Thank you for confirming the general behaviour. For crash-recovery safety, we still need an answer from identifiable Zerodha staff for this exact case: a directly placed regular NSE MIS SL-M order with validity=DAY and market_protection=-1.
Please …
Related reports appear in comments 52199 and 52251. One reports market_protection: 0 despite protection appearing active in Kite; the other says protected orders may be shown as LIMIT after conversion.
Please confirm whether either behavior applies…