This is the same bug as [0], except this is related to consumer.conf and the config defaults are kept in pulp/client_consumer/pulp/client/consumer/config.py. I recommend a similar resolution as [0]. [0]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165346
Document how this works in consumer.conf
Moved to https://pulp.plan.io/issues/622