diff --git a/e2e_test/batch/catalog/pg_settings.slt.part b/e2e_test/batch/catalog/pg_settings.slt.part
index 278436a884c7..dfcd05a46048 100644
--- a/e2e_test/batch/catalog/pg_settings.slt.part
+++ b/e2e_test/batch/catalog/pg_settings.slt.part
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ user streaming_max_parallelism
 user streaming_over_window_cache_policy
 user streaming_parallelism
 user streaming_use_arrangement_backfill
+user streaming_use_shared_source
 user streaming_use_snapshot_backfill
 user synchronize_seqscans
 user timezone
diff --git a/e2e_test/source_inline/kafka/shared_source.slt b/e2e_test/source_inline/kafka/shared_source.slt
index ca429781604e..b66bf84fbd80 100644
--- a/e2e_test/source_inline/kafka/shared_source.slt
+++ b/e2e_test/source_inline/kafka/shared_source.slt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 control substitution on
 
 statement ok
-SET enable_shared_source TO true;
+SET streaming_use_shared_source TO true;
 
 system ok
 rpk topic create shared_source -p 4
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ internal_table.mjs --name mv_1 --type sourcebackfill
 
 # This does not affect the behavior for CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW below. It also uses the shared source, and creates SourceBackfillExecutor.
 statement ok
-SET enable_shared_source TO false;
+SET streaming_use_shared_source TO false;
 
 statement ok
 create materialized view mv_2 as select * from s0;
diff --git a/src/common/src/config.rs b/src/common/src/config.rs
index 455588ffa3e4..fa183bd746cd 100644
--- a/src/common/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/common/src/config.rs
@@ -1034,8 +1034,7 @@ pub struct StreamingDeveloperConfig {
     /// Enable arrangement backfill
     /// If false, the arrangement backfill will be disabled,
     /// even if session variable set.
-    /// If true, it will be enabled by default, but session variable
-    /// can override it.
+    /// If true, it's decided by session variable `streaming_use_arrangement_backfill` (default true)
     pub enable_arrangement_backfill: bool,
 
     #[serde(default = "default::developer::stream_high_join_amplification_threshold")]
@@ -1055,6 +1054,13 @@ pub struct StreamingDeveloperConfig {
     /// A flag to allow disabling the auto schema change handling
     #[serde(default = "default::developer::stream_enable_auto_schema_change")]
     pub enable_auto_schema_change: bool,
+
+    #[serde(default = "default::developer::enable_shared_source")]
+    /// Enable shared source
+    /// If false, the shared source will be disabled,
+    /// even if session variable set.
+    /// If true, it's decided by session variable `streaming_use_shared_source` (default true)
+    pub enable_shared_source: bool,
 }
 
 /// The subsections `[batch.developer]`.
@@ -1939,6 +1945,10 @@ pub mod default {
             true
         }
 
+        pub fn enable_shared_source() -> bool {
+            true
+        }
+
         pub fn stream_high_join_amplification_threshold() -> usize {
             2048
         }
diff --git a/src/common/src/session_config/mod.rs b/src/common/src/session_config/mod.rs
index 43ac67363dd9..3d7f40618247 100644
--- a/src/common/src/session_config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/common/src/session_config/mod.rs
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ pub struct SessionConfig {
     ///
     /// When enabled, `CREATE SOURCE` will create a source streaming job, and `CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEWS` from the source
     /// will forward the data from the same source streaming job, and also backfill prior data from the external source.
-    #[parameter(default = false, alias = "rw_enable_shared_source")]
-    enable_shared_source: bool,
+    #[parameter(default = true, alias = "rw_enable_shared_source")]
+    streaming_use_shared_source: bool,
 
     /// Shows the server-side character set encoding. At present, this parameter can be shown but not set, because the encoding is determined at database creation time.
     #[parameter(default = SERVER_ENCODING)]
diff --git a/src/config/example.toml b/src/config/example.toml
index 21a63d1de90a..4b0e08c21319 100644
--- a/src/config/example.toml
+++ b/src/config/example.toml
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ stream_high_join_amplification_threshold = 2048
 stream_enable_actor_tokio_metrics = false
 stream_exchange_connection_pool_size = 1
 stream_enable_auto_schema_change = true
+stream_enable_shared_source = true
 
 [storage]
 share_buffers_sync_parallelism = 1
diff --git a/src/frontend/planner_test/tests/testdata/input/shared_source.yml b/src/frontend/planner_test/tests/testdata/input/shared_source.yml
index 71c87ab2e3ce..4d684422d9fd 100644
--- a/src/frontend/planner_test/tests/testdata/input/shared_source.yml
+++ b/src/frontend/planner_test/tests/testdata/input/shared_source.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     ) FORMAT PLAIN ENCODE JSON;
   expected_outputs: []
 - with_config_map:
-    enable_shared_source: true
+    streaming_use_shared_source: true
   sql: |
     /* The shared source config doesn't affect table with connector. */
     EXPLAIN CREATE TABLE s(x int,y int)
@@ -25,43 +25,43 @@
 # We use with_config_map to control the config when CREATE SOURCE, and use another SET statement to change the config for CREATE MV
 #
 # batch: All 4 plans should be the same.
-# stream: StreamSourceScan (with backfill) should be used only for the last 2. The first 2 use StreamSource. enable_shared_source changes the behavior of CREATE SOURCE, but not CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW
+# stream: StreamSourceScan (with backfill) should be used only for the last 2. The first 2 use StreamSource. streaming_use_shared_source changes the behavior of CREATE SOURCE, but not CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW
 - with_config_map:
-    enable_shared_source: false
+    streaming_use_shared_source: false
   before:
     - create_source
   sql: |
-    SET enable_shared_source = false;
+    SET streaming_use_shared_source = false;
     select * from s;
   expected_outputs:
     - batch_plan
     - stream_plan
 - with_config_map:
-    enable_shared_source: false
+    streaming_use_shared_source: false
   before:
     - create_source
   sql: |
-    SET enable_shared_source = true;
+    SET streaming_use_shared_source = true;
     select * from s;
   expected_outputs:
     - batch_plan
     - stream_plan
 - with_config_map:
-    enable_shared_source: true
+    streaming_use_shared_source: true
   before:
     - create_source
   sql: |
-    SET enable_shared_source = false;
+    SET streaming_use_shared_source = false;
     select * from s;
   expected_outputs:
     - batch_plan
     - stream_plan
 - with_config_map:
-    enable_shared_source: true
+    streaming_use_shared_source: true
   before:
     - create_source
   sql: |
-    SET enable_shared_source = true;
+    SET streaming_use_shared_source = true;
     select * from s;
   expected_outputs:
     - batch_plan
diff --git a/src/frontend/planner_test/tests/testdata/output/shared_source.yml b/src/frontend/planner_test/tests/testdata/output/shared_source.yml
index 5083c23952f3..83fde26bfc7d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/planner_test/tests/testdata/output/shared_source.yml
+++ b/src/frontend/planner_test/tests/testdata/output/shared_source.yml
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
           └─StreamDml { columns: [x, y, _row_id] }
             └─StreamSource
   with_config_map:
-    enable_shared_source: 'true'
+    streaming_use_shared_source: 'true'
 - before:
   - create_source
   sql: |
-    SET enable_shared_source = false;
+    SET streaming_use_shared_source = false;
     select * from s;
   batch_plan: |-
     BatchExchange { order: [], dist: Single }
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
       └─StreamRowIdGen { row_id_index: 3 }
         └─StreamSource { source: s, columns: [x, y, _rw_kafka_timestamp, _row_id] }
   with_config_map:
-    enable_shared_source: 'false'
+    streaming_use_shared_source: 'false'
 - before:
   - create_source
   sql: |
-    SET enable_shared_source = true;
+    SET streaming_use_shared_source = true;
     select * from s;
   batch_plan: |-
     BatchExchange { order: [], dist: Single }
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@
       └─StreamRowIdGen { row_id_index: 3 }
         └─StreamSource { source: s, columns: [x, y, _rw_kafka_timestamp, _row_id] }
   with_config_map:
-    enable_shared_source: 'false'
+    streaming_use_shared_source: 'false'
 - before:
   - create_source
   sql: |
-    SET enable_shared_source = false;
+    SET streaming_use_shared_source = false;
     select * from s;
   batch_plan: |-
     BatchExchange { order: [], dist: Single }
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@
       └─StreamRowIdGen { row_id_index: 3 }
         └─StreamSourceScan { columns: [x, y, _rw_kafka_timestamp, _row_id, _rw_kafka_partition, _rw_kafka_offset] }
   with_config_map:
-    enable_shared_source: 'true'
+    streaming_use_shared_source: 'true'
 - before:
   - create_source
   sql: |
-    SET enable_shared_source = true;
+    SET streaming_use_shared_source = true;
     select * from s;
   batch_plan: |-
     BatchExchange { order: [], dist: Single }
@@ -91,4 +91,4 @@
       └─StreamRowIdGen { row_id_index: 3 }
         └─StreamSourceScan { columns: [x, y, _rw_kafka_timestamp, _row_id, _rw_kafka_partition, _rw_kafka_offset] }
   with_config_map:
-    enable_shared_source: 'true'
+    streaming_use_shared_source: 'true'
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/handler/create_source.rs b/src/frontend/src/handler/create_source.rs
index d6338b89456a..f2720d111cc4 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/handler/create_source.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/src/handler/create_source.rs
@@ -1662,7 +1662,12 @@ pub async fn handle_create_source(
     let create_cdc_source_job = with_properties.is_shareable_cdc_connector();
     let is_shared = create_cdc_source_job
         || (with_properties.is_shareable_non_cdc_connector()
-            && session.config().enable_shared_source());
+            && session
+                .env()
+                .streaming_config()
+                .developer
+                .enable_shared_source
+            && session.config().streaming_use_shared_source());
 
     let (columns_from_resolve_source, mut source_info) = if create_cdc_source_job {
         bind_columns_from_source_for_cdc(&session, &source_schema)?
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/optimizer/plan_node/logical_source.rs b/src/frontend/src/optimizer/plan_node/logical_source.rs
index 5bbf1a021641..81dc1128c2a4 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/optimizer/plan_node/logical_source.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/src/optimizer/plan_node/logical_source.rs
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ impl ToStream for LogicalSource {
             }
             SourceNodeKind::CreateMViewOrBatch => {
                 // Create MV on source.
-                // We only check enable_shared_source is true when `CREATE SOURCE`.
+                // We only check streaming_use_shared_source is true when `CREATE SOURCE`.
                 // The value does not affect the behavior of `CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW` here.
                 let use_shared_source = self.source_catalog().is_some_and(|c| c.info.is_shared());
                 if use_shared_source {
diff --git a/src/tests/simulation/src/cluster.rs b/src/tests/simulation/src/cluster.rs
index 3b41c82afab0..2a6118970ccd 100644
--- a/src/tests/simulation/src/cluster.rs
+++ b/src/tests/simulation/src/cluster.rs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ impl Configuration {
 
     pub fn for_scale_shared_source() -> Self {
         let mut conf = Self::for_scale();
-        conf.per_session_queries = vec!["SET ENABLE_SHARED_SOURCE = true;".into()].into();
+        conf.per_session_queries = vec!["SET STREAMING_USE_SHARED_SOURCE = true;".into()].into();
         conf
     }