diff --git a/gateway/config.py b/gateway/config.py
index 16e2662e81912..2b44cedde378c 100644
--- a/gateway/config.py
+++ b/gateway/config.py
@@ -808,7 +808,15 @@ def load_gateway_config() -> GatewayConfig:
                     else:
                         bridged["channel_prompts"] = channel_prompts
                 enabled_was_explicit = "enabled" in platform_cfg
-                if not bridged and not enabled_was_explicit:
+                # gateway_restart_notification is a top-level field on
+                # PlatformConfig (not part of extra), so it has to land on
+                # plat_data directly the same way enabled does — pushing
+                # it through `bridged` would stash it in extra where
+                # PlatformConfig.from_dict() never looks.
+                restart_notify_was_explicit = (
+                    "gateway_restart_notification" in platform_cfg
+                )
+                if not bridged and not enabled_was_explicit and not restart_notify_was_explicit:
                     continue
                 plat_data = platforms_data.setdefault(plat.value, {})
                 if not isinstance(plat_data, dict):
@@ -816,6 +824,10 @@ def load_gateway_config() -> GatewayConfig:
                     platforms_data[plat.value] = plat_data
                 if enabled_was_explicit:
                     plat_data["enabled"] = platform_cfg["enabled"]
+                if restart_notify_was_explicit:
+                    plat_data["gateway_restart_notification"] = platform_cfg[
+                        "gateway_restart_notification"
+                    ]
                 extra = plat_data.setdefault("extra", {})
                 if not isinstance(extra, dict):
                     extra = {}
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_config.py b/tests/gateway/test_config.py
index c59b27d8001b4..b8a224d8099c2 100644
--- a/tests/gateway/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_config.py
@@ -542,6 +542,65 @@ def test_telegram_proxy_env_takes_precedence_over_config(self, tmp_path, monkeyp
         import os
         assert os.environ.get("TELEGRAM_PROXY") == "socks5://from-env:1080"
 
+    def test_bridges_gateway_restart_notification_from_telegram_section(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+        # Regression for #24644: setting gateway_restart_notification under
+        # a top-level platform section (e.g. ``telegram:``) was silently
+        # ignored — the bridge loop only copied a fixed allowlist of keys
+        # and PlatformConfig.from_dict() reads gateway_restart_notification
+        # from the platform's top-level data, never from extra.
+        hermes_home = tmp_path / ".hermes"
+        hermes_home.mkdir()
+        config_path = hermes_home / "config.yaml"
+        config_path.write_text(
+            "telegram:\n"
+            "  gateway_restart_notification: false\n",
+            encoding="utf-8",
+        )
+
+        monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(hermes_home))
+
+        config = load_gateway_config()
+
+        assert config.platforms[Platform.TELEGRAM].gateway_restart_notification is False
+
+    def test_bridges_gateway_restart_notification_true_explicit(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+        # Explicit ``true`` should also flow through (and match the
+        # default), proving the bridge isn't accidentally swallowing the
+        # key when its value already matches the default.
+        hermes_home = tmp_path / ".hermes"
+        hermes_home.mkdir()
+        config_path = hermes_home / "config.yaml"
+        config_path.write_text(
+            "discord:\n"
+            "  gateway_restart_notification: true\n",
+            encoding="utf-8",
+        )
+
+        monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(hermes_home))
+
+        config = load_gateway_config()
+
+        assert config.platforms[Platform.DISCORD].gateway_restart_notification is True
+
+    def test_gateway_restart_notification_defaults_true_when_unset(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+        # Sanity check that omitting the key keeps the existing default
+        # so this fix doesn't accidentally change behavior for existing
+        # users who never set it.
+        hermes_home = tmp_path / ".hermes"
+        hermes_home.mkdir()
+        config_path = hermes_home / "config.yaml"
+        config_path.write_text(
+            "telegram:\n"
+            "  require_mention: true\n",
+            encoding="utf-8",
+        )
+
+        monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(hermes_home))
+
+        config = load_gateway_config()
+
+        assert config.platforms[Platform.TELEGRAM].gateway_restart_notification is True
+
 
 class TestHomeChannelEnvOverrides:
     """Home channel env vars should apply even when the platform was already