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Please be so kind as to read my full post before responding.
This is just a re-post of an idea I submitted
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/PowerApps-Ideas/Add-option-to-make-controls-properties-immutable-in-particular/idi-p/261581
to increase its reach and chances that someone who is able to change something reads it.
Thank you for your consideration.

When editing PowerApps, I have sometimes come across the issue, that my configuration of properties of some controls gets automatically changed/overwritten upon something (I don't know what) happening when saving/reloading the PowerApp, refresh/change of a DataSource, introducing Error in OnStart, automatic "optimization"...

In one PowerApp, the SearchField property of one ComboBox gets overwritten by nonsense, every single time I load the PowerApp for editing.
For automatic ComboBox re-configuration see also:
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/General-Discussion/Text-input-DisplayFields-and-SearchFields-loosing-formula/m-p/190806
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/PowerApps-Ideas/ComboBox-preserving-DisplayFields-and-SearchFields-formulas/idc-p/261562

This is highly annoying.
I don't understand at all, why automatically overwriting user/developer configuration without confirmation by the user/developer is a feature of PowerApps.

Please add an option to disable "automatic re-configuration/optimization" by PowerApps, or maybe easier, make immutable or lock properties of controls.