diff --git a/src/gateway/config-reload-plan.ts b/src/gateway/config-reload-plan.ts
index 3591287c3257..3cf93596b78b 100644
--- a/src/gateway/config-reload-plan.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/config-reload-plan.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,22 @@ export type GatewayReloadPlan = {
   noopPaths: string[];
 };
 
+export function isNoopGatewayReloadPlan(plan: GatewayReloadPlan): boolean {
+  return (
+    !plan.restartGateway &&
+    plan.hotReasons.length === 0 &&
+    !plan.reloadHooks &&
+    !plan.restartGmailWatcher &&
+    !plan.restartCron &&
+    !plan.restartHeartbeat &&
+    !plan.restartHealthMonitor &&
+    !plan.reloadPlugins &&
+    !plan.disposeMcpRuntimes &&
+    plan.restartChannels.size === 0 &&
+    (plan.restartChannelAccounts?.size ?? 0) === 0
+  );
+}
+
 type ReloadRule = {
   prefix: string;
   kind: "restart" | "hot" | "none";
diff --git a/src/gateway/config-reload.test.ts b/src/gateway/config-reload.test.ts
index 417c134b5843..36d7fda2ded4 100644
--- a/src/gateway/config-reload.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/config-reload.test.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import { diffConfigPaths, diffGatewayReloadPaths } from "./config-diff.js";
 import {
   buildGatewayReloadPlan,
   type ChannelKind,
+  isNoopGatewayReloadPlan,
   resolveConfigReloadMetadata,
 } from "./config-reload-plan.js";
 import { resolveGatewayReloadSettings } from "./config-reload-settings.js";
@@ -377,6 +378,7 @@ describe("buildGatewayReloadPlan", () => {
       expect(plan.restartReasons).toStrictEqual([]);
       expect(plan.hotReasons).toStrictEqual([]);
       expect(plan.noopPaths).toEqual([path]);
+      expect(isNoopGatewayReloadPlan(plan)).toBe(true);
     },
   );
 
@@ -481,6 +483,7 @@ describe("buildGatewayReloadPlan", () => {
 
     expect(plan.restartChannels).toEqual(expectedChannels);
     expect(plan.restartChannelAccounts).toEqual(expectedAccounts);
+    expect(isNoopGatewayReloadPlan(plan)).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it("restarts every channel whose config prefix matches", () => {
diff --git a/src/gateway/config-reload.ts b/src/gateway/config-reload.ts
index 0c5fb27004d4..c84d9f03ebcd 100644
--- a/src/gateway/config-reload.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/config-reload.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { createConfigAppliedRevisionTracker } from "./config-applied-revision.js
 import { diffConfigPaths, diffGatewayReloadPaths } from "./config-diff.js";
 import {
   buildGatewayReloadPlan,
+  isNoopGatewayReloadPlan,
   listPluginInstallTimestampMetadataPaths,
   listPluginInstallWholeRecordPaths,
   type GatewayReloadPlan,
@@ -86,22 +87,6 @@ function firstSkillsChangedPath(changedPaths: string[]): string | undefined {
   return changedPaths.find(matchesSkillsInvalidationPrefix);
 }
 
-function isNoopReloadPlan(plan: GatewayReloadPlan): boolean {
-  return (
-    !plan.restartGateway &&
-    plan.hotReasons.length === 0 &&
-    !plan.reloadHooks &&
-    !plan.restartGmailWatcher &&
-    !plan.restartCron &&
-    !plan.restartHeartbeat &&
-    !plan.restartHealthMonitor &&
-    !plan.reloadPlugins &&
-    !plan.disposeMcpRuntimes &&
-    plan.restartChannels.size === 0 &&
-    (plan.restartChannelAccounts?.size ?? 0) === 0
-  );
-}
-
 type GatewayConfigReloader = {
   stop: () => Promise<void>;
   hotReloadStatus: () => GatewayHotReloadStatus;
@@ -710,7 +695,7 @@ export function startGatewayConfigReloader(opts: {
       await commitReloadBaseline({ runtimeApplied: false });
       return;
     }
-    if (isNoopReloadPlan(plan) && !followUp.requiresRestart) {
+    if (isNoopGatewayReloadPlan(plan) && !followUp.requiresRestart) {
       await opts.onConfigChange?.(plan, nextConfig);
       // No-op plans still change the runtime config snapshot. Commit before
       // marking applied so getRuntimeConfig() readers do not stay stale until restart.
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-methods/config-write-flow.ts b/src/gateway/server-methods/config-write-flow.ts
index 559af18cdab3..283559bb82c8 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-methods/config-write-flow.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-methods/config-write-flow.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 import { scheduleGatewaySigusr1Restart } from "../../infra/restart.js";
 import { getActiveSecretsRuntimeSnapshot } from "../../secrets/runtime-state.js";
 import { resolveEffectiveSharedGatewayAuth, resolveGatewayAuth } from "../auth.js";
-import { buildGatewayReloadPlan } from "../config-reload-plan.js";
+import { buildGatewayReloadPlan, isNoopGatewayReloadPlan } from "../config-reload-plan.js";
 import { resolveGatewayReloadSettings } from "../config-reload-settings.js";
 import { formatControlPlaneActor, type ControlPlaneActor } from "../control-plane-audit.js";
 import { parseRestartRequestParams } from "./restart-request.js";
@@ -131,29 +131,13 @@ function queueSharedGatewayAuthGenerationRefresh(
   });
 }
 
-function isNoopConfigReloadPlan(plan: ReturnType<typeof buildGatewayReloadPlan>): boolean {
-  return (
-    !plan.restartGateway &&
-    plan.hotReasons.length === 0 &&
-    !plan.reloadHooks &&
-    !plan.restartGmailWatcher &&
-    !plan.restartCron &&
-    !plan.restartHeartbeat &&
-    !plan.restartHealthMonitor &&
-    !plan.reloadPlugins &&
-    !plan.disposeMcpRuntimes &&
-    plan.restartChannels.size === 0 &&
-    (plan.restartChannelAccounts?.size ?? 0) === 0
-  );
-}
-
 function resolveConfigRestartRequirement(params: {
   changedPaths: string[];
   nextConfig: OpenClawConfig;
 }): { requiresRestart: boolean; scheduleDirectRestart: boolean } {
   const reloadSettings = resolveGatewayReloadSettings(params.nextConfig);
   const plan = buildGatewayReloadPlan(params.changedPaths, { candidateConfig: params.nextConfig });
-  if (isNoopConfigReloadPlan(plan)) {
+  if (isNoopGatewayReloadPlan(plan)) {
     return { requiresRestart: false, scheduleDirectRestart: false };
   }
   if (reloadSettings.mode === "off") {