To reproduce:
- set the auto-refresh to ON and ensure it works
- save the dashboard to ES
- Click on Dashboard control's widget "Set as My Default"
- Force a browser refresh of the page
-> eventhough the auto-refresh checkbox appears checked (enabled), it doesn't actually do anything.
Workaround:
if I uncheck and recheck the Auto-refersh box it eventually starts to auto-refresh again.
Seems the state of that flag/var is not properly saved or at least the check-mark box is out of sync with reality.