When I log into Rstudio server, it usually takes a long time to load because RStudio server reloads my environment. I do NOT want to restore/reload data into my workspace on startup.
Changing my global & project options doesn't change Rstudio's behavior. "restore .RData into workspace on startup" is not the only global option that is ignored (Rstudio also restores the most recently open project on startup), it's just the only one that I really care about.
Maybe this issue is already solved in the latest RStudio version (v2021.09.1+372). If not, then I think you should file an issue on the GitHub repository.