diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/StreamExecution.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/StreamExecution.scala
index 83824f40ab90b..90f7b477103ae 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/StreamExecution.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/StreamExecution.scala
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ abstract class StreamExecution(
   lazy val streamMetrics = new MetricsReporter(
     this, s"spark.streaming.${Option(name).getOrElse(id)}")
 
+  /** Isolated spark session to run the batches with. */
+  private val sparkSessionForStream = sparkSession.cloneSession()
+
   /**
    * The thread that runs the micro-batches of this stream. Note that this thread must be
    * [[org.apache.spark.util.UninterruptibleThread]] to workaround KAFKA-1894: interrupting a
@@ -270,8 +273,6 @@ abstract class StreamExecution(
       // force initialization of the logical plan so that the sources can be created
       logicalPlan
 
-      // Isolated spark session to run the batches with.
-      val sparkSessionForStream = sparkSession.cloneSession()
       // Adaptive execution can change num shuffle partitions, disallow
       sparkSessionForStream.conf.set(SQLConf.ADAPTIVE_EXECUTION_ENABLED.key, "false")
       // Disable cost-based join optimization as we do not want stateful operations to be rearranged
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/test/DataStreamReaderWriterSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/test/DataStreamReaderWriterSuite.scala
index 4d3a54a048e8e..74ea0bfacba54 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/test/DataStreamReaderWriterSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/test/DataStreamReaderWriterSuite.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.spark.sql.streaming.test
 
 import java.io.File
+import java.util.ConcurrentModificationException
 import java.util.Locale
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
@@ -651,4 +652,27 @@ class DataStreamReaderWriterSuite extends StreamTest with BeforeAndAfter {
 
     LastOptions.clear()
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-26586: Streams should have isolated confs") {
+    import testImplicits._
+    val input = MemoryStream[Int]
+    input.addData(1 to 10)
+    spark.conf.set("testKey1", 0)
+    val queries = (1 to 10).map { i =>
+      spark.conf.set("testKey1", i)
+      input.toDF().writeStream
+        .foreachBatch { (df: Dataset[Row], id: Long) =>
+          val v = df.sparkSession.conf.get("testKey1").toInt
+          if (i != v) {
+            throw new ConcurrentModificationException(s"Stream $i has the wrong conf value $v")
+          }
+        }
+        .start()
+    }
+    try {
+      queries.foreach(_.processAllAvailable())
+    } finally {
+      queries.foreach(_.stop())
+    }
+  }
 }