diff --git a/src/yb/tserver/tablet_server_main_impl.cc b/src/yb/tserver/tablet_server_main_impl.cc
index 61894eb96409..485e7afc93b2 100644
--- a/src/yb/tserver/tablet_server_main_impl.cc
+++ b/src/yb/tserver/tablet_server_main_impl.cc
@@ -169,6 +169,20 @@ void SetProxyAddresses() {
     << "Bad pgsql_proxy_bind_address " << FLAGS_pgsql_proxy_bind_address << ": " << status;
     for (const auto& addr : bind_addresses) {
       if (addr.port() == PgProcessConf::kDefaultPort && addr.port() == FLAGS_ysql_conn_mgr_port) {
+        uint16_t preferred_port = 6433;
+        if (addr.port() != preferred_port) {
+          LOG(INFO) << "The connection manager and backend db ports are conflicting on "
+                << addr.port() << ". Trying port " << preferred_port << " for backend db.";
+          Endpoint preferred_sock_addr(boost::asio::ip::address_v4::loopback(), preferred_port);
+          Socket preferred_sock;
+          Status preferred_status = preferred_sock.Init(0);
+          if (preferred_status.ok() && preferred_sock.Bind(preferred_sock_addr, false).ok()) {
+            LOG(INFO) << "Successfully bound to port " << preferred_port << " for backend db.";
+            SetProxyAddress(&FLAGS_pgsql_proxy_bind_address, "YSQL", preferred_port, true);
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+
         LOG(INFO) << "The connection manager and backend db ports are conflicting on "
         << addr.port() << ". Assigning a random available port: " << freeport <<
         " to backend db and " << PgProcessConf::kDefaultPort << " to the connection manager";
diff --git a/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr.template.conf b/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr.template.conf
index a090237753b9..b8cd21de301b 100644
--- a/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr.template.conf
+++ b/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr.template.conf
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ log_syslog_ident "ysqlconnmgr"
 log_syslog_facility "daemon"
 
 #TODO JA: "log_debug" needs to be in sync with the tserver log levels.
-log_debug yes
+log_debug {%log_debug%}
 
-log_config no
-log_session no
-log_query yes
-log_stats no
+log_config {%log_config%}
+log_session {%log_session%}
+log_query {%log_query%}
+log_stats {%log_stats%}
 stats_interval {%stats_interval%}
 log_general_stats_prom no
 log_route_stats_prom no
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ database default {
   pool_client_idle_timeout 3600
   application_name_add_host no
   reserve_session_server_connection yes
-  server_lifetime 3600
+  server_lifetime {%server_lifetime%}
   quantiles "{%quantiles%}"
   client_fwd_error yes
   min_pool_size {%min_pool_size%}
diff --git a/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr_conf.cc b/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr_conf.cc
index 965eb04a9b49..cdce6e28675a 100644
--- a/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr_conf.cc
+++ b/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr_conf.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "yb/util/env_util.h"
 #include "yb/util/path_util.h"
 #include "yb/util/net/net_util.h"
+#include "yb/util/string_trim.h"
 #include "yb/util/string_util.h"
 #include "yb/util/pg_util.h"
 
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ DECLARE_uint32(ysql_conn_mgr_num_workers);
 DECLARE_uint32(ysql_conn_mgr_stats_interval);
 DECLARE_uint32(ysql_conn_mgr_min_conns_per_db);
 DECLARE_int32(ysql_max_connections);
+DECLARE_string(ysql_conn_mgr_log_settings);
+DECLARE_uint32(ysql_conn_mgr_server_lifetime);
 
 namespace yb {
 namespace ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper {
@@ -138,8 +141,31 @@ void YsqlConnMgrConf::AddSslConfig(std::map<std::string, std::string>* ysql_conn
   (*ysql_conn_mgr_configs)["{%tls_cert_file%}"] = tls_cert_file;
 }
 
+void YsqlConnMgrConf::UpdateLogSettings(std::string& log_settings_str) {
+  std::stringstream ss(log_settings_str);
+  std::string setting;
+
+  while (std::getline(ss, setting, ',')) {
+    util::TrimStr(setting);
+    if (!setting.empty()) {
+      if (setting == "log_debug") {
+        log_debug_ = true;
+      } else if (setting == "log_config") {
+        log_config_ = true;
+      } else if (setting == "log_session") {
+        log_session_ = true;
+      } else if (setting == "log_query") {
+        log_query_ = true;
+      } else if (setting == "log_stats") {
+        log_stats_ = true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 std::string YsqlConnMgrConf::CreateYsqlConnMgrConfigAndGetPath() {
   const auto conf_file_path = JoinPathSegments(data_dir_, conf_file_name_);
+  UpdateLogSettings(FLAGS_ysql_conn_mgr_log_settings);
 
   // Config map
   std::map<std::string, std::string> ysql_conn_mgr_configs = {
@@ -158,8 +184,13 @@ std::string YsqlConnMgrConf::CreateYsqlConnMgrConfigAndGetPath() {
      std::to_string(FLAGS_ysql_conn_mgr_max_client_connections)},
     {"{%ysql_port%}", std::to_string(postgres_address_.port())},
     {"{%log_debug%}", BoolToString(log_debug_)},
+    {"{%log_config%}", BoolToString(log_config_)},
+    {"{%log_session%}", BoolToString(log_session_)},
+    {"{%log_query%}", BoolToString(log_query_)},
+    {"{%log_stats%}", BoolToString(log_stats_)},
     {"{%logtostderr%}", FLAGS_logtostderr ? "yes" : "no"},
     {"{%stats_interval%}", std::to_string(FLAGS_ysql_conn_mgr_stats_interval)},
+    {"{%server_lifetime%}", std::to_string(FLAGS_ysql_conn_mgr_server_lifetime)},
     {"{%min_pool_size%}", std::to_string(FLAGS_ysql_conn_mgr_min_conns_per_db)},
     {"{%yb_use_unix_socket%}", FLAGS_ysql_conn_mgr_use_unix_conn ? "" : "#"},
     {"{%yb_use_tcp_socket%}", FLAGS_ysql_conn_mgr_use_unix_conn ? "#" : ""},
@@ -227,9 +258,6 @@ void YsqlConnMgrConf::UpdateConfigFromGFlags() {
 
   CHECK_OK(postgres_address_.ParseString(
       FLAGS_pgsql_proxy_bind_address, pgwrapper::PgProcessConf().kDefaultPort));
-
-  // Use the log level of tserver flag `minloglevel`.
-  log_debug_ = (GetAtomicFlag(&FLAGS_minloglevel) <= 2) ? true : false;
 }
 
 YsqlConnMgrConf::YsqlConnMgrConf(const std::string& data_path) {
diff --git a/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr_stats.h b/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr_stats.h
index 45208f0c3beb..47316805b34d 100644
--- a/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr_stats.h
+++ b/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr_stats.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #define YSQL_CONN_MGR_SHMEM_KEY_ENV_NAME "YSQL_CONN_MGR_STATS_KEY"
 #define YSQL_CONN_MGR_WARMUP_DB "YB_YSQL_CONN_MGR_WARMUP_DB"
-#define YSQL_CONN_MGR_MAX_POOLS 100
+#define YSQL_CONN_MGR_MAX_POOLS 10000
 #define DB_NAME_MAX_LEN 64
 #define USER_NAME_MAX_LEN DB_NAME_MAX_LEN
 
diff --git a/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper.cc b/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper.cc
index d18d9d7d1a48..c799f4b06195 100644
--- a/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper.cc
+++ b/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper.cc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "yb/util/env_util.h"
 #include "yb/util/flag_validators.h"
 #include "yb/util/net/net_util.h"
+#include "yb/util/string_trim.h"
 #include "yb/util/path_util.h"
 #include "yb/util/pg_util.h"
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ DEFINE_NON_RUNTIME_bool(ysql_conn_mgr_dowarmup, false,
   "Enable precreation of server connections in Ysql Connection Manager. If set false, "
   "the server connections are created lazily (on-demand) in Ysql Connection Manager.");
 
-DEFINE_NON_RUNTIME_uint32(ysql_conn_mgr_stats_interval, 10,
+DEFINE_NON_RUNTIME_uint32(ysql_conn_mgr_stats_interval, 1,
   "Interval (in secs) at which the stats for Ysql Connection Manager will be updated.");
 
 DEFINE_NON_RUNTIME_uint32(ysql_conn_mgr_min_conns_per_db, 1,
@@ -76,6 +77,47 @@ DEFINE_NON_RUNTIME_bool(ysql_conn_mgr_use_unix_conn, true,
     "'local all yugabyte trust' in hba.conf (set ysql_hba_conf_csv as 'local all yugabyte trust')."
     );
 
+DEFINE_NON_RUNTIME_uint32(ysql_conn_mgr_server_lifetime, 3600,
+    "Specifies the maximum duration (in seconds) that a backend PostgreSQL connection "
+    "managed by Ysql Connection Manager can remain open after its creation. Once this time "
+    "is reached, the connection is automatically closed, regardless of activity, ensuring that "
+    "fresh backend connections are regularly maintained.");
+
+DEFINE_NON_RUNTIME_string(ysql_conn_mgr_log_settings, "",
+    "Comma-separated list of log settings for Ysql Connection Manger, which may include "
+    "'log_debug', 'log_config', 'log_session', 'log_query', and 'log_stats'. Only the "
+    "log settings present in this string will be enabled. Omitted settings will remain disabled.");
+namespace {
+
+bool ValidateLogSettings(const char* flag_name, const std::string& value) {
+  const std::unordered_set<std::string> valid_settings = {
+    "log_debug", "log_config", "log_session", "log_query", "log_stats"
+  };
+
+  std::stringstream ss(value);
+  std::string setting;
+  std::unordered_set<std::string> seen_settings;
+
+  while (std::getline(ss, setting, ',')) {
+    setting = yb::util::TrimStr(setting);
+
+    if (setting.empty()) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (valid_settings.find(setting) == valid_settings.end()) {
+      LOG_FLAG_VALIDATION_ERROR(flag_name, value)
+          << "Invalid log setting '" << setting << "'. Valid options are: "
+          << "'log_debug', 'log_config', 'log_session', 'log_query', and 'log_stats'.";
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+DEFINE_validator(ysql_conn_mgr_log_settings, &ValidateLogSettings);
+
 namespace yb {
 namespace ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper {
 
diff --git a/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper.h b/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper.h
index 05901ec30a09..027e9212e354 100644
--- a/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper.h
+++ b/src/yb/yql/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper/ysql_conn_mgr_wrapper.h
@@ -49,10 +49,15 @@ class YsqlConnMgrConf : public yb::ProcessWrapperCommonConfig {
   uint num_resolver_threads_ = 1;
 
   bool log_debug_ = false;
+  bool log_config_ = false;
+  bool log_session_ = false;
+  bool log_query_ = false;
+  bool log_stats_ = false;
 
   void UpdateConfigFromGFlags();
   std::string GetBindAddress();
   void AddSslConfig(std::map<std::string, std::string>* ysql_conn_mgr_configs);
+  void UpdateLogSettings(std::string& log_settings_str);
 };
 
 class YsqlConnMgrWrapper : public yb::ProcessWrapper {