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/settings restart prompt shows even when no restart required settings are different #18980

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@psinha40898

What happened?

/settings
Toggle a restart required setting
Observe the restart prompt
Toggle it back to what it was
Observe the restart prompt does not go away

What did you expect to happen?

users should only be prompted to restart if it will do something for their user experience.

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Run gemini to enter the interactive CLI, then run the /about command.

> /about
#│                                                                                                                                                  │
│ CLI Version                                       0.30.0-nightly.20260212.207ac6f2d                                                              │
│ Git Commit                                        207ac6f2d                                                                                      │
│ Model                                             gemini-3-flash-preview                                                                         │
│ Sandbox                                           no sandbox                                                                                     │
│ OS                                                linux                                                                                          │
│ Auth Method                                       Logged in with Google (***@gmail.com)                                                │
│ Tier                                              Gemini Code Assist for individuals   

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