Installed gnome-control-center, gnome-control-center-data, gnome-
control-center-faces version 1:46.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 in Ubuntu 24.04.1
LTS.

Performed the steps from the Test Plan.

I verified that opening the "Privacy & Security" panel does not reset
the idle-time to 0 anymore.

** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-noble
** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-noble

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Title:
  Screen Blank delay (idle-delay) is set to zero (uint32 0) on clicking
  Privacy & Security tab in Settings

Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in gnome-control-center source package in Noble:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [ Impact ]

  I usually set the lock delay to 30 minutes, and do it via gsettings
  since GNOME Settings allows values of 15 min max.

  This value is reset to "uint32 0" (zero) when I click the tab Privacy
  & Security in GNOME Settings. Since the change happens silently the
  user will not be aware of it.

  This is fixed by ensuring that custom idle-delay values, not listed in the
  `Privacy & Security -> Screen Lock -> Blank Screen Delay` drop-down, are 
handled
  gracefully. If the value is not in the list, the drop-down will default to
  showing no selection instead of falling back to zero.

  [ Test Plan ]

  * Open terminal and set a custom delay value (30 min in this case):

    $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 1800

  * Open GNOME Settings and click "Privacy & Security"

  * Verify that the idle-delay value has remained the same

    $ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay
    uint32 1800

  [ Where problems could occur ]

  The scope of the change is limited to the `Blank Screen Delay` and `Automatic
  Screen Lock Delay` settings. A bug may prevent these options to be set, or at
  worst crash the Settings app.

  [ Other Info ]

  The option to lock the screen after a delay can be set in (at least)
  three different locations:

  1. Settings -> Power -> Screen Blank

  2. Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Screen Lock -> Blank Screen Delay

  3. $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 1800

  (1 and 2 are drop-down lists going from "Never" up to "15 minutes". In
  3, I used "1800" = 30 min.)

  The issue only happens when I click the tab "Privacy & Settings" (I
  believe this tab is new in Ubuntu 24.04, I don't recall seeing it in
  20.04 or 22.04). I can click all other tabs, including the tab
  "Power", without problem.

  I was able to replicate the issue in another laptop, also with Ubuntu
  24.04.

  Machine details:
  ----------------------------------------
  $ lsb_release -rd
  No LSB modules are available.
  Description:  Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
  Release:      24.04

  $ apt-cache policy gnome-shell
  gnome-shell:
    Installed: 46.0-0ubuntu6~24.04.5
    Candidate: 46.0-0ubuntu6~24.04.5
    Version table:
   *** 46.0-0ubuntu6~24.04.5 500
          500 http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 
Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       46.0-0ubuntu6~24.04.3 500
          500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/main amd64 
Packages
       46.0-0ubuntu5 500
          500 http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages

  $ apt-cache policy gnome-screensaver
  gnome-screensaver:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 3.6.1-13ubuntu4
    Version table:
       3.6.1-13ubuntu4 500
          500 http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages

  Note I thought the idle-delay was part of package gnome-screensaver
  but it turns out I don't even have it installed. The package
  description says "This package is not necessary in the GNOME desktop
  environment, because GNOME Shell contains its own screen lock
  implementation. (...)" so I filled this bug under gnome-shell.

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