diff --git a/iotdb-core/node-commons/src/assembly/resources/conf/edge/iotdb-system.properties b/iotdb-core/node-commons/src/assembly/resources/conf/edge/iotdb-system.properties
index 1ec4ad2fe301e..7ccdcf5dababd 100644
--- a/iotdb-core/node-commons/src/assembly/resources/conf/edge/iotdb-system.properties
+++ b/iotdb-core/node-commons/src/assembly/resources/conf/edge/iotdb-system.properties
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@ data_region_group_extension_policy=CUSTOM
 default_data_region_group_num_per_database=1
 series_slot_num=1
 
+# ---- metadata lease for the combined CN/DN process ----
+# CN and DN pause together during JVM GC. Use ten years (365-day years) to
+# effectively disable metadata lease expiry in Edge and avoid cache recovery
+# after long JVM pauses. Keep the value finite so the ConfigNode grace period
+# and millisecond-to-nanosecond deadline calculations do not overflow.
+metadata_lease_fence_ms=315360000000
+
 # ---- metrics off (the internal MetricService is shared by both nodes) ----
 cn_metric_level=OFF
 dn_metric_level=OFF