Plotting GERBERS trigger File update indication

Each time GERBER file is plotted, KICAD indicates that the PCB file have been changed (asterisk at the file name). This is confusing to me, and if I happen to leave KICAD open after plotting my GERBERS, I don’t really know what happened.
Is it only me that feels it should not behave like that?
Tested in V8 and V9.

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Best suggestion:

Backup.
Plot Gerber.
Save pcb.

Compare backup to save.

I suspect that nothing will be different, and the asterisks is a bug, but if not, then you can post the differences.

Even if only the file time stamp is different, I’d call it a bug because it isn’t behaviour a user would expect and it is confusing.