diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_management.app.src b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_management.app.src
index f16156c35..0951bee35 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_management.app.src
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_management.app.src
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {application, emqx_management, [
     {description, "EMQX Management API and CLI"},
     % strict semver, bump manually!
-    {vsn, "5.0.29"},
+    {vsn, "5.0.30"},
     {modules, []},
     {registered, [emqx_management_sup]},
     {applications, [kernel, stdlib, emqx_plugins, minirest, emqx, emqx_ctl, emqx_bridge_http]},
diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_clients.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_clients.erl
index d9b6d9bd5..6b4793b1c 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_clients.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_clients.erl
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ set_keepalive(put, #{bindings := #{clientid := ClientID}, body := Body}) ->
         error ->
             {400, 'BAD_REQUEST', "Interval Not Found"};
         {ok, Interval} ->
-            case emqx_mgmt:set_keepalive(emqx_mgmt_util:urldecode(ClientID), Interval) of
+            case emqx_mgmt:set_keepalive(ClientID, Interval) of
                 ok -> lookup(#{clientid => ClientID});
                 {error, not_found} -> {404, ?CLIENTID_NOT_FOUND};
                 {error, Reason} -> {400, #{code => 'PARAMS_ERROR', message => Reason}}
diff --git a/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_actions.erl b/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_actions.erl
index ce74203a4..276f8d0e0 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_actions.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_actions.erl
@@ -45,11 +45,15 @@
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 parse_action(#{function := ActionFunc} = Action) ->
     {Mod, Func} = parse_action_func(ActionFunc),
-    #{
-        mod => Mod,
-        func => Func,
-        args => pre_process_args(Mod, Func, maps:get(args, Action, #{}))
-    }.
+    Res = #{mod => Mod, func => Func},
+    %% builtin_action_console don't have args field.
+    %% Attempting to save args to the console action config could cause validation issues
+    case Action of
+        #{args := Args} ->
+            Res#{args => pre_process_args(Mod, Func, Args)};
+        _ ->
+            Res
+    end.
 
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% callbacks of emqx_rule_action
diff --git a/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_engine.app.src b/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_engine.app.src
index 3a88a3e57..04ba60378 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_engine.app.src
+++ b/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_engine.app.src
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {application, emqx_rule_engine, [
     {description, "EMQX Rule Engine"},
     % strict semver, bump manually!
-    {vsn, "5.0.25"},
+    {vsn, "5.0.26"},
     {modules, []},
     {registered, [emqx_rule_engine_sup, emqx_rule_engine]},
     {applications, [kernel, stdlib, rulesql, getopt, emqx_ctl, uuid]},
diff --git a/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_engine_api.erl b/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_engine_api.erl
index 79be197aa..cb177630b 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_engine_api.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_engine_api.erl
@@ -525,6 +525,10 @@ do_format_action(#{mod := Mod, func := Func, args := Args}) ->
     #{
         function => printable_function_name(Mod, Func),
         args => maps:remove(preprocessed_tmpl, Args)
+    };
+do_format_action(#{mod := Mod, func := Func}) ->
+    #{
+        function => printable_function_name(Mod, Func)
     }.
 
 printable_function_name(emqx_rule_actions, Func) ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_engine_schema.erl b/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_engine_schema.erl
index ba4056421..d0019a1c5 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_engine_schema.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_engine_schema.erl
@@ -98,10 +98,26 @@ fields("builtin_action_republish") ->
     ];
 fields("builtin_action_console") ->
     [
-        {function, ?HOCON(console, #{desc => ?DESC("console_function")})}
+        {function, ?HOCON(console, #{desc => ?DESC("console_function")})},
         %% we may support some args for the console action in the future
-        %, {args, sc(map(), #{desc => "The arguments of the built-in 'console' action",
-        %    default => #{}})}
+
+        %% "args" needs to be a reserved/ignored field in the schema
+        %% to maintain compatibility with rule data that may contain
+        %% it due to a validation bug in previous versions.
+
+        %% The "args" field was not validated by the HOCON schema before 5.2.0,
+        %% which allowed rules to be created with invalid "args" data.
+        %% In 5.2.1 the validation was added,
+        %% so existing rules saved with invalid "args" would now fail validation
+        %% To maintain backward compatibility for existing rule data that may contain invalid "args",
+        %% the field needs to be included in the schema even though it is not a valid field.
+        {args,
+            ?HOCON(map(), #{
+                deprecated => true,
+                importance => ?IMPORTANCE_HIDDEN,
+                desc => "The arguments of the built-in 'console' action",
+                default => #{}
+            })}
     ];
 fields("user_provided_function") ->
     [
diff --git a/apps/emqx_rule_engine/test/emqx_rule_engine_schema_tests.erl b/apps/emqx_rule_engine/test/emqx_rule_engine_schema_tests.erl
index 27dbafdc8..e3cff53e9 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_rule_engine/test/emqx_rule_engine_schema_tests.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_rule_engine/test/emqx_rule_engine_schema_tests.erl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rule_engine.rules.my_rule {
   metadata = {created_at = 1693918992079}
   sql = \"select * from \\\"t/topic\\\" \"
   actions = [
-    {function = console}
+    {function = console, args = {test = 1}}
     { function = republish
       args = {
         payload = \"${.}\"