diff --git a/platform/diff-impl/src/com/intellij/diff/settings/DiffSettingsProvider.kt b/platform/diff-impl/src/com/intellij/diff/settings/DiffSettingsProvider.kt
index 578e79159630..f1ccdf182ba0 100644
--- a/platform/diff-impl/src/com/intellij/diff/settings/DiffSettingsProvider.kt
+++ b/platform/diff-impl/src/com/intellij/diff/settings/DiffSettingsProvider.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ import com.intellij.ide.settings.RemoteSettingInfoProvider
 
 internal class DiffSettingsProvider: RemoteSettingInfoProvider {
   override fun getRemoteSettingsInfo(): Map<String, RemoteSettingInfo> {
-    return mapOf(DiffSettingsHolder.SETTINGS_KEY to RemoteSettingInfo(RemoteSettingInfo.Direction.OnlyFromBackend))
+    return mapOf(DiffSettingsHolder.SETTINGS_KEY to RemoteSettingInfo(RemoteSettingInfo.Direction.InitialFromFrontend))
   }
 }
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diff --git a/platform/vcs-impl/shared/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/IssueNavigationConfiguration.java b/platform/vcs-impl/shared/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/IssueNavigationConfiguration.java
index 320c6be6961d..5d59af7c727d 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-impl/shared/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/IssueNavigationConfiguration.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-impl/shared/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/IssueNavigationConfiguration.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
- * Settings state is available both on frontend and backend.
- * However, the synchronization direction is only backend -> frontend, which provides only read access on the frontend side.
- *
  * @see com.intellij.platform.vcs.impl.shared.VcsRemoteSettingsInfoProvider
  */
 @State(name = IssueNavigationConfiguration.SETTINGS_KEY, storages = @Storage("vcs.xml"))
diff --git a/platform/vcs-impl/shared/src/com/intellij/platform/vcs/impl/shared/VcsRemoteSettingsInfoProvider.kt b/platform/vcs-impl/shared/src/com/intellij/platform/vcs/impl/shared/VcsRemoteSettingsInfoProvider.kt
index 5de134cbf115..4c2e1d8cb187 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-impl/shared/src/com/intellij/platform/vcs/impl/shared/VcsRemoteSettingsInfoProvider.kt
+++ b/platform/vcs-impl/shared/src/com/intellij/platform/vcs/impl/shared/VcsRemoteSettingsInfoProvider.kt
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.IssueNavigationConfiguration
 
 internal class VcsRemoteSettingsInfoProvider  : RemoteSettingInfoProvider {
   override fun getRemoteSettingsInfo(): Map<String, RemoteSettingInfo> =
-    mapOf(IssueNavigationConfiguration.SETTINGS_KEY to RemoteSettingInfo(RemoteSettingInfo.Direction.OnlyFromBackend))
+    mapOf(IssueNavigationConfiguration.SETTINGS_KEY to RemoteSettingInfo(RemoteSettingInfo.Direction.InitialFromBackend))
 }
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