diff --git a/config/octane.php b/config/octane.php
index 7fcf568..2b503f1 100644
--- a/config/octane.php
+++ b/config/octane.php
@@ -362,6 +362,6 @@
     |
     */
 
-    'max_execution_time' => 30,
+    'max_execution_time' => env('OCTANE_MAX_EXECUTION_TIME', 30),
 
 ];
diff --git a/src/Swoole/Handlers/OnServerStart.php b/src/Swoole/Handlers/OnServerStart.php
index 179f158..bf00794 100644
--- a/src/Swoole/Handlers/OnServerStart.php
+++ b/src/Swoole/Handlers/OnServerStart.php
@@ -60,11 +60,18 @@ public function __invoke($server)
         }
 
         if ($this->maxExecutionTime > 0) {
+            // One line per boot so production can never silently run without
+            // request-timeout enforcement again - chasing the 210s stalls
+            // burned hours on exactly the question this answers.
+            error_log("⏱️ Timeout sweep armed: max_execution_time={$this->maxExecutionTime}s, interval={$this->timeoutSweepIntervalMs}ms");
+
             Timer::tick($this->timeoutSweepIntervalMs, function () use ($server) {
                 (new EnsureRequestsDontExceedMaxExecutionTime(
                     $this->extension, $this->timerTable, $this->maxExecutionTime, $server, $this->timeoutFallbackSignal
                 ))();
             });
+        } else {
+            error_log('⚠️ Timeout sweep DISABLED: max_execution_time resolved to 0 - requests can run unbounded');
         }
     }
 }