Happened to me too.
In my case the reset config meant a new config/player profile too.
The saves seem to get marked on creation with the current profile so when I tried to load them with the new one another bug hit:
The game treats all my saves as if they are a new game so:
I get all tutorial messages again.
I get a new extra Traveller's Chest in camp with dupes of all the expected items (can be abused by resetting the profile).
Some other small weird issues.
So now I am afraid to carry this invalid state and am holding off playing since yesterday until I find a fix.