diff --git a/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/codex.ts b/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/codex.ts
index d1b27930..a8d9b0b4 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/codex.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/codex.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ export class CodexAdapter implements AgentAdapter {
       installed: Boolean(await findCommand(context, "codex")),
       configured,
       activation: this.activation,
-      restartRequired: configured,
       details: configured
         ? ["Restart Codex CLI or Codex Desktop after changing this connection."]
         : [],
diff --git a/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/dsh.ts b/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/dsh.ts
index 1d03561c..eec7c40a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/dsh.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/dsh.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ export class DshAdapter implements AgentAdapter {
       installed,
       configured,
       activation: this.activation,
-      restartRequired: false,
       details: ["DSH settings are hot-reloaded.", "DSH is currently a developer preview."],
     });
   }
diff --git a/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/hermes.ts b/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/hermes.ts
index 66c34499..f8f915bd 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/hermes.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/hermes.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ export class HermesAdapter implements AgentAdapter {
       installed: Boolean(hermes),
       configured: hasHermesConfig(config),
       activation: this.activation,
-      restartRequired: false,
       details: hermes
         ? hasHermesConfig(config)
           ? ["New Hermes chats use ClawRouter; an open session switches with /model."]
diff --git a/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/openclaw.ts b/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/openclaw.ts
index f8cdb2e7..33a959b9 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/openclaw.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/openclaw.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ export class OpenClawAdapter implements AgentAdapter {
       installed,
       configured: hasOpenClawConfig(config),
       activation: this.activation,
-      restartRequired: hasOpenClawConfig(config),
       details: installed
         ? hasOpenClawConfig(config)
           ? ["Restart the OpenClaw gateway after changing this connection."]
diff --git a/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/pi.ts b/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/pi.ts
index c286ac46..dcfdbb1f 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/pi.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/pi.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ export class PiAdapter implements AgentAdapter {
       installed: Boolean(await findCommand(context, "pi")),
       configured,
       activation: this.activation,
-      restartRequired: false,
       details: configured
         ? [
             "Open /model (or press Ctrl+L) in Pi to use or refresh ClawRouter models; no restart is needed.",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/shared.ts b/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/shared.ts
index 52841aef..878bc0fd 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/shared.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/electron/adapters/shared.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ export async function statusShape(input: {
   installed: boolean;
   configured: boolean;
   activation: ActivationMode;
-  restartRequired?: boolean;
   details?: string[];
 }): Promise<AgentStatus> {
   const proxyReachable = await proxyHealth(input.context);
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ export async function statusShape(input: {
     proxyReachable,
     health,
     activation: input.activation,
-    restartRequired: input.restartRequired ?? false,
     removalMode: "unavailable",
     details: input.details ?? [],
   };
diff --git a/apps/desktop/electron/core/types.ts b/apps/desktop/electron/core/types.ts
index e99db8f3..409e3fc4 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/electron/core/types.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/electron/core/types.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ export type AgentStatus = {
   configured: boolean;
   proxyReachable: boolean;
   health: AgentHealth;
+  // No `restartRequired` here on purpose. Nothing can observe whether an agent
+  // process has picked a config change up, so a status field claiming it would be
+  // a guess — and the two adapters that had one set it to a constant function of
+  // `configured`, making it permanently true. `activation` carries the category
+  // ("this kind of agent needs a restart when you change it"), which is the only
+  // part that is knowable. WalletMutationResult and PaymentChainSwitchResult below
+  // DO carry it, and there it is real: Desktop has just written the config itself.
   activation: ActivationMode;
-  restartRequired: boolean;
   removalMode: "restore" | "disconnect" | "unavailable";
   details: string[];
 };
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/api.ts b/apps/desktop/src/api.ts
index 39741b6b..d6c04bdb 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/api.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/api.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ const demoAgents: AgentStatus[] = [
     proxyReachable: true,
     health: "ready",
     activation: "restart-gateway",
-    restartRequired: false,
     removalMode: "disconnect",
     details: [],
   },
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ const demoAgents: AgentStatus[] = [
     proxyReachable: true,
     health: "ready",
     activation: "restart-agent",
-    restartRequired: true,
     removalMode: "restore",
     details: ["Restart Codex Desktop after changing the active provider."],
   },
@@ -64,7 +62,6 @@ const demoAgents: AgentStatus[] = [
     proxyReachable: true,
     health: "needs-attention",
     activation: "immediate",
-    restartRequired: false,
     removalMode: "disconnect",
     details: [],
   },
@@ -77,7 +74,6 @@ const demoAgents: AgentStatus[] = [
     proxyReachable: true,
     health: "not-installed",
     activation: "immediate",
-    restartRequired: false,
     removalMode: "unavailable",
     details: ["DSH settings are hot-reloaded.", "DSH is currently a developer preview."],
   },
@@ -90,7 +86,6 @@ const demoAgents: AgentStatus[] = [
     proxyReachable: true,
     health: "needs-attention",
     activation: "immediate",
-    restartRequired: false,
     removalMode: "unavailable",
     details: [],
   },