diff --git a/src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-edit.test.ts b/src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-edit.test.ts
index bc575c0f0d7..c420709deeb 100644
--- a/src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-edit.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-edit.test.ts
@@ -55,4 +55,24 @@ describe("cron edit command", () => {
       },
     );
   });
+
+  it("does not imply announce mode for --no-best-effort-deliver alone", async () => {
+    const program = createCronProgram();
+
+    await program.parseAsync(["edit", "job-1", "--no-best-effort-deliver"], { from: "user" });
+
+    expect(callGatewayFromCli).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "cron.update",
+      expect.objectContaining({ bestEffortDeliver: false }),
+      {
+        id: "job-1",
+        patch: {
+          payload: { kind: "agentTurn" },
+          delivery: {
+            bestEffort: false,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-edit.ts b/src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-edit.ts
index b7afc0d9bc9..2abb80d952a 100644
--- a/src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-edit.ts
+++ b/src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-edit.ts
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ export function registerCronEditCommand(cron: Command) {
             const delivery: Record<string, unknown> = {};
             if (hasDeliveryModeFlag) {
               delivery.mode = opts.announce || opts.deliver === true ? "announce" : "none";
-            } else if (hasBestEffort) {
+            } else if (opts.bestEffortDeliver === true) {
               // Back-compat: toggling best-effort alone has historically implied announce mode.
               delivery.mode = "announce";
             }
diff --git a/src/cli/update-cli.option-collisions.test.ts b/src/cli/update-cli.option-collisions.test.ts
index ebc3e737e1d..eb7649729cc 100644
--- a/src/cli/update-cli.option-collisions.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/update-cli.option-collisions.test.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe("update cli option collisions", () => {
     },
     {
       name: "forwards parent-captured --json/--timeout to hidden `update finalize`",
-      argv: ["update", "finalize", "--json", "--timeout", "17", "--no-restart"],
+      argv: ["update", "finalize", "--json", "--timeout", "17"],
       assert: () => {
         expect(updateFinalizeCommand).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
         const opts = firstCallOptions(updateFinalizeCommand);
@@ -87,6 +87,17 @@ describe("update cli option collisions", () => {
         ).toBe(false);
       },
     },
+    {
+      name: "keeps hidden `update finalize --no-restart` as a no-op parity flag",
+      argv: ["update", "finalize", "--no-restart"],
+      assert: () => {
+        expect(updateFinalizeCommand).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        const opts = firstCallOptions(updateFinalizeCommand);
+        expect(
+          (opts as { json?: boolean; timeout?: string; restart?: boolean } | undefined)?.restart,
+        ).toBe(false);
+      },
+    },
     {
       name: "forwards parent-captured --timeout to `update wizard`",
       argv: ["update", "wizard", "--timeout", "13"],
diff --git a/src/cli/update-cli.ts b/src/cli/update-cli.ts
index ddd194a19b7..387165c9325 100644
--- a/src/cli/update-cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli/update-cli.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ ${theme.muted("Docs:")} ${formatDocsLink("/cli/update", "docs.openclaw.ai/cli/up
           channel: opts.channel as string | undefined,
           timeout: inheritedUpdateTimeout(opts, command),
           yes: Boolean(opts.yes),
-          restart: Boolean(opts.restart),
+          restart: false,
         });
       } catch (err) {
         defaultRuntime.error(String(err));