diff --git a/src/gateway/config-reload.test.ts b/src/gateway/config-reload.test.ts
index 3ad545855..79aeb414e 100644
--- a/src/gateway/config-reload.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/config-reload.test.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ describe("buildGatewayReloadPlan", () => {
     expect(plan.noopPaths).toContain("gateway.remote.url");
   });
 
+  it("treats meta.lastTouchedAt as no-op", () => {
+    const plan = buildGatewayReloadPlan(["meta.lastTouchedAt"]);
+    expect(plan.restartGateway).toBe(false);
+    expect(plan.noopPaths).toContain("meta.lastTouchedAt");
+  });
+
   it("defaults unknown paths to restart", () => {
     const plan = buildGatewayReloadPlan(["unknownField"]);
     expect(plan.restartGateway).toBe(true);
diff --git a/src/gateway/config-reload.ts b/src/gateway/config-reload.ts
index 8579dc4a0..c5fc4edb0 100644
--- a/src/gateway/config-reload.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/config-reload.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ const BASE_RELOAD_RULES_TAIL: ReloadRule[] = [
   { prefix: "session", kind: "none" },
   { prefix: "talk", kind: "none" },
   { prefix: "skills", kind: "none" },
+  { prefix: "meta", kind: "none" },
   { prefix: "plugins", kind: "restart" },
   { prefix: "ui", kind: "none" },
   { prefix: "gateway", kind: "restart" },