It sounds like you have a bigger issue here. Asking libvirt to create a VM that destroys on poweroff and then having it do that is not a bug. But perhaps there is a bug in how you ended up with that XML?
> As you might know, that's it a default setting of vm... Really? I am not aware of this. Please could you provide step by step instructions to reproduce the creation of a VM where a subsequent exported XML ended up with "<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>" contrary to your expectations? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1381383 Title: Vm destroyed when created virsh create without --autodestroy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/1381383/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs