This article discusses the differences in handling Config file changes between SSRS 2017 and SSRS 2019.
While implementing a Custom Deployment in SSRS using a custom Data Extension and modifying the SSRS config files to add the extension, prior to SSRS 2019, Reporting Services would recognize changes made to its config files and a restart of the Reporting Services was not required.
When custom deployments were done for SSRS 2017 and the earlier versions and SSRS config files were modified to include the custom extensions, Reporting Services would identify the modifications done to its config files and initiate