Trying to override XDEBUG.INI options through Website PHP Options but not working properly

Hi,I installed XDEBUG extendion for PHP 8.1 and configure the site to use PHP-FPM, then I configured the xdebug.ini file for PHP 8.1: /etc/php/8.1/fpm/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini as follows:

zend_extension=xdebug.so
xdebug.mode = off
xdebug.client_host = 0.0.0.0
xdebug.connect_timeout_ms = 500
xdebug.log = "/var/log/xdebug.log"
xdebug.log_level=2
xdebug.start_with_request = yes​

With the intent of overriding some parameters in a specific website running PHP 8.1 within the Website Configuration PHP Options like so for example:

xdebug.mode = debug
xdebug.connect_timeout_ms = 200​

The problem is although the xdebug parameters are overriden as shown by xdebug_info() and phpinfo() functions, XDEBUG Features are not toggled as they should be.
In this case I am trying to switch the Step Debugger "ON" from the default 'OFF' set in /etc/php/8.1/fpm/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini but for some reason although the xdebug.mode parameter changes, the Step Debugger feature does not get enabled. I have to switch it in /etc/php/8.1/fpm/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini for it get enabled.

Is there a way to make this work through PHP Options or must I really make the changes in the /etc/php/8.1/fpm/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini file?

 

In case some else stumbles onto this issue, per XDEBUG documentation:
https://xdebug.org/docs/all_settings#xdebug.mode
This setting can only be set in php.ini or files like 99-xdebug.ini that are read when a PHP process starts (directly, or through php-fpm). You can not set this value in .htaccess and .user.ini files, which are read per-request, nor through php_admin_value as used in Apache VHOSTs and PHP-FPM pools.