selected by default

i think...this happens when your field in which you are saving data is not array type even if you make your ri array ... by default the starting value of the array rule input is only null, not items of null. try saving the value in local variable by declaring the local variable as array [local!temp:{}] and sav the selection to the local variable .. after that you can save the values to the rule input .

We need a bit more information about what you do with your ri!crAPPContracsSavedcdt and your ri!selectedContract txt.

BTW, what is the following code snippet meant to do?

value: {
  addvalue: +1
},