Yes, and you can do it from the SSH, and both methods require a restart. It was restarted. It is the discrepancy which has me puzzled, not the methods.
On checking the logs at the time, it did not mention anything awry. Hence asking what might be going on with it seeming to be contradicting itself.
The nearby sites checkmark means that the site some mlat results recently - not that it’s necessarily producing results right now. Your site was producing mlat results up to the 3rd.