This is related to bug 2003253 [1]. As reported in comment 1, our current "Keyboard layout configuration" criterion [2] specifies where the configured keyboard layout must be honored. It doesn't specify the initial setup utility, which seems like a clear omission, because in that utility you create your system user, connect to wifi, etc, so a correct keyboard layout is definitely important, and is in line with all the other places specified.
I propose to edit the existing criterion and add the following (probably as the second bullet point):
* In the "initial setup" utility (if applicable)
So the final wording would be:
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If a particular keyboard layout has been configured for the system, that keyboard layout must be used:
* When unlocking encrypted storage volumes during boot (but see footnotes)
* In the "initial setup" utility (if applicable)
* When logging in at a console
* When logging in via the default login manager for a release-blocking desktop
* After logging in to a release-blocking desktop, if the user account does not have its own keyboard layout configuration for that desktop (if there is such a user/desktop-specific configuration, it must be used when that user logs in to that desktop)
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Please comment, thank you.