diff --git a/.changeset/strange-radios-teach.md b/.changeset/strange-radios-teach.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea84bfbf359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/strange-radios-teach.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"chainlink": patch
+---
+
+Merge raw configs correctly #bugfix
diff --git a/core/scripts/go.mod b/core/scripts/go.mod
index 590ef9f1607..05520c060ba 100644
--- a/core/scripts/go.mod
+++ b/core/scripts/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5
 	github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.4.0
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v0.8.1
-	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241101093830-33711d0c3de7
+	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241106142051-c7bded1c08ae
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/deployment v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2 v2.14.0-mercury-20240807.0.20241106193309-5560cd76211a
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/libocr v0.0.0-20241007185508-adbe57025f12
diff --git a/core/scripts/go.sum b/core/scripts/go.sum
index 0d158c973e0..3160b2c6c6c 100644
--- a/core/scripts/go.sum
+++ b/core/scripts/go.sum
@@ -1092,8 +1092,8 @@ github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v0.8.1 h1:sTc9LKpBvcKPc1JDYAmgB
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v0.8.1/go.mod h1:Iij36PvWZ6blrdC5A/nrQUBuf3MH3JvsBB9sSyc9W08=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20241106140121-4c9ee21ab422 h1:VfH/AW5NtTmroY9zz6OYCPFbFTqpMyJ2ubgT9ahYf3U=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20241106140121-4c9ee21ab422/go.mod h1:4adKaHNaxFsRvV/lYfqtbsWyyvIPUMLR0FdOJN/ljis=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241101093830-33711d0c3de7 h1:AGi0kAtMRW1zl1h7sGw+3CKO4Nlev6iA08YfEcgJCGs=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241101093830-33711d0c3de7/go.mod h1:TQ9/KKXZ9vr8QAlUquqGpSvDCpR+DtABKPXZY4CiRns=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241106142051-c7bded1c08ae h1:uqce0bjNVYzFrrVLafXgyn8SVNdfOtZekLfAwQihHiA=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241106142051-c7bded1c08ae/go.mod h1:TQ9/KKXZ9vr8QAlUquqGpSvDCpR+DtABKPXZY4CiRns=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-cosmos v0.5.2-0.20241017133723-5277829bd53f h1:BwrIaQIx5Iy6eT+DfLhFfK2XqjxRm74mVdlX8gbu4dw=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-cosmos v0.5.2-0.20241017133723-5277829bd53f/go.mod h1:wHtwSR3F1CQSJJZDQKuqaqFYnvkT+kMyget7dl8Clvo=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-data-streams v0.1.1-0.20241018134907-a00ba3729b5e h1:JiETqdNM0bktAUGMc62COwXIaw3rR3M77Me6bBLG0Fg=
diff --git a/core/services/chainlink/config.go b/core/services/chainlink/config.go
index 476e758ccbb..9f083ef89af 100644
--- a/core/services/chainlink/config.go
+++ b/core/services/chainlink/config.go
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package chainlink
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 
+	"github.com/imdario/mergo"
 	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 
 	gotoml "github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2"
@@ -49,40 +51,201 @@ type Config struct {
 // RawConfigs is a list of RawConfig.
 type RawConfigs []RawConfig
 
+func (rs *RawConfigs) SetFrom(configs RawConfigs) error {
+	if err := configs.validateKeys(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, config := range configs {
+		chainID := config.ChainID()
+		i := slices.IndexFunc(*rs, func(r RawConfig) bool {
+			otherChainID := r.ChainID()
+			return otherChainID != "" && chainID == otherChainID
+		})
+		if i != -1 {
+			if err := (*rs)[i].SetFrom(config); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		} else {
+			*rs = append(*rs, config)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (rs RawConfigs) validateKeys() (err error) {
+	chainIDs := commonconfig.UniqueStrings{}
+	for i, config := range rs {
+		chainID := config.ChainID()
+		if chainIDs.IsDupe(&chainID) {
+			err = errors.Join(err, commonconfig.NewErrDuplicate(fmt.Sprintf("%d.ChainID", i), chainID))
+		}
+	}
+
+	nodeNames := commonconfig.UniqueStrings{}
+	for i, config := range rs {
+		configNodeNames := config.NodeNames()
+		for j, nodeName := range configNodeNames {
+			if nodeNames.IsDupe(&nodeName) {
+				err = errors.Join(err, commonconfig.NewErrDuplicate(fmt.Sprintf("%d.Nodes.%d.Name", i, j), nodeName))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (rs RawConfigs) ValidateConfig() (err error) {
+	return rs.validateKeys()
+}
+
 // RawConfig is the config used for chains that are not embedded.
 type RawConfig map[string]any
 
-// ValidateConfig returns an error if the Config is not valid for use, as-is.
-func (c *RawConfig) ValidateConfig() (err error) {
-	if v, ok := (*c)["Enabled"]; ok {
+type parsedRawConfig struct {
+	chainID    string
+	nodesExist bool
+	nodes      []map[string]any
+	nodeNames  []string
+}
+
+func (c RawConfig) parse() (*parsedRawConfig, error) {
+	var err error
+	if v, ok := c["Enabled"]; ok {
 		if _, ok := v.(bool); !ok {
 			err = multierr.Append(err, commonconfig.ErrInvalid{Name: "Enabled", Value: v, Msg: "expected bool"})
 		}
 	}
-	if v, ok := (*c)["ChainID"]; ok {
-		if _, ok := v.(string); !ok {
-			err = multierr.Append(err, commonconfig.ErrInvalid{Name: "ChainID", Value: v, Msg: "expected string"})
+
+	parsedRawConfig := &parsedRawConfig{}
+	chainID, exists := c["ChainID"]
+	if !exists {
+		err = multierr.Append(err, commonconfig.ErrMissing{Name: "ChainID", Msg: "required for all chains"})
+	} else {
+		chainIDStr, ok := chainID.(string)
+		switch {
+		case !ok:
+			err = multierr.Append(err, commonconfig.ErrInvalid{Name: "ChainID", Value: chainID, Msg: "expected string"})
+		case chainIDStr == "":
+			err = multierr.Append(err, commonconfig.ErrEmpty{Name: "ChainID", Msg: "required for all chains"})
+		default:
+			parsedRawConfig.chainID = chainIDStr
 		}
 	}
-	return err
+	nodes, nodesExist := c["Nodes"]
+	parsedRawConfig.nodesExist = nodesExist
+	if nodesExist {
+		nodeMaps, ok := nodes.([]any)
+		switch {
+		case !ok:
+			err = multierr.Append(err, commonconfig.ErrInvalid{Name: "Nodes", Value: nodes, Msg: "expected array of node configs"})
+		default:
+			for i, node := range nodeMaps {
+				nodeConfig, ok := node.(map[string]any)
+				if !ok {
+					err = multierr.Append(err, commonconfig.ErrInvalid{Name: fmt.Sprintf("Nodes.%d", i), Value: nodeConfig, Msg: "expected node config map"})
+				} else {
+					parsedRawConfig.nodes = append(parsedRawConfig.nodes, nodeConfig)
+					nodeName, exists := nodeConfig["Name"]
+					if !exists {
+						err = multierr.Append(err, commonconfig.ErrMissing{Name: fmt.Sprintf("Nodes.%d.Name", i), Msg: "required for all nodes"})
+					} else {
+						nodeNameStr, ok := nodeName.(string)
+						switch {
+						case !ok:
+							err = multierr.Append(err, commonconfig.ErrInvalid{Name: fmt.Sprintf("Nodes.%d.Name", i), Value: nodeName, Msg: "expected string"})
+						case nodeNameStr == "":
+							err = multierr.Append(err, commonconfig.ErrEmpty{Name: fmt.Sprintf("Nodes.%d.Name", i), Msg: "required for all nodes"})
+						default:
+							parsedRawConfig.nodeNames = append(parsedRawConfig.nodeNames, nodeNameStr)
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return parsedRawConfig, err
 }
 
-func (c *RawConfig) IsEnabled() bool {
-	if c == nil {
-		return false
+// ValidateConfig returns an error if the Config is not valid for use, as-is.
+func (c RawConfig) ValidateConfig() error {
+	parsedRawConfig, err := c.parse()
+	if !parsedRawConfig.nodesExist {
+		err = multierr.Append(err, commonconfig.ErrMissing{Name: "Nodes", Msg: "expected at least one node"})
+	} else if len(parsedRawConfig.nodes) == 0 {
+		err = multierr.Append(err, commonconfig.ErrEmpty{Name: "Nodes", Msg: "expected at least one node"})
 	}
+	return err
+}
 
-	enabled, ok := (*c)["Enabled"].(bool)
+func (c RawConfig) IsEnabled() bool {
+	enabled, ok := c["Enabled"].(bool)
 	return ok && enabled
 }
 
-func (c *RawConfig) ChainID() string {
-	if c == nil {
-		return ""
+func (c RawConfig) ChainID() string {
+	chainID, _ := c["ChainID"].(string)
+	return chainID
+}
+
+func (c *RawConfig) SetFrom(config RawConfig) error {
+	parsedRawConfig, err := c.parse()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
-	chainID, _ := (*c)["ChainID"].(string)
-	return chainID
+	incomingParsedRawConfig, err := config.parse()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Create a copy of config without nodes to merge other fields
+	configWithoutNodes := make(RawConfig)
+	for k, v := range config {
+		if k != "Nodes" {
+			configWithoutNodes[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Merge all non-node fields
+	if err := mergo.Merge(c, configWithoutNodes, mergo.WithOverride); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Handle node merging
+	for i, nodeConfig := range incomingParsedRawConfig.nodes {
+		nodeName := incomingParsedRawConfig.nodeNames[i]
+		i := slices.Index(parsedRawConfig.nodeNames, nodeName)
+		if i != -1 {
+			if err := mergo.Merge(&parsedRawConfig.nodes[i], nodeConfig, mergo.WithOverride); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		} else {
+			parsedRawConfig.nodes = append(parsedRawConfig.nodes, nodeConfig)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Subsequence SetFrom invocations will call parse(), and expect to be able to cast c["Nodes"] to []any,
+	// so we can't directly assign parsedRawConfig.nodes back to c["Nodes"].
+	anyConfigs := []any{}
+	for _, nodeConfig := range parsedRawConfig.nodes {
+		anyConfigs = append(anyConfigs, nodeConfig)
+	}
+
+	(*c)["Nodes"] = anyConfigs
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c RawConfig) NodeNames() []string {
+	nodes, _ := c["Nodes"].([]any)
+	nodeNames := []string{}
+	for _, node := range nodes {
+		config, _ := node.(map[string]any)
+		nodeName, _ := config["Name"].(string)
+		nodeNames = append(nodeNames, nodeName)
+	}
+	return nodeNames
 }
 
 // TOMLString returns a TOML encoded string.
@@ -185,8 +348,9 @@ func (c *Config) SetFrom(f *Config) (err error) {
 		err = multierr.Append(err, commonconfig.NamedMultiErrorList(err4, "Starknet"))
 	}
 
-	// the plugin should handle it's own defaults and merging
-	c.Aptos = f.Aptos
+	if err5 := c.Aptos.SetFrom(f.Aptos); err5 != nil {
+		err = multierr.Append(err, commonconfig.NamedMultiErrorList(err5, "Aptos"))
+	}
 
 	_, err = commonconfig.MultiErrorList(err)
 
diff --git a/core/services/chainlink/config_test.go b/core/services/chainlink/config_test.go
index c6dd58369d0..19ad7529c83 100644
--- a/core/services/chainlink/config_test.go
+++ b/core/services/chainlink/config_test.go
@@ -1520,7 +1520,11 @@ func TestConfig_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 		- 1: 2 errors:
 			- ChainID: missing: required for all chains
 			- Nodes: missing: must have at least one node
-	- Aptos.0.Enabled: invalid value (1): expected bool`},
+	- Aptos: 2 errors:
+		- 0.Nodes.1.Name: invalid value (primary): duplicate - must be unique
+		- 0: 2 errors:
+			- Enabled: invalid value (1): expected bool
+			- ChainID: missing: required for all chains`},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			var c Config
diff --git a/core/services/chainlink/testdata/config-invalid.toml b/core/services/chainlink/testdata/config-invalid.toml
index 411741b1b5b..967ef76de8e 100644
--- a/core/services/chainlink/testdata/config-invalid.toml
+++ b/core/services/chainlink/testdata/config-invalid.toml
@@ -181,9 +181,15 @@ APIKey = 'key'
 [[Aptos]]
 Enabled = 1
 
+[[Aptos.Nodes]]
+Name = 'primary'
+
+[[Aptos.Nodes]]
+Name = 'primary'
+
 [OCR2]
 Enabled = true
 
 [P2P]
 [P2P.V2]
-Enabled = false
\ No newline at end of file
+Enabled = false
diff --git a/deployment/go.mod b/deployment/go.mod
index 8a4b7e428dd..26342d19ca2 100644
--- a/deployment/go.mod
+++ b/deployment/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/ccip-owner-contracts v0.0.0-20240926212305-a6deabdfce86
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chain-selectors v1.0.27
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20241106140121-4c9ee21ab422
-	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241101093830-33711d0c3de7
+	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241106142051-c7bded1c08ae
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-protos/job-distributor v0.4.0
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/lib v1.50.13
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2 v2.14.0-mercury-20240807.0.20241106193309-5560cd76211a
diff --git a/deployment/go.sum b/deployment/go.sum
index b937815703e..31f0f69e8e4 100644
--- a/deployment/go.sum
+++ b/deployment/go.sum
@@ -1384,8 +1384,8 @@ github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v0.8.1 h1:sTc9LKpBvcKPc1JDYAmgB
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v0.8.1/go.mod h1:Iij36PvWZ6blrdC5A/nrQUBuf3MH3JvsBB9sSyc9W08=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20241106140121-4c9ee21ab422 h1:VfH/AW5NtTmroY9zz6OYCPFbFTqpMyJ2ubgT9ahYf3U=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20241106140121-4c9ee21ab422/go.mod h1:4adKaHNaxFsRvV/lYfqtbsWyyvIPUMLR0FdOJN/ljis=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241101093830-33711d0c3de7 h1:AGi0kAtMRW1zl1h7sGw+3CKO4Nlev6iA08YfEcgJCGs=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241101093830-33711d0c3de7/go.mod h1:TQ9/KKXZ9vr8QAlUquqGpSvDCpR+DtABKPXZY4CiRns=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241106142051-c7bded1c08ae h1:uqce0bjNVYzFrrVLafXgyn8SVNdfOtZekLfAwQihHiA=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241106142051-c7bded1c08ae/go.mod h1:TQ9/KKXZ9vr8QAlUquqGpSvDCpR+DtABKPXZY4CiRns=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-cosmos v0.5.2-0.20241017133723-5277829bd53f h1:BwrIaQIx5Iy6eT+DfLhFfK2XqjxRm74mVdlX8gbu4dw=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-cosmos v0.5.2-0.20241017133723-5277829bd53f/go.mod h1:wHtwSR3F1CQSJJZDQKuqaqFYnvkT+kMyget7dl8Clvo=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-data-streams v0.1.1-0.20241018134907-a00ba3729b5e h1:JiETqdNM0bktAUGMc62COwXIaw3rR3M77Me6bBLG0Fg=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b7a89eddf8d..e31d27ab3d2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.6.2-0.20240829161738-06afb6d7ae99
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.7
 	github.com/hdevalence/ed25519consensus v0.1.0
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16
 	github.com/jackc/pgconn v1.14.3
 	github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.14.0
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.18.3
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chain-selectors v1.0.27
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v0.8.1
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20241106140121-4c9ee21ab422
-	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241101093830-33711d0c3de7
+	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241106142051-c7bded1c08ae
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-cosmos v0.5.2-0.20241017133723-5277829bd53f
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-data-streams v0.1.1-0.20241018134907-a00ba3729b5e
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-feeds v0.1.1
@@ -252,7 +253,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/huin/goupnp v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/invopop/jsonschema v0.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/chunkreader/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e2d7559562b..e0adc852492 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1077,8 +1077,8 @@ github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v0.8.1 h1:sTc9LKpBvcKPc1JDYAmgB
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v0.8.1/go.mod h1:Iij36PvWZ6blrdC5A/nrQUBuf3MH3JvsBB9sSyc9W08=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20241106140121-4c9ee21ab422 h1:VfH/AW5NtTmroY9zz6OYCPFbFTqpMyJ2ubgT9ahYf3U=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20241106140121-4c9ee21ab422/go.mod h1:4adKaHNaxFsRvV/lYfqtbsWyyvIPUMLR0FdOJN/ljis=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241101093830-33711d0c3de7 h1:AGi0kAtMRW1zl1h7sGw+3CKO4Nlev6iA08YfEcgJCGs=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241101093830-33711d0c3de7/go.mod h1:TQ9/KKXZ9vr8QAlUquqGpSvDCpR+DtABKPXZY4CiRns=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241106142051-c7bded1c08ae h1:uqce0bjNVYzFrrVLafXgyn8SVNdfOtZekLfAwQihHiA=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241106142051-c7bded1c08ae/go.mod h1:TQ9/KKXZ9vr8QAlUquqGpSvDCpR+DtABKPXZY4CiRns=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-cosmos v0.5.2-0.20241017133723-5277829bd53f h1:BwrIaQIx5Iy6eT+DfLhFfK2XqjxRm74mVdlX8gbu4dw=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-cosmos v0.5.2-0.20241017133723-5277829bd53f/go.mod h1:wHtwSR3F1CQSJJZDQKuqaqFYnvkT+kMyget7dl8Clvo=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-data-streams v0.1.1-0.20241018134907-a00ba3729b5e h1:JiETqdNM0bktAUGMc62COwXIaw3rR3M77Me6bBLG0Fg=
diff --git a/integration-tests/go.mod b/integration-tests/go.mod
index 3a1a5edb3da..f86b2ee70fa 100644
--- a/integration-tests/go.mod
+++ b/integration-tests/go.mod
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chain-selectors v1.0.27
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v0.8.1
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20241106140121-4c9ee21ab422
-	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241101093830-33711d0c3de7
+	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241106142051-c7bded1c08ae
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-protos/job-distributor v0.4.0
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/havoc v1.50.2
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/lib v1.50.13
diff --git a/integration-tests/go.sum b/integration-tests/go.sum
index 736bcd8bfc2..144d29156e5 100644
--- a/integration-tests/go.sum
+++ b/integration-tests/go.sum
@@ -1405,8 +1405,8 @@ github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v0.8.1 h1:sTc9LKpBvcKPc1JDYAmgB
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v0.8.1/go.mod h1:Iij36PvWZ6blrdC5A/nrQUBuf3MH3JvsBB9sSyc9W08=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20241106140121-4c9ee21ab422 h1:VfH/AW5NtTmroY9zz6OYCPFbFTqpMyJ2ubgT9ahYf3U=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20241106140121-4c9ee21ab422/go.mod h1:4adKaHNaxFsRvV/lYfqtbsWyyvIPUMLR0FdOJN/ljis=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241101093830-33711d0c3de7 h1:AGi0kAtMRW1zl1h7sGw+3CKO4Nlev6iA08YfEcgJCGs=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241101093830-33711d0c3de7/go.mod h1:TQ9/KKXZ9vr8QAlUquqGpSvDCpR+DtABKPXZY4CiRns=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241106142051-c7bded1c08ae h1:uqce0bjNVYzFrrVLafXgyn8SVNdfOtZekLfAwQihHiA=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241106142051-c7bded1c08ae/go.mod h1:TQ9/KKXZ9vr8QAlUquqGpSvDCpR+DtABKPXZY4CiRns=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-cosmos v0.5.2-0.20241017133723-5277829bd53f h1:BwrIaQIx5Iy6eT+DfLhFfK2XqjxRm74mVdlX8gbu4dw=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-cosmos v0.5.2-0.20241017133723-5277829bd53f/go.mod h1:wHtwSR3F1CQSJJZDQKuqaqFYnvkT+kMyget7dl8Clvo=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-data-streams v0.1.1-0.20241018134907-a00ba3729b5e h1:JiETqdNM0bktAUGMc62COwXIaw3rR3M77Me6bBLG0Fg=
diff --git a/integration-tests/load/go.mod b/integration-tests/load/go.mod
index db41a4d763a..e1c2c4f50a0 100644
--- a/integration-tests/load/go.mod
+++ b/integration-tests/load/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0
 	github.com/slack-go/slack v0.15.0
-	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241101093830-33711d0c3de7
+	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241106142051-c7bded1c08ae
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/lib v1.50.13
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/seth v1.50.5
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/wasp v1.50.2
diff --git a/integration-tests/load/go.sum b/integration-tests/load/go.sum
index 8f18bccf4e1..9ad23c4de4c 100644
--- a/integration-tests/load/go.sum
+++ b/integration-tests/load/go.sum
@@ -1394,8 +1394,8 @@ github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v0.8.1 h1:sTc9LKpBvcKPc1JDYAmgB
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v0.8.1/go.mod h1:Iij36PvWZ6blrdC5A/nrQUBuf3MH3JvsBB9sSyc9W08=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20241106140121-4c9ee21ab422 h1:VfH/AW5NtTmroY9zz6OYCPFbFTqpMyJ2ubgT9ahYf3U=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20241106140121-4c9ee21ab422/go.mod h1:4adKaHNaxFsRvV/lYfqtbsWyyvIPUMLR0FdOJN/ljis=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241101093830-33711d0c3de7 h1:AGi0kAtMRW1zl1h7sGw+3CKO4Nlev6iA08YfEcgJCGs=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241101093830-33711d0c3de7/go.mod h1:TQ9/KKXZ9vr8QAlUquqGpSvDCpR+DtABKPXZY4CiRns=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241106142051-c7bded1c08ae h1:uqce0bjNVYzFrrVLafXgyn8SVNdfOtZekLfAwQihHiA=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.3.1-0.20241106142051-c7bded1c08ae/go.mod h1:TQ9/KKXZ9vr8QAlUquqGpSvDCpR+DtABKPXZY4CiRns=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-cosmos v0.5.2-0.20241017133723-5277829bd53f h1:BwrIaQIx5Iy6eT+DfLhFfK2XqjxRm74mVdlX8gbu4dw=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-cosmos v0.5.2-0.20241017133723-5277829bd53f/go.mod h1:wHtwSR3F1CQSJJZDQKuqaqFYnvkT+kMyget7dl8Clvo=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-data-streams v0.1.1-0.20241018134907-a00ba3729b5e h1:JiETqdNM0bktAUGMc62COwXIaw3rR3M77Me6bBLG0Fg=
diff --git a/testdata/scripts/config/merge_raw_configs.txtar b/testdata/scripts/config/merge_raw_configs.txtar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dbdc1657e0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/scripts/config/merge_raw_configs.txtar
@@ -0,0 +1,468 @@
+exec chainlink node -c config1.toml -c config2.toml -s secrets.toml validate
+cmp stdout out.txt
+! exists $WORK/logs
+
+-- config1.toml --
+[Log]
+Level = 'debug'
+
+[Feature]
+FeedsManager = true
+LogPoller = true
+UICSAKeys = true
+
+[OCR2]
+Enabled = true
+
+[P2P]
+[P2P.V2]
+Enabled = true
+DeltaDial = '5s'
+DeltaReconcile = '5s'
+ListenAddresses = ['0.0.0.0:6691']
+
+[WebServer]
+HTTPPort = 6688
+TLS.HTTPSPort = 0
+AllowOrigins = '*'
+
+[[Aptos]]
+ChainID = '1'
+Enabled = true
+
+[Aptos.Workflow]
+ForwarderAddress = "address"
+PublicKey = ""
+
+[[Aptos.Nodes]]
+Name = 'a'
+URL = 'https://example.com/a'
+
+[[Aptos.Nodes]]
+Name = 'b'
+URL = 'https://example.com/b'
+
+-- config2.toml --
+Log.Level = 'debug'
+
+[[Aptos]]
+ChainID = '1'
+
+[Aptos.Workflow]
+ForwarderAddress = "replacement-address"
+PublicKey = ""
+
+[[Aptos.Nodes]]
+Name = 'b'
+URL = 'https://example.com/b/updated'
+
+[[Aptos.Nodes]]
+Name = 'c'
+URL = 'https://example.com/c'
+
+[[Aptos]]
+ChainID = '2'
+
+[Aptos.Workflow]
+ForwarderAddress = "chain-two"
+Publickey = "abcdef"
+
+[[Aptos.Nodes]]
+Name = 'd'
+URL = 'https://example.com/d'
+
+-- secrets.toml --
+[Database]
+URL = 'postgresql://user:pass1234567890abcd@localhost:5432/dbname?sslmode=disable'
+
+[Password]
+Keystore = 'keystore_pass'
+
+-- out.txt --
+# Secrets:
+[Database]
+URL = 'xxxxx'
+AllowSimplePasswords = false
+
+[Password]
+Keystore = 'xxxxx'
+
+# Input Configuration:
+[Feature]
+FeedsManager = true
+LogPoller = true
+UICSAKeys = true
+
+[Log]
+Level = 'debug'
+
+[WebServer]
+AllowOrigins = '*'
+HTTPPort = 6688
+
+[WebServer.TLS]
+HTTPSPort = 0
+
+[OCR2]
+Enabled = true
+
+[P2P]
+[P2P.V2]
+Enabled = true
+DeltaDial = '5s'
+DeltaReconcile = '5s'
+ListenAddresses = ['0.0.0.0:6691']
+
+[[Aptos]]
+ChainID = '1'
+Enabled = true
+
+[[Aptos.Nodes]]
+Name = 'a'
+URL = 'https://example.com/a'
+
+[[Aptos.Nodes]]
+Name = 'b'
+URL = 'https://example.com/b/updated'
+
+[[Aptos.Nodes]]
+Name = 'c'
+URL = 'https://example.com/c'
+
+[Aptos.Workflow]
+ForwarderAddress = 'replacement-address'
+PublicKey = ''
+
+[[Aptos]]
+ChainID = '2'
+
+[[Aptos.Nodes]]
+Name = 'd'
+URL = 'https://example.com/d'
+
+[Aptos.Workflow]
+ForwarderAddress = 'chain-two'
+Publickey = 'abcdef'
+
+# Effective Configuration, with defaults applied:
+InsecureFastScrypt = false
+RootDir = '~/.chainlink'
+ShutdownGracePeriod = '5s'
+
+[Feature]
+FeedsManager = true
+LogPoller = true
+UICSAKeys = true
+CCIP = true
+MultiFeedsManagers = false
+
+[Database]
+DefaultIdleInTxSessionTimeout = '1h0m0s'
+DefaultLockTimeout = '15s'
+DefaultQueryTimeout = '10s'
+LogQueries = false
+MaxIdleConns = 10
+MaxOpenConns = 100
+MigrateOnStartup = true
+
+[Database.Backup]
+Dir = ''
+Frequency = '1h0m0s'
+Mode = 'none'
+OnVersionUpgrade = true
+
+[Database.Listener]
+MaxReconnectDuration = '10m0s'
+MinReconnectInterval = '1m0s'
+FallbackPollInterval = '30s'
+
+[Database.Lock]
+Enabled = true
+LeaseDuration = '10s'
+LeaseRefreshInterval = '1s'
+
+[TelemetryIngress]
+UniConn = false
+Logging = false
+BufferSize = 100
+MaxBatchSize = 50
+SendInterval = '500ms'
+SendTimeout = '10s'
+UseBatchSend = true
+
+[AuditLogger]
+Enabled = false
+ForwardToUrl = ''
+JsonWrapperKey = ''
+Headers = []
+
+[Log]
+Level = 'debug'
+JSONConsole = false
+UnixTS = false
+
+[Log.File]
+Dir = ''
+MaxSize = '5.12gb'
+MaxAgeDays = 0
+MaxBackups = 1
+
+[WebServer]
+AuthenticationMethod = 'local'
+AllowOrigins = '*'
+BridgeResponseURL = ''
+BridgeCacheTTL = '0s'
+HTTPWriteTimeout = '10s'
+HTTPPort = 6688
+SecureCookies = true
+SessionTimeout = '15m0s'
+SessionReaperExpiration = '240h0m0s'
+HTTPMaxSize = '32.77kb'
+StartTimeout = '15s'
+ListenIP = '0.0.0.0'
+
+[WebServer.LDAP]
+ServerTLS = true
+SessionTimeout = '15m0s'
+QueryTimeout = '2m0s'
+BaseUserAttr = 'uid'
+BaseDN = ''
+UsersDN = 'ou=users'
+GroupsDN = 'ou=groups'
+ActiveAttribute = ''
+ActiveAttributeAllowedValue = ''
+AdminUserGroupCN = 'NodeAdmins'
+EditUserGroupCN = 'NodeEditors'
+RunUserGroupCN = 'NodeRunners'
+ReadUserGroupCN = 'NodeReadOnly'
+UserApiTokenEnabled = false
+UserAPITokenDuration = '240h0m0s'
+UpstreamSyncInterval = '0s'
+UpstreamSyncRateLimit = '2m0s'
+
+[WebServer.MFA]
+RPID = ''
+RPOrigin = ''
+
+[WebServer.RateLimit]
+Authenticated = 1000
+AuthenticatedPeriod = '1m0s'
+Unauthenticated = 5
+UnauthenticatedPeriod = '20s'
+
+[WebServer.TLS]
+CertPath = ''
+ForceRedirect = false
+Host = ''
+HTTPSPort = 0
+KeyPath = ''
+ListenIP = '0.0.0.0'
+
+[JobPipeline]
+ExternalInitiatorsEnabled = false
+MaxRunDuration = '10m0s'
+MaxSuccessfulRuns = 10000
+ReaperInterval = '1h0m0s'
+ReaperThreshold = '24h0m0s'
+ResultWriteQueueDepth = 100
+VerboseLogging = true
+
+[JobPipeline.HTTPRequest]
+DefaultTimeout = '15s'
+MaxSize = '32.77kb'
+
+[FluxMonitor]
+DefaultTransactionQueueDepth = 1
+SimulateTransactions = false
+
+[OCR2]
+Enabled = true
+ContractConfirmations = 3
+BlockchainTimeout = '20s'
+ContractPollInterval = '1m0s'
+ContractSubscribeInterval = '2m0s'
+ContractTransmitterTransmitTimeout = '10s'
+DatabaseTimeout = '10s'
+KeyBundleID = '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
+CaptureEATelemetry = false
+CaptureAutomationCustomTelemetry = true
+DefaultTransactionQueueDepth = 1
+SimulateTransactions = false
+TraceLogging = false
+
+[OCR]
+Enabled = false
+ObservationTimeout = '5s'
+BlockchainTimeout = '20s'
+ContractPollInterval = '1m0s'
+ContractSubscribeInterval = '2m0s'
+DefaultTransactionQueueDepth = 1
+KeyBundleID = '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
+SimulateTransactions = false
+TransmitterAddress = ''
+CaptureEATelemetry = false
+TraceLogging = false
+
+[P2P]
+IncomingMessageBufferSize = 10
+OutgoingMessageBufferSize = 10
+PeerID = ''
+TraceLogging = false
+
+[P2P.V2]
+Enabled = true
+AnnounceAddresses = []
+DefaultBootstrappers = []
+DeltaDial = '5s'
+DeltaReconcile = '5s'
+ListenAddresses = ['0.0.0.0:6691']
+
+[Keeper]
+DefaultTransactionQueueDepth = 1
+GasPriceBufferPercent = 20
+GasTipCapBufferPercent = 20
+BaseFeeBufferPercent = 20
+MaxGracePeriod = 100
+TurnLookBack = 1000
+
+[Keeper.Registry]
+CheckGasOverhead = 200000
+PerformGasOverhead = 300000
+MaxPerformDataSize = 5000
+SyncInterval = '30m0s'
+SyncUpkeepQueueSize = 10
+
+[AutoPprof]
+Enabled = false
+ProfileRoot = ''
+PollInterval = '10s'
+GatherDuration = '10s'
+GatherTraceDuration = '5s'
+MaxProfileSize = '100.00mb'
+CPUProfileRate = 1
+MemProfileRate = 1
+BlockProfileRate = 1
+MutexProfileFraction = 1
+MemThreshold = '4.00gb'
+GoroutineThreshold = 5000
+
+[Pyroscope]
+ServerAddress = ''
+Environment = 'mainnet'
+
+[Sentry]
+Debug = false
+DSN = ''
+Environment = ''
+Release = ''
+
+[Insecure]
+DevWebServer = false
+OCRDevelopmentMode = false
+InfiniteDepthQueries = false
+DisableRateLimiting = false
+
+[Tracing]
+Enabled = false
+CollectorTarget = ''
+NodeID = ''
+SamplingRatio = 0.0
+Mode = 'tls'
+TLSCertPath = ''
+
+[Mercury]
+VerboseLogging = false
+
+[Mercury.Cache]
+LatestReportTTL = '1s'
+MaxStaleAge = '1h0m0s'
+LatestReportDeadline = '5s'
+
+[Mercury.TLS]
+CertFile = ''
+
+[Mercury.Transmitter]
+TransmitQueueMaxSize = 10000
+TransmitTimeout = '5s'
+
+[Capabilities]
+[Capabilities.Peering]
+IncomingMessageBufferSize = 10
+OutgoingMessageBufferSize = 10
+PeerID = ''
+TraceLogging = false
+
+[Capabilities.Peering.V2]
+Enabled = false
+AnnounceAddresses = []
+DefaultBootstrappers = []
+DeltaDial = '15s'
+DeltaReconcile = '1m0s'
+ListenAddresses = []
+
+[Capabilities.Dispatcher]
+SupportedVersion = 1
+ReceiverBufferSize = 10000
+
+[Capabilities.Dispatcher.RateLimit]
+GlobalRPS = 800.0
+GlobalBurst = 1000
+PerSenderRPS = 10.0
+PerSenderBurst = 50
+
+[Capabilities.ExternalRegistry]
+Address = ''
+NetworkID = 'evm'
+ChainID = '1'
+
+[Capabilities.GatewayConnector]
+ChainIDForNodeKey = ''
+NodeAddress = ''
+DonID = ''
+WSHandshakeTimeoutMillis = 0
+AuthMinChallengeLen = 0
+AuthTimestampToleranceSec = 0
+
+[[Capabilities.GatewayConnector.Gateways]]
+ID = ''
+URL = ''
+
+[Telemetry]
+Enabled = false
+CACertFile = ''
+Endpoint = ''
+InsecureConnection = false
+TraceSampleRatio = 0.01
+
+[[Aptos]]
+ChainID = '1'
+Enabled = true
+
+[[Aptos.Nodes]]
+Name = 'a'
+URL = 'https://example.com/a'
+
+[[Aptos.Nodes]]
+Name = 'b'
+URL = 'https://example.com/b/updated'
+
+[[Aptos.Nodes]]
+Name = 'c'
+URL = 'https://example.com/c'
+
+[Aptos.Workflow]
+ForwarderAddress = 'replacement-address'
+PublicKey = ''
+
+[[Aptos]]
+ChainID = '2'
+
+[[Aptos.Nodes]]
+Name = 'd'
+URL = 'https://example.com/d'
+
+[Aptos.Workflow]
+ForwarderAddress = 'chain-two'
+Publickey = 'abcdef'
+
+Valid configuration.