diff --git a/service_configuration_lib/spark_config.py b/service_configuration_lib/spark_config.py
index 14f91c2..40f0419 100644
--- a/service_configuration_lib/spark_config.py
+++ b/service_configuration_lib/spark_config.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 DEFAULT_CLUSTERMAN_OBSERVED_SCALING_TIME = 15  # minutes
 DEFAULT_SQL_SHUFFLE_PARTITIONS = 128
 DEFAULT_DRA_EXECUTOR_ALLOCATION_RATIO = 0.8
-DEFAULT_DRA_CACHED_EXECUTOR_IDLE_TIMEOUT = '420s'
+DEFAULT_DRA_CACHED_EXECUTOR_IDLE_TIMEOUT = '900s'
 DEFAULT_DRA_MIN_EXECUTOR_RATIO = 0.25
 
 
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ def _append_sql_shuffle_partitions_conf(spark_opts: Dict[str, str]) -> Dict[str,
     return spark_opts
 
 
-def _get_dra_configs(spark_opts: Dict[str, str]) -> Dict[str, str]:
+def get_dra_configs(spark_opts: Dict[str, str]) -> Dict[str, str]:
     if (
         'spark.dynamicAllocation.enabled' not in spark_opts or
         str(spark_opts['spark.dynamicAllocation.enabled']) != 'true'
@@ -271,6 +271,13 @@ def _get_dra_configs(spark_opts: Dict[str, str]) -> Dict[str, str]:
         spark_opts, 'spark.dynamicAllocation.cachedExecutorIdleTimeout',
         str(DEFAULT_DRA_CACHED_EXECUTOR_IDLE_TIMEOUT),
     )
+    log.warning(
+        f'\nSetting spark.dynamicAllocation.cachedExecutorIdleTimeout as {DEFAULT_DRA_CACHED_EXECUTOR_IDLE_TIMEOUT}. '
+        f'Executor with cached data block will be released if it has been idle for this duration. '
+        f'If you wish to change the value of cachedExecutorIdleTimeout, please provide the exact value of '
+        f'spark.dynamicAllocation.cachedExecutorIdleTimeout in --spark-args. If your job is performing bad because '
+        f'the cached data was lost, please consider increasing this value.\n',
+    )
 
     if 'spark.dynamicAllocation.minExecutors' not in spark_opts:
         # the ratio of total executors to be used as minExecutors
@@ -809,7 +816,7 @@ def get_spark_conf(
         raise ValueError('Unknown resource_manager, should be either [mesos,kubernetes]')
 
     # configure dynamic resource allocation configs
-    spark_conf = _get_dra_configs(spark_conf)
+    spark_conf = get_dra_configs(spark_conf)
 
     # configure spark_event_log
     spark_conf = _append_event_log_conf(spark_conf, *aws_creds)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e7a9290..d064fa6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='service-configuration-lib',
-    version='2.10.7',
+    version='2.10.8',
     provides=['service_configuration_lib'],
     description='Start, stop, and inspect Yelp SOA services',
     url='https://github.com/Yelp/service_configuration_lib',
diff --git a/tests/spark_config_test.py b/tests/spark_config_test.py
index c80e00d..bd55168 100644
--- a/tests/spark_config_test.py
+++ b/tests/spark_config_test.py
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ def test_adjust_spark_requested_resources_error(
                     'spark.dynamicAllocation.enabled': 'true',
                     'spark.dynamicAllocation.shuffleTracking.enabled': 'true',
                     'spark.dynamicAllocation.executorAllocationRatio': '0.8',
-                    'spark.dynamicAllocation.cachedExecutorIdleTimeout': '420s',
+                    'spark.dynamicAllocation.cachedExecutorIdleTimeout': '900s',
                     'spark.dynamicAllocation.minExecutors': '0',
                     'spark.dynamicAllocation.maxExecutors': '2',
                     'spark.executor.instances': '0',
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ def test_adjust_spark_requested_resources_error(
                     'spark.dynamicAllocation.initialExecutors': '128',
                     'spark.dynamicAllocation.shuffleTracking.enabled': 'true',
                     'spark.dynamicAllocation.executorAllocationRatio': '0.8',
-                    'spark.dynamicAllocation.cachedExecutorIdleTimeout': '420s',
+                    'spark.dynamicAllocation.cachedExecutorIdleTimeout': '900s',
                     'spark.executor.instances': '128',
                 },
             ),
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ def test_adjust_spark_requested_resources_error(
                     'spark.dynamicAllocation.minExecutors': '205',
                     'spark.dynamicAllocation.shuffleTracking.enabled': 'true',
                     'spark.dynamicAllocation.executorAllocationRatio': '0.8',
-                    'spark.dynamicAllocation.cachedExecutorIdleTimeout': '420s',
+                    'spark.dynamicAllocation.cachedExecutorIdleTimeout': '900s',
                     'spark.executor.instances': '205',
                 },
             ),
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ def test_get_dra_configs(
             user_spark_opts,
             expected_output,
     ):
-        output = spark_config._get_dra_configs(user_spark_opts)
+        output = spark_config.get_dra_configs(user_spark_opts)
         for key in expected_output.keys():
             assert output[key] == expected_output[key], f'wrong value for {key}'