HELP!ComfyUI defaults to CPU on pod startup but switches to GPU after Comfyui Manager restart

I'm experiencing a consistent issue with ComfyUI on RunPod where device selection behaves differently depending on how ComfyUI is started.

When I first start the pod and launch ComfyUI, any workflow I run processes on CPU (confirmed by low GPU utilization in monitoring)

If I restart ComfyUI through ComfyUI Manager and run the exact same workflow, it switches to GPU processing.

What should I do in this situation? Can you help me?
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