What were you trying to do that didn't work?

Define and start a vm, update vm inactive xml, then migrate vm with --persistent and without --p2p. After migration succeeds, check inactive xml on target host, it doesn't show the updated elements.

Please provide the package NVR for which bug is seen:

libvirt-10.0.0-4.el9.x86_64

How reproducible:

100%

Steps to reproduce

1. Define and start a vm
2. Update the vm inactive xml, for example, change graphics autoport from yes to no:

# cat vnc.xml 
<graphics type="vnc" port="5903" autoport="no" listen="127.0.0.1">
  <listen type="address" address="127.0.0.1"/>
</graphics>

# virsh update-device fjin vnc.xml --config 
Device updated successfully

# virsh dumpxml fjin --xpath //graphics --inactive
<graphics type="vnc" port="-1" autoport="yes" listen="127.0.0.1">
  <listen type="address" address="127.0.0.1"/>
</graphics>

1. Migrate vm with --persistent and without --p2p

# virsh migrate --live fjin qemu+tcp://<target_host_address>system --undefinesource --persistent

1. Check inactive vm xml on target host

# virsh dumpxml fjin --inactive --xpath //graphics
<graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes'>  
    <listen type='address'/>  
</graphics>

Expected results

The inactive vm xml on target host should show vnc autoport=no

Actual results

The inactive vm xml on target host shows vnc autoport=yes

Additional info

1. p2p migration with --persistent works well
2. libvirt-9.10.0-1.el9.x86_64 works well