It's currently not obvious (even to experienced users) what it means. That means there is a problem. Won't Fixing it because it is by design is not appropriate. The design is buggy.
Perhaps things would be better if the item was somehow highlighted, and the following dialog explained why the restart was required. -- indicator-session has an action labeled "Restart Required..." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/545576 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs