diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9803506..4c09ca9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
   follow-up layers.
 - Added side-effect-free built-in configuration validation and default
   materialization for file, memory, MDBX, OTLP, and Prometheus plans.
+- Added a binding/resolution and atomic caller-visible publication contract for
+  materialized runtime logger plans; factory side effects are not transactional,
+  and parser frontends and hot reload remain outside this layer.
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/include/logit_cpp/logit.hpp b/include/logit_cpp/logit.hpp
index 643e8a4..313953e 100644
--- a/include/logit_cpp/logit.hpp
+++ b/include/logit_cpp/logit.hpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "logit/utils.hpp"
 #include "logit/formatter.hpp"
 #include "logit/loggers.hpp"
+#include "logit/configuration_runtime.hpp"
 #include "logit/Logger.hpp"
 #include "logit/log_macros.hpp"
 
diff --git a/include/logit_cpp/logit/configuration.hpp b/include/logit_cpp/logit/configuration.hpp
index 0c47005..f0660c8 100644
--- a/include/logit_cpp/logit/configuration.hpp
+++ b/include/logit_cpp/logit/configuration.hpp
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ namespace logit {
         MissingProgrammaticBinding,
         UnknownField,
         BackendValidationFailed,
-        MaterializationFailed
+        MaterializationFailed,
+        BindingResolutionFailed,
+        InstantiationFailed
     };
 
     inline const char* configuration_error_code_name(ConfigurationErrorCode code) {
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ namespace logit {
             case ConfigurationErrorCode::UnknownField: return "unknown_field";
             case ConfigurationErrorCode::BackendValidationFailed: return "backend_validation_failed";
             case ConfigurationErrorCode::MaterializationFailed: return "materialization_failed";
+            case ConfigurationErrorCode::BindingResolutionFailed: return "binding_resolution_failed";
+            case ConfigurationErrorCode::InstantiationFailed: return "instantiation_failed";
         }
         return "unknown_configuration_error";
     }
diff --git a/include/logit_cpp/logit/configuration_runtime.hpp b/include/logit_cpp/logit/configuration_runtime.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea05cbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/logit_cpp/logit/configuration_runtime.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+#pragma once
+#ifndef LOGIT_CPP_HEADER_LOGIT_CPP_LOGIT_CONFIGURATION_RUNTIME_HPP_INCLUDED
+#define LOGIT_CPP_HEADER_LOGIT_CPP_LOGIT_CONFIGURATION_RUNTIME_HPP_INCLUDED
+
+/// \file configuration_runtime.hpp
+/// \brief Binding and runtime-instantiation contract for materialized plans.
+
+#include "configuration.hpp"
+#include "loggers.hpp"
+
+#include <map>
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+#include <typeindex>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace logit {
+
+    /// \class ConfigurationBindingSet
+    /// \brief Type-erased programmatic resources resolved for one logger.
+    ///
+    /// Bindings deliberately remain outside the parser-neutral document. A
+    /// resolver and its factory agree on the concrete type associated with each
+    /// name; the configuration layer only owns the lifetime of the shared value.
+    class ConfigurationBindingSet {
+    public:
+        bool empty() const { return m_values.empty(); }
+
+        bool contains(const std::string& name) const {
+            std::map<std::string, Entry>::const_iterator it = m_values.find(name);
+            return it != m_values.end() && static_cast<bool>(it->second.value);
+        }
+
+        template <typename T>
+        void set(const std::string& name, const std::shared_ptr<T>& value) {
+            m_values[name] = Entry(value, std::type_index(typeid(T)));
+        }
+
+        template <typename T>
+        std::shared_ptr<T> get(const std::string& name) const {
+            std::map<std::string, Entry>::const_iterator it = m_values.find(name);
+            if (it == m_values.end() || !it->second.value ||
+                it->second.type != std::type_index(typeid(T))) {
+                return std::shared_ptr<T>();
+            }
+            return std::static_pointer_cast<T>(it->second.value);
+        }
+
+    private:
+        struct Entry {
+            Entry() : value(), type(typeid(void)) {}
+            Entry(const std::shared_ptr<void>& value, const std::type_index& type)
+                : value(value), type(type) {}
+
+            std::shared_ptr<void> value;
+            std::type_index type;
+        };
+
+        std::map<std::string, Entry> m_values;
+    };
+
+    /// \class ConfigurationBindingResolver
+    /// \brief Resolves required programmatic bindings without constructing a logger.
+    class ConfigurationBindingResolver {
+    public:
+        virtual ~ConfigurationBindingResolver() {}
+
+        /// \brief Resolve bindings for one materialized logger.
+        ///
+        /// Diagnostic paths are relative to the logger root. The document layer
+        /// prefixes them with `loggers[N]`.
+        virtual bool resolve(const ConfigurationMaterializedLogger& logger,
+                             ConfigurationBindingSet& bindings,
+                             ConfigurationDiagnostics& diagnostics) const = 0;
+    };
+
+    /// \class ConfigurationLoggerFactory
+    /// \brief Creates one runtime logger after bindings have been resolved.
+    /// Factory side effects are owned by the caller and are not transactional;
+    /// only publication of the caller-visible logger vector is atomic.
+    /// A factory owns the concrete binding types it expects and must retrieve
+    /// required values through `ConfigurationBindingSet::get<T>()`. If a
+    /// required value has the wrong type, the factory must fail closed by
+    /// adding a diagnostic or returning an empty logger pointer.
+    class ConfigurationLoggerFactory {
+    public:
+        virtual ~ConfigurationLoggerFactory() {}
+
+        /// \brief Instantiate one logger from a complete plan entry.
+        ///
+        /// Returning an empty pointer is a failed instantiation. Diagnostic
+        /// paths are relative to the logger root and are rebased by the document
+        /// layer.
+        virtual std::shared_ptr<ILogger> instantiate(
+            const ConfigurationMaterializedLogger& logger,
+            const ConfigurationBindingSet& bindings,
+            ConfigurationDiagnostics& diagnostics) const = 0;
+    };
+
+    /// \brief Resolve bindings and publish a complete logger set atomically.
+    ///
+    /// The caller-visible logger vector is updated only after every binding has
+    /// resolved and every factory call has returned a logger. Factories may
+    /// still perform external side effects while constructing instances; those
+    /// effects are not transactional and are not rolled back if a later factory
+    /// fails.
+    inline bool instantiate_configuration(
+        const ConfigurationPlan& plan,
+        const ConfigurationBindingResolver& resolver,
+        const ConfigurationLoggerFactory& factory,
+        std::vector<std::shared_ptr<ILogger>>& loggers,
+        ConfigurationDiagnostics& diagnostics) {
+        diagnostics = ConfigurationDiagnostics();
+        std::vector<ConfigurationBindingSet> resolved_bindings;
+        resolved_bindings.reserve(plan.loggers.size());
+        bool bindings_ok = true;
+        for (std::size_t index = 0; index < plan.loggers.size(); ++index) {
+            const ConfigurationMaterializedLogger& entry = plan.loggers[index];
+            ConfigurationBindingSet bindings;
+            ConfigurationDiagnostics local_diagnostics;
+            const bool resolved = resolver.resolve(entry, bindings, local_diagnostics);
+
+            bool missing_binding = false;
+            for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator required =
+                     entry.required_bindings.begin();
+                 required != entry.required_bindings.end(); ++required) {
+                if (!bindings.contains(*required)) {
+                    local_diagnostics.add(ConfigurationErrorCode::MissingProgrammaticBinding,
+                                          "binding." + *required,
+                                          "Required programmatic binding was not resolved");
+                    missing_binding = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            const std::string prefix = "loggers[" + std::to_string(index) + "]";
+            if (!resolved || !local_diagnostics.empty() || missing_binding) {
+                bindings_ok = false;
+                if (local_diagnostics.empty()) {
+                    diagnostics.add(ConfigurationErrorCode::BindingResolutionFailed,
+                                    prefix + ".binding",
+                                    "Programmatic bindings could not be resolved");
+                } else {
+                    diagnostics.append_rebased(local_diagnostics, prefix);
+                }
+            }
+            resolved_bindings.push_back(bindings);
+        }
+
+        if (!bindings_ok) return false;
+
+        std::vector<std::shared_ptr<ILogger>> candidate;
+        candidate.reserve(plan.loggers.size());
+        for (std::size_t index = 0; index < plan.loggers.size(); ++index) {
+            const ConfigurationMaterializedLogger& entry = plan.loggers[index];
+            const std::string prefix = "loggers[" + std::to_string(index) + "]";
+
+            ConfigurationDiagnostics factory_diagnostics;
+            std::shared_ptr<ILogger> runtime_logger =
+                factory.instantiate(entry, resolved_bindings[index], factory_diagnostics);
+            if (!runtime_logger || !factory_diagnostics.empty()) {
+                if (factory_diagnostics.empty()) {
+                    diagnostics.add(ConfigurationErrorCode::InstantiationFailed,
+                                    prefix,
+                                    "Logger factory could not instantiate the plan entry");
+                } else {
+                    diagnostics.append_rebased(factory_diagnostics, prefix);
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+            candidate.push_back(runtime_logger);
+        }
+
+        loggers = candidate;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+} // namespace logit
+
+#endif // LOGIT_CPP_HEADER_LOGIT_CPP_LOGIT_CONFIGURATION_RUNTIME_HPP_INCLUDED
diff --git a/tests/configuration_contract_test.cpp b/tests/configuration_contract_test.cpp
index aa0a708..413199d 100644
--- a/tests/configuration_contract_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/configuration_contract_test.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <map>
+#include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -53,6 +54,51 @@ struct RecordingMaterializer : logit::ConfigurationMaterializer {
     }
 };
 
+struct RecordingBindingResolver : logit::ConfigurationBindingResolver {
+    bool provide_binding = true;
+    bool provide_null_binding = false;
+    bool provide_wrong_type = false;
+    int missing_at = -1;
+    mutable int calls = 0;
+
+    bool resolve(const logit::ConfigurationMaterializedLogger& logger,
+                 logit::ConfigurationBindingSet& bindings,
+                 logit::ConfigurationDiagnostics&) const override {
+        ++calls;
+        if (provide_binding && !logger.required_bindings.empty() &&
+            (missing_at < 0 || calls != missing_at)) {
+            if (provide_null_binding) {
+                bindings.set("on_payload", std::shared_ptr<int>());
+            } else if (provide_wrong_type) {
+                bindings.set("on_payload", std::shared_ptr<std::string>(new std::string("wrong")));
+            } else {
+                bindings.set("on_payload", std::shared_ptr<int>(new int(1)));
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+};
+
+struct RecordingLoggerFactory : logit::ConfigurationLoggerFactory {
+    mutable int calls = 0;
+    int fail_at = -1;
+
+    std::shared_ptr<logit::ILogger> instantiate(
+        const logit::ConfigurationMaterializedLogger&,
+        const logit::ConfigurationBindingSet& bindings,
+        logit::ConfigurationDiagnostics& diagnostics) const override {
+        ++calls;
+        if (!bindings.get<int>("on_payload")) {
+            diagnostics.add(logit::ConfigurationErrorCode::InstantiationFailed,
+                            "binding.on_payload",
+                            "Test factory rejected a binding with the wrong type");
+            return std::shared_ptr<logit::ILogger>();
+        }
+        if (fail_at == calls) return std::shared_ptr<logit::ILogger>();
+        return std::shared_ptr<logit::ILogger>(new logit::MemoryLogger());
+    }
+};
+
 logit::ConfigurationDocument valid_document() {
     logit::ConfigurationDocument document;
     document.schema_version = 1;
@@ -356,6 +402,80 @@ void test_optional_format_defaults_merge_recursively() {
 #endif
 }
 
+void test_runtime_binding_and_instantiation_are_atomic() {
+    logit::ConfigurationPlan plan;
+    plan.schema_version = 1;
+    logit::ConfigurationMaterializedLogger first;
+    first.id = "callback-entry";
+    first.required_bindings.push_back("on_payload");
+    plan.loggers.push_back(first);
+
+    RecordingBindingResolver resolver;
+    RecordingLoggerFactory factory;
+    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<logit::ILogger>> loggers;
+    std::shared_ptr<logit::ILogger> sentinel(new logit::MemoryLogger());
+    loggers.push_back(sentinel);
+    logit::ConfigurationDiagnostics diagnostics;
+    assert(logit::instantiate_configuration(plan, resolver, factory, loggers, diagnostics));
+    assert(diagnostics.empty());
+    assert(loggers.size() == 1);
+    assert(loggers[0] != sentinel);
+
+    resolver.provide_binding = false;
+    loggers.clear();
+    loggers.push_back(sentinel);
+    assert(!logit::instantiate_configuration(plan, resolver, factory, loggers, diagnostics));
+    assert(diagnostics.items()[0].path == "loggers[0].binding.on_payload");
+    assert(loggers.size() == 1);
+    assert(loggers[0] == sentinel);
+
+    resolver.provide_binding = true;
+    resolver.provide_null_binding = true;
+    factory.calls = 0;
+    assert(!logit::instantiate_configuration(plan, resolver, factory, loggers, diagnostics));
+    assert(diagnostics.has_code(logit::ConfigurationErrorCode::MissingProgrammaticBinding));
+    assert(factory.calls == 0);
+
+    resolver.provide_null_binding = false;
+    resolver.provide_wrong_type = true;
+    logit::ConfigurationBindingSet bindings;
+    bindings.set("value", std::shared_ptr<int>(new int(1)));
+    assert(bindings.get<int>("value"));
+    assert(!bindings.get<std::string>("value"));
+    resolver.provide_wrong_type = false;
+
+    resolver.provide_binding = true;
+    resolver.provide_wrong_type = true;
+    factory.calls = 0;
+    loggers.clear();
+    loggers.push_back(sentinel);
+    assert(!logit::instantiate_configuration(plan, resolver, factory, loggers, diagnostics));
+    assert(diagnostics.has_code(logit::ConfigurationErrorCode::InstantiationFailed));
+    assert(factory.calls == 1);
+    assert(loggers.size() == 1);
+    assert(loggers[0] == sentinel);
+    resolver.provide_wrong_type = false;
+
+    resolver.provide_binding = true;
+    factory.calls = 0;
+    logit::ConfigurationMaterializedLogger second = first;
+    second.id = "second";
+    plan.loggers.push_back(second);
+    resolver.calls = 0;
+    resolver.missing_at = 2;
+    assert(!logit::instantiate_configuration(plan, resolver, factory, loggers, diagnostics));
+    assert(diagnostics.has_code(logit::ConfigurationErrorCode::MissingProgrammaticBinding));
+    assert(factory.calls == 0);
+    assert(loggers.size() == 1);
+    assert(loggers[0] == sentinel);
+
+    resolver.provide_binding = true;
+    resolver.missing_at = -1;
+    factory.fail_at = 2;
+    assert(!logit::instantiate_configuration(plan, resolver, factory, loggers, diagnostics));
+    assert(diagnostics.has_code(logit::ConfigurationErrorCode::InstantiationFailed));
+}
+
 } // namespace
 
 int main() {
@@ -371,5 +491,6 @@ int main() {
     test_materializer_diagnostics_are_rebased_to_logger_index();
     test_callback_backends_record_required_bindings_when_available();
     test_optional_format_defaults_merge_recursively();
+    test_runtime_binding_and_instantiation_are_atomic();
     return 0;
 }