I’m just going to reiterate that the “mute” function should trigger mute on the channels being controlled, not turn off automation on the VCA. The current implementation is inconsistent in every way.
If they’re either not going to make “mute” into an actual mute audio function, I’d rather they get rid of that button completely - in both places, or relabel it into something that makes sense, in case someone actually uses it the way it is now rather than just deselecting “read” automation.