there is one more point that may need clarification and which may be at the root of the original post
the 'default' setting applied in Tool Prefs Defaults ONLY applies when using the Place Via command
if instead you are manually routing a board and the * key when changing layers then the via in the Via routing style is used and it does not carry the tenting attribute even if it matches the size & hole of the default via
Great point and I betcha that is the root cause.
Ian
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