version: 2.144.1155.0 64-bit (June 2025)

[mmyers2]

Recently migrated to Snowflake, and have the same issue. Very frustrating to have to enter the connection details every time when trying to convert many reports, and when creating new ones.