From e6746493b9b069191b5c72838eaaafc74d569ce3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Bruy <alexander.bruy@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:21:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] provide default value when reading output folder setting to
 generate destination path in Processing (fix #61965)

---
 src/gui/processing/qgsprocessingoutputdestinationwidget.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/gui/processing/qgsprocessingoutputdestinationwidget.cpp b/src/gui/processing/qgsprocessingoutputdestinationwidget.cpp
index 97c3eb85dcb..67205e83366 100644
--- a/src/gui/processing/qgsprocessingoutputdestinationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/processing/qgsprocessingoutputdestinationwidget.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "qgsprocessingcontext.h"
 #include "qgsprocessingalgorithm.h"
 #include "qgsfieldmappingwidget.h"
+#include "qgsapplication.h"
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QInputDialog>
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ QVariant QgsProcessingLayerOutputDestinationWidget::value() const
     if ( folder == '.' )
     {
       // output name does not include a folder - use default
-      QString defaultFolder = settings.value( QStringLiteral( "/Processing/Configuration/OUTPUTS_FOLDER" ) ).toString();
+      QString defaultFolder = settings.value( QStringLiteral( "/Processing/Configuration/OUTPUTS_FOLDER" ), QStringLiteral( "%1/processing/outputs" ).arg( QgsApplication::qgisSettingsDirPath() ) ).toString();
       key = QDir( defaultFolder ).filePath( key );
     }
   }