diff --git a/app/game-engine/src/turn/cli.ts b/app/game-engine/src/turn/cli.ts
index 89b32af..5672aab 100644
--- a/app/game-engine/src/turn/cli.ts
+++ b/app/game-engine/src/turn/cli.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export interface TurnDaemonCliOptions {
     schedule?: TurnSchedule;
     budget?: Partial<TurnRunBudget>;
     enableDatabaseFlush?: boolean;
+    adminActionIntervalMs?: number;
     env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
 }
 
@@ -97,6 +98,8 @@ export const runTurnDaemonCli = async (
         parseBoolean(env.TURN_FLUSH_DB) ??
         true;
     const pauseGateIntervalMs = parseNumber(env.TURN_PAUSE_GATE_MS);
+    const adminActionIntervalMs =
+        options.adminActionIntervalMs ?? parseNumber(env.TURN_ADMIN_ACTION_MS);
 
     const runtime = await createTurnDaemonRuntime({
         profile,
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ export const runTurnDaemonCli = async (
         schedule: options.schedule,
         enableDatabaseFlush,
         pauseGateIntervalMs,
+        adminActionIntervalMs,
     });
 
     let closed = false;
diff --git a/app/game-engine/src/turn/gatewayAdminActions.ts b/app/game-engine/src/turn/gatewayAdminActions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3665dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/game-engine/src/turn/gatewayAdminActions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+import { createGatewayPostgresConnector } from '@sammo-ts/infra';
+
+export type GatewayAdminActionStatus = 'REQUESTED' | 'APPLIED' | 'FAILED' | 'IGNORED';
+
+export interface GatewayAdminActionRecord {
+    action?: string;
+    requestedAt?: string;
+    durationMinutes?: number | null;
+    scheduledAt?: string | null;
+    reason?: string | null;
+    status?: GatewayAdminActionStatus | string | null;
+    handledAt?: string | null;
+    handler?: string | null;
+    detail?: string | null;
+}
+
+export interface GatewayAdminActionResult {
+    status: Exclude<GatewayAdminActionStatus, 'REQUESTED'>;
+    detail?: string;
+}
+
+export interface GatewayAdminActionConsumerOptions {
+    databaseUrl: string;
+    gatewayDatabaseUrl?: string;
+    profileName: string;
+    pollIntervalMs?: number;
+    handler: (action: GatewayAdminActionRecord) => Promise<GatewayAdminActionResult>;
+}
+
+export interface GatewayAdminActionConsumer {
+    start(): void;
+    stop(): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+type GatewayProfileRow = {
+    meta: unknown;
+};
+
+type GatewayProfileClient = {
+    findUnique(args: unknown): Promise<GatewayProfileRow | null>;
+    update(args: unknown): Promise<void>;
+};
+
+const DEFAULT_POLL_MS = 5000;
+
+const isRecord = (value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> =>
+    Boolean(value) && typeof value === 'object' && !Array.isArray(value);
+
+const normalizeMeta = (value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> =>
+    isRecord(value) ? value : {};
+
+const normalizeStatus = (value: unknown): GatewayAdminActionStatus | null => {
+    if (typeof value === 'string') {
+        return value as GatewayAdminActionStatus;
+    }
+    return null;
+};
+
+const buildActionKey = (action: GatewayAdminActionRecord): string =>
+    [
+        action.action ?? '',
+        action.requestedAt ?? '',
+        action.scheduledAt ?? '',
+        action.reason ?? '',
+    ].join('|');
+
+export const createGatewayAdminActionConsumer = async (
+    options: GatewayAdminActionConsumerOptions
+): Promise<GatewayAdminActionConsumer> => {
+    const connector = createGatewayPostgresConnector({
+        url: options.gatewayDatabaseUrl ?? options.databaseUrl,
+    });
+    await connector.connect();
+    const prisma = connector.prisma as unknown as {
+        gatewayProfile: GatewayProfileClient;
+    };
+
+    let timer: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
+    let inFlight = false;
+
+    const pollOnce = async (): Promise<void> => {
+        if (inFlight) {
+            return;
+        }
+        inFlight = true;
+        try {
+            const profile = await prisma.gatewayProfile.findUnique({
+                where: { profileName: options.profileName },
+            });
+            if (!profile) {
+                return;
+            }
+            const meta = normalizeMeta(profile.meta);
+            const rawActions = Array.isArray(meta.adminActions)
+                ? meta.adminActions
+                : [];
+            if (!rawActions.length) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            const pending = rawActions.filter((entry): entry is GatewayAdminActionRecord => {
+                if (!isRecord(entry)) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                if (!entry.action || typeof entry.action !== 'string') {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                const status = normalizeStatus(entry.status) ?? 'REQUESTED';
+                return status === 'REQUESTED';
+            });
+
+            if (!pending.length) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            const updates = new Map<
+                string,
+                { status: GatewayAdminActionStatus; detail?: string; handledAt: string }
+            >();
+
+            for (const action of pending) {
+                const key = buildActionKey(action);
+                try {
+                    const result = await options.handler(action);
+                    updates.set(key, {
+                        status: result.status,
+                        detail: result.detail,
+                        handledAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+                    });
+                } catch (error) {
+                    updates.set(key, {
+                        status: 'FAILED',
+                        detail: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+                        handledAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!updates.size) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            const nextActions = rawActions.map((entry) => {
+                if (!isRecord(entry)) {
+                    return entry;
+                }
+                const action = entry as GatewayAdminActionRecord;
+                const key = buildActionKey(action);
+                const update = updates.get(key);
+                if (!update) {
+                    return entry;
+                }
+                return {
+                    ...action,
+                    status: update.status,
+                    handledAt: update.handledAt,
+                    handler: action.handler ?? 'turn-daemon',
+                    detail: update.detail ?? action.detail ?? null,
+                };
+            });
+
+            await prisma.gatewayProfile.update({
+                where: { profileName: options.profileName },
+                data: {
+                    meta: {
+                        ...meta,
+                        adminActions: nextActions,
+                        adminActionsUpdatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+                    },
+                },
+            });
+        } finally {
+            inFlight = false;
+        }
+    };
+
+    const start = (): void => {
+        if (timer) {
+            return;
+        }
+        timer = setInterval(
+            () => void pollOnce(),
+            options.pollIntervalMs ?? DEFAULT_POLL_MS
+        );
+        void pollOnce();
+    };
+
+    const stop = async (): Promise<void> => {
+        if (timer) {
+            clearInterval(timer);
+            timer = null;
+        }
+        await connector.disconnect();
+    };
+
+    return {
+        start,
+        stop,
+    };
+};
diff --git a/app/game-engine/src/turn/turnDaemon.ts b/app/game-engine/src/turn/turnDaemon.ts
index f36a7bf..eb983d8 100644
--- a/app/game-engine/src/turn/turnDaemon.ts
+++ b/app/game-engine/src/turn/turnDaemon.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import type {
 import { InMemoryTurnWorld } from './inMemoryWorld.js';
 import { InMemoryTurnProcessor } from './inMemoryTurnProcessor.js';
 import { InMemoryTurnStateStore } from './inMemoryStateStore.js';
+import { createGatewayAdminActionConsumer } from './gatewayAdminActions.js';
 import { createGatewayProfileGate } from './gatewayProfileGate.js';
 import { createReservedTurnHandler } from './reservedTurnHandler.js';
 import { createReservedTurnStore } from './reservedTurnStore.js';
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export interface TurnDaemonRuntimeOptions {
     pauseGateIntervalMs?: number;
     commandProfile?: TurnCommandProfile;
     commandProfilePath?: string;
+    adminActionIntervalMs?: number;
 }
 
 export interface TurnDaemonRuntime {
@@ -134,6 +136,9 @@ export const createTurnDaemonRuntime = async (
     let hooks: TurnDaemonHooks | undefined;
     let close = async () => {};
     let pauseGate: (() => Promise<boolean>) | undefined;
+    let adminActionConsumer: Awaited<
+        ReturnType<typeof createGatewayAdminActionConsumer>
+    > | null = null;
     const gatewayGate =
         options.profileName
             ? await createGatewayProfileGate({
@@ -146,6 +151,32 @@ export const createTurnDaemonRuntime = async (
     if (gatewayGate) {
         pauseGate = gatewayGate.shouldPause;
     }
+    if (options.profileName) {
+        adminActionConsumer = await createGatewayAdminActionConsumer({
+            databaseUrl: options.databaseUrl,
+            gatewayDatabaseUrl: options.gatewayDatabaseUrl,
+            profileName: options.profileName,
+            pollIntervalMs: options.adminActionIntervalMs,
+            handler: async (action) => {
+                const reason = action.reason ?? `admin:${action.action ?? 'action'}`;
+                switch (action.action) {
+                    case 'RESUME':
+                        controlQueue.enqueue({ type: 'resume', reason });
+                        return { status: 'APPLIED', detail: 'resume queued' };
+                    case 'PAUSE':
+                        controlQueue.enqueue({ type: 'pause', reason });
+                        return { status: 'APPLIED', detail: 'pause queued' };
+                    case 'STOP':
+                    case 'SHUTDOWN':
+                        controlQueue.enqueue({ type: 'shutdown', reason });
+                        return { status: 'APPLIED', detail: 'shutdown queued' };
+                    default:
+                        return { status: 'IGNORED', detail: 'not implemented' };
+                }
+            },
+        });
+        adminActionConsumer.start();
+    }
     if (options.enableDatabaseFlush ?? true) {
         const dbHooks = await createDatabaseTurnHooks(options.databaseUrl, world, {
             reservedTurns: reservedTurnStoreHandle?.store,
@@ -163,6 +194,7 @@ export const createTurnDaemonRuntime = async (
                 await reservedTurnStoreHandle.close();
             }
             await gatewayGate?.close();
+            await adminActionConsumer?.stop();
         };
     } else if (reservedTurnStoreHandle) {
         hooks = {
@@ -173,6 +205,7 @@ export const createTurnDaemonRuntime = async (
         close = async () => {
             await reservedTurnStoreHandle.close();
             await gatewayGate?.close();
+            await adminActionConsumer?.stop();
         };
     } else if (gatewayGate) {
         hooks = {
@@ -182,6 +215,11 @@ export const createTurnDaemonRuntime = async (
         };
         close = async () => {
             await gatewayGate.close();
+            await adminActionConsumer?.stop();
+        };
+    } else if (adminActionConsumer) {
+        close = async () => {
+            await adminActionConsumer?.stop();
         };
     }