ctrl-alt-f1 closes all running programs

[themusicgod1]

Since upgrading to Ubuntu 17.10 artful when I go to tty via alt-ctrl-f1, I am presented with a gdm3 login screen. This in and of itself is OK, as long as it's a lock screen. But it's not - all of my running programs were closed(most of them without saving).

This makes the desktop behave similar to a phone, so I could see this as being a potential feature to some...but for those of us running servers and all kinds of programs, with 1000s of tabs open...it's kind of an abrupt surprise to enable by default

end result

actual behaviour:
alt-ctrl-f1 logs out & closes all running applications

desired behaviour:
alt-ctrl-f1 either does nothing (if you are on tty 1) or locks the screen, does not close all running applications.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-shell 3.26.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Oct 29 22:06:55 2017
DisplayManager: gdm3
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.shell' b'favorite-apps' b"['org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'libreoffice-calc.desktop', 'gnome-control-center.desktop', 'org.gnome.Terminal.desktop', 'userapp-New Moon-YU8MZY.desktop', 'onioncircuits.desktop', 'org.gnome.Screenshot.desktop', 'emacs25.desktop', 'ricochet-im.desktop', 'gpa.desktop', 'org.gnome.Cheese.desktop']"
 b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'cursor-blink-time' b'1264'
 b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-18 (194 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
JournalErrors:
 Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority=warning', '--lines=1000'] failed with exit code 1: Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.
       Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
       turn off this notice.
 No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions.
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-19 (10 days ago)

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I'm not sure this is a bug. In Ubuntu 17.10 the login screen is ALWAYS running on VT #1, which you will reach with Ctrl+Alt+F1. That does not mean it's closed anything though. Try Ctrl+Alt+F2 to get back to your session (running on VT #2) with the programs still running.

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