Force same firmware version reinstall

So I was trying to install a auto-reboot script which would auto restart networking and eventually auto reboot when the connection is lost (trying to solve a different problem and created a new one! :-)).   To make a long story short, I screwed up the udev package via apt/dpkg and spent sometime getting it back to happiness.   While apt-get seems to be happy about the system state now, I thought I could just reinstall the entire 6.3.10 OS/Firmware and be confident every thing is clean.    So via the Web admin, I went to settings, selected "Manual Install Firmware" and down/upload the 6.3.10 zip file.   A nice dialog popuped up telling me "Firmware version 6.10.3 was uploaded and will be installed after you reboot the device."  Coolio!  Click the "Reboot" button, see a little progress dialog and I even get an email telling me the system was rebooted!  BUUUUTTTT turns out that's a vicious rumor.   When the web UI comes back (less than 30 seconds) I once again see the same dialog asking me to reboot.  Also, my ssh session is still active in my other window.

I was able to force a reboot from the "power" controls in the upper right, and was able to verify it at the command line via "last reboot", but I'm still seeing the prompt for firmware installation in the web UI.

Digging through the downloaded log files, I can't find anything suspicious.   The file install_debpkg.log appears to have a happy status:

fv-app-install-utils.c:111(info) Installing [kernelplus](95%) Installed kernelplus

fv-app-install-utils.c:111(info) Installing [kernelplus](95%) Running dpkg

fv-app-install-utils.c:116(info) [kernelplus](100%) complete
DONE(0): Sat Jan 19 11:00:11 PST 2019

So maybe I just need to convice the Web UI to stop prompting me?

Thanks