diff --git a/src/comm/comm_server.hpp b/src/comm/comm_server.hpp
index c4c195ee..c4dd15cd 100644
--- a/src/comm/comm_server.hpp
+++ b/src/comm/comm_server.hpp
@@ -322,6 +322,17 @@ namespace comm
 
             message_processor_thread.join();
         }
+        /**
+         * Iterate over all active sessions and apply a function to each.
+         * Used to update live session thresholds (e.g. idle_timeout) without restart.
+         */
+        template<typename F>
+        void for_each_session(F&& func)
+        {
+            std::scoped_lock<std::mutex> lock(sessions_mutex);
+            for (T &session : sessions)
+                func(session);
+        }
     };
 
 } // namespace comm
diff --git a/src/conf.cpp b/src/conf.cpp
index 47e6e696..b01ad9f0 100644
--- a/src/conf.cpp
+++ b/src/conf.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 #include "ledger/ledger_mount.hpp"
 #include "sc/contract_mount.hpp"
 
+// Forward declaration to avoid circular dependency with p2p/p2p.hpp
+namespace p2p { void update_idle_timeout(const uint32_t timeout_ms); }
+
 namespace conf
 {
 
@@ -853,6 +856,44 @@ namespace conf
             return -1;
         }
 
+        // Apply log level change dynamically if present in patch config.
+        // Uses plog::get()->setMaxSeverity() to update the live logger without restart.
+        try {
+            if (jdoc.contains("log") && jdoc["log"].contains("log_level")) {
+                const std::string new_log_level = jdoc["log"]["log_level"].as<std::string>();
+                const std::unordered_set<std::string> valid_loglevels({"dbg", "inf", "wrn", "err"});
+                if (valid_loglevels.count(new_log_level) == 1) {
+                    cfg.log.log_level = new_log_level;
+                    cfg.log.log_level_type = get_loglevel_type(new_log_level);
+                    temp_cfg.log.log_level = new_log_level;
+                    temp_cfg.log.log_level_type = get_loglevel_type(new_log_level);
+                    plog::Severity new_plog_level;
+                    if (cfg.log.log_level_type == LOG_SEVERITY::DEBUG) new_plog_level = plog::Severity::debug;
+                    else if (cfg.log.log_level_type == LOG_SEVERITY::INFO) new_plog_level = plog::Severity::info;
+                    else if (cfg.log.log_level_type == LOG_SEVERITY::WARN) new_plog_level = plog::Severity::warning;
+                    else new_plog_level = plog::Severity::error;
+                    plog::get()->setMaxSeverity(new_plog_level);
+                    LOG_INFO << "Log level updated dynamically to: " << new_log_level;
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (const std::exception &e) {
+            LOG_ERROR << "Error applying log level from patch config: " << e.what();
+        }
+        // Apply mesh idle timeout change dynamically if present in patch config.
+        // Updates all active peer sessions and future connections without restart.
+        try {
+            if (jdoc.contains("mesh") && jdoc["mesh"].contains("idle_timeout")) {
+                const uint32_t new_idle_timeout = jdoc["mesh"]["idle_timeout"].as<uint32_t>();
+                if (new_idle_timeout != cfg.mesh.idle_timeout) {
+                    cfg.mesh.idle_timeout = new_idle_timeout;
+                    temp_cfg.mesh.idle_timeout = new_idle_timeout;
+                    p2p::update_idle_timeout(new_idle_timeout);
+                    LOG_INFO << "Mesh idle timeout updated dynamically to: " << new_idle_timeout << "ms";
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (const std::exception &e) {
+            LOG_ERROR << "Error applying mesh idle timeout from patch config: " << e.what();
+        }
         LOG_INFO << "Contract config updated from patch file.";
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/src/p2p/p2p.cpp b/src/p2p/p2p.cpp
index c48016fc..94972caf 100644
--- a/src/p2p/p2p.cpp
+++ b/src/p2p/p2p.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,24 @@ namespace p2p
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Update mesh idle timeout on all active peer sessions and for future connections.
+     * Called from conf::apply_patch_config() when mesh.idle_timeout changes in patch.cfg.
+     * Updates both the cached metric_thresholds array (for new sessions) and all
+     * existing live sessions via set_threshold() so no restart is required.
+     */
+    void update_idle_timeout(const uint32_t timeout_ms)
+    {
+        metric_thresholds[4] = timeout_ms;
+        if (ctx.server.has_value())
+        {
+            ctx.server->for_each_session([timeout_ms](peer_comm_session &session) {
+                session.set_threshold(comm::SESSION_THRESHOLDS::IDLE_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT, timeout_ms, 60000);
+            });
+            LOG_INFO << "Mesh idle timeout updated dynamically to: " << timeout_ms << "ms";
+        }
+    }
+
     int start_peer_connections()
     {
         const uint16_t listen_port = conf::cfg.mesh.listen ? conf::cfg.mesh.port : 0;