working-directory = home not honored on MacOS

[gniting]

On MacOS, when I open a brand new session/window, I expect the working directory to be "home" but Ghostty starts up in the directory that I was in when the last session/window closed out. However, a new tab opened in the new session will open in the home directory.

MacOS version: 15.2 (24C101)

Ghostty config:

auto-update = download
auto-update-channel = stable
background-blur-radius = 40
background-opacity = 0.90
bold-is-bright = true
confirm-close-surface = false
cursor-color = #91c6c9
cursor-style-blink = false
font-family = JetBrains Mono
font-family = Symbols Nerd Font Mono
font-size = 11.5
foreground = #c0caf5
macos-icon-frame = chrome
macos-titlebar-proxy-icon = visible
macos-titlebar-style = tabs
macos-window-shadow = false
palette = 11=#786646
quit-after-last-window-closed = true
resize-overlay = always
resize-overlay-position = top-right
selection-invert-fg-bg = true
shell-integration = zsh
shell-integration-features = title
shell-integration-features = no-cursor
theme = ayu
window-inherit-working-directory = true
window-new-tab-position = end
window-padding-balance = true
window-save-state = always
window-title-font-family = JetBrains Mono
working-directory = home

[gniting]

Answering my own question in case anyone else runs into this.

Essentially, the option: window-save-state = always will conflict with the option working-directory = home cause the saved state will override it.

In addition, if you have this system preference turned off, then it acts as a double whammy.

Solution:
Set window-save-state = never and set a default window width and height for Ghostty. That should get you moving along the right path of having Ghostty start with a particular size and always in the startup directory of your choosing.