Settings control + L to clear does not work for restart-required settings #20077
Description
What happened?
Set respectGitIgnore to false in settings.json
Open gemini cli
Open /Settings
Go to respectGitIgnore
Press control L
Notice it changes to true
Notice no restart required prompt appear
Exit or dialog or restart app
Open /Settings
Notice it is still false.
What did you expect to happen?
Should reset to default, remove it from settings.json and save that, and ideally show the restart prompt too.
Client information
Client Information
Run gemini to enter the interactive CLI, then run the /about command.
> /about
╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ │
│ About Gemini CLI │
│ │
│ CLI Version 0.30.0-nightly.20260223.c537fd5ae │
│ Git Commit c537fd5ae │
│ Model Auto (Gemini 3) │
│ Sandbox no sandbox │
│ OS linux │
│ Auth Method Logged in with Google (*@gmail.com) │
│ Tier Gemini Code Assist for individuals │
│ Login information
oauth
Anything else we need to know?
part of the settings dialog having unfortunate react patterns, it makes it hard to define the UX neatly
related to #18963