Packages not updated during restore

I have some packages which are both installed locally and stored in a backup, but the backup contains newer versions as is indicated in the backup diff. When I restore the backup, I get a successful restore notification, but packages are still in the same outdated versions as previously and the backup diff is still the same. Although new packages have been successfully installed during the restore.


When I open Updates in the Atom Settings, all three packages are listed there with the same versions as listed in the backup diff:


Is the backup restore process supposed to update packages to newer versions?

**Versions**
- OS: Windows 10 (the backup was created on MacOS 10.15.4)
- Atom: 1.53.0 x64
- APM:
- apm 2.5.2
- npm 6.14.8
- node 12.4.0 x64
- atom 1.53.0
- python
- git 2.29.2.windows.2
- visual studio
- sync-settings: 5.0.7

Start by reproducing the restore on Atom 1.53.0 with sync-settings 5.0.7 using packages that are installed locally but have newer versions in the backup diff. Compare the restore result and package versions with the reported behavior; done when the expected handling of newer package versions is verified and covered by the project's available checks.

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