How to configure + connect to the new headless gnome-remote-desktop service?

Hi! I see that Gnome 46 is adding support for a single-user headless login via RDP. Excellent! I’ve bumped a testing VM to Fedora 40-beta and pulled in a beta build of Gnome 46. I’ve enabled the gnome-remote-desktop service:

systemctl enable --user --now gnome-remote-desktop

I tried connecting with an RDP client on port 3389, but nothing is currently listening. Is there any documentation for this functionality yet? I’ve been looking at Adapt the Remote Desktop panel for headless sessions (being able to configure the g-r-d system daemon) (#2827) · Issues · GNOME / Settings · GitLab but I don’t see what I’m missing.

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