Can't enable record ready without hearing input

I swear that since I started using Ardour, enabling record on a track didn’t automatically send the signal through, but I can’t click the record button without the “In” button getting a boarder, showing it’s active but not individually selected. When I disable record ready, the boarder goes back to “Disk” and stays there. It’s just an auto swap between the two modes, but I don’t know what I hit to enable it and despite it being a simple fix in theory, I can’t find the setting to change it back.
Not my brightest moment lol

There are 3 Setting that control the overall behavior:

  • Hardware/Software monitoring (Window > Audio/MIDI Setup)
  • Auto Input (Session > Properties, or Menu > Transport > Auto Input)
  • Auto Input does ‘talkback’ (Edit > Preferences)

a matrix describing the results can be found in The Ardour Manual - Ardour Monitor Modes

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