Settings don't save and are reset upon restarting the game.
My settings:
All shading: off
Block shading: on
Cloud shading: off
Enhanced block entities: off
Liquid shading: off
Smart reload: on
Smart reload message: off

Mods:
Appleskin
BadOptimizations (custom-coded, bug happens w/ or w/o this mod)
Boosted Brightness
Capes
DashLoader
Enhanced Block Entities
Fabric language kotlin
FPS display
Indium
InventoryHUD+
LazyDFU
Logical zoom
ModMenu
NoChatReports
NoF3AMessage (custom-coded, hides chat message shown when pressing f3+a)
Particle rain
ReplayMod
Simply No Shading
Sodium
Starlight
Taterzens
WorldEdit
Color Me Outlines