maintain association

I stumbled across something that is inexplicable and baffles me. First off, I’m (still) using Alibre Design Expert v24 (build 24044). I’d be interested if a) this weird behavior occurs in later versions, too, and b) if someone with v24 can also replicate the issue. Steps to replicate: 1)...

I have to click 'maintain association' everytime I project to sketch, can't think of an occasion I have chosen to not select it. Am I missing something? If not a preferences setting, toggle or making it a persistent choice would be handy.