diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/config.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/config.rs
index c6bcfdf2fb..649912663e 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/config.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/config.rs
@@ -793,4 +793,12 @@ mod tests {
             Some(Duration::from_secs(5))
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_vlad() {
+        let tenant_conf_opt: TenantConfOpt =
+            serde_json::from_str("{\"pitr_interval\": \"24h0m0s\"}").unwrap();
+        let tenant_config: models::TenantConfig = tenant_conf_opt.clone().into();
+        assert_eq!(tenant_config.pitr_interval.unwrap(), "24h0m0s");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/storage_controller/src/tenant_shard.rs b/storage_controller/src/tenant_shard.rs
index 219c0dffe7..2ad3770e19 100644
--- a/storage_controller/src/tenant_shard.rs
+++ b/storage_controller/src/tenant_shard.rs
@@ -1287,7 +1287,13 @@ impl TenantShard {
                 attached_location_conf(generation, &self.shard, &self.config, &self.policy);
             match self.observed.locations.get(&node_id) {
                 Some(conf) if conf.conf.as_ref() == Some(&wanted_conf) => {}
-                Some(_) | None => {
+                Some(conf) => {
+                    tracing::info!("Wanted: {wanted_conf:?}");
+                    tracing::info!("Observed: {conf:?}");
+
+                    dirty_nodes.insert(node_id);
+                }
+                None => {
                     dirty_nodes.insert(node_id);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_storage_controller.py b/test_runner/regress/test_storage_controller.py
index 1d95312140..2774364cb8 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_storage_controller.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_storage_controller.py
@@ -3764,3 +3764,37 @@ def test_storage_controller_node_flap_detach_race(
             assert len(locs) == 1, f"{shard} has {len(locs)} attached locations"
 
     wait_until(validate_locations, timeout=10)
+
+
+def test_storage_controller_config_equivalence(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder):
+    neon_env_builder.num_pageservers = 1
+    neon_env_builder.storage_controller_config = {
+        "start_as_candidate": False,
+    }
+
+    env = neon_env_builder.init_configs()
+    env.start()
+
+    tenant_id = TenantId.generate()
+    env.storage_controller.tenant_create(
+        tenant_id, shard_count=2, tenant_config={"pitr_interval": "1h2m3s"}
+    )
+
+    env.storage_controller.reconcile_until_idle()
+
+    reconciles_before_restart = env.storage_controller.get_metric_value(
+        "storage_controller_reconcile_complete_total", filter={"status": "ok"}
+    )
+
+    assert reconciles_before_restart != 0
+
+    env.storage_controller.stop()
+    env.storage_controller.start()
+
+    env.storage_controller.reconcile_until_idle()
+
+    reconciles_after_restart = env.storage_controller.get_metric_value(
+        "storage_controller_reconcile_complete_total", filter={"status": "ok"}
+    )
+
+    assert reconciles_after_restart == 0