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It is, usb4 and thunderbolt are (as I understand) extensions of the pcie bus or something, so they do require escalated security permissions in all operating systems.
macOS desktops auto approve, laptops request permission, and windows does its own approval.
Linux requires approval until you set your computer’s security settings, but I think it only approves on user level security by default (hence the gnome issue).
I’m also not an expert, so if your device shows up in boltctl as approved it could very well be a different issue. I’ve only done this on amd.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Thunderbolt
I don’t know why I didn’t look at this link earlier, arch wiki has some good troubleshooting tips