diff --git a/service/src/main/scala/org/apache/celeborn/server/common/HttpService.scala b/service/src/main/scala/org/apache/celeborn/server/common/HttpService.scala
index a66f53305dd..958a7fb73d0 100644
--- a/service/src/main/scala/org/apache/celeborn/server/common/HttpService.scala
+++ b/service/src/main/scala/org/apache/celeborn/server/common/HttpService.scala
@@ -195,6 +195,11 @@ abstract class HttpService extends Service with Logging {
   def updateInterruptionNotice(workerInterruptionNotices: Map[String, Long]): HandleResponse =
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException()
 
+  def getServingState(): String = throw new UnsupportedOperationException()
+
+  def setServingState(state: String, timeoutMs: String): String =
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException()
+
   def startHttpServer(): Unit = {
     httpServer = HttpServer(
       serviceName,
diff --git a/worker/src/main/java/org/apache/celeborn/service/deploy/worker/memory/MemoryManager.java b/worker/src/main/java/org/apache/celeborn/service/deploy/worker/memory/MemoryManager.java
index 0bdf20a7569..87042fdf619 100644
--- a/worker/src/main/java/org/apache/celeborn/service/deploy/worker/memory/MemoryManager.java
+++ b/worker/src/main/java/org/apache/celeborn/service/deploy/worker/memory/MemoryManager.java
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ public class MemoryManager {
   private long pausePushDataAndReplicateTime = 0L;
   private int trimCounter = 0;
   private volatile boolean isPaused = false;
+  private volatile ServingState forcedServingState = null;
+  private volatile long forcedServingStateExpireTime = -1L; // -1 means no expiry
   // For credit stream
   private final AtomicLong readBufferCounter = new AtomicLong(0);
   private long readBufferThreshold;
@@ -307,6 +309,15 @@ public boolean shouldEvict(boolean aggressiveMemoryFileEvictEnabled, double evic
   }
 
   public ServingState currentServingState() {
+    if (forcedServingState != null) {
+      if (forcedServingStateExpireTime > 0
+          && System.currentTimeMillis() > forcedServingStateExpireTime) {
+        this.clearForcedServingState();
+      } else {
+        return forcedServingState;
+      }
+    }
+
     long memoryUsage = getMemoryUsage();
     // pause replicate threshold always greater than pause push data threshold
     // so when trigger pause replicate, pause both push and replicate
@@ -587,6 +598,30 @@ public void releaseMemoryFileStorage(int bytes) {
     memoryFileStorageCounter.add(-1 * bytes);
   }
 
+  public ServingState getServingState() {
+    return servingState;
+  }
+
+  public ServingState getForcedServingState() {
+    return forcedServingState;
+  }
+
+  public void forceServingState(ServingState state, Long timeoutMs) {
+    this.forcedServingState = state;
+    this.forcedServingStateExpireTime =
+        timeoutMs > 0 ? System.currentTimeMillis() + timeoutMs : -1L;
+    logger.info(
+        "Serving state manually forced to {} with forcedServingStateExpireTime {}",
+        state,
+        timeoutMs);
+  }
+
+  public void clearForcedServingState() {
+    this.forcedServingState = null;
+    this.forcedServingStateExpireTime = -1L;
+    logger.info("Forced serving state override cleared");
+  }
+
   public void close() {
     checkService.shutdown();
     reportService.shutdown();
diff --git a/worker/src/main/scala/org/apache/celeborn/service/deploy/worker/Worker.scala b/worker/src/main/scala/org/apache/celeborn/service/deploy/worker/Worker.scala
index da2cab1c349..0494619fc30 100644
--- a/worker/src/main/scala/org/apache/celeborn/service/deploy/worker/Worker.scala
+++ b/worker/src/main/scala/org/apache/celeborn/service/deploy/worker/Worker.scala
@@ -947,6 +947,51 @@ private[celeborn] class Worker(
     sb.toString()
   }
 
+  override def getServingState(): String = {
+    val sb = new StringBuilder
+    sb.append("====================== Worker Serving State ==========================\n")
+    val current = memoryManager.getServingState
+    sb.append(s"Current state: $current.\n")
+
+    val forced = memoryManager.getForcedServingState
+    if (forced != null) {
+      sb.append(s"Manual override active.\n")
+    }
+    sb.toString()
+  }
+
+  override def setServingState(state: String, timeoutStr: String): String = {
+    val sb = new StringBuilder
+    sb.append("====================== Set Serving State ============================\n")
+    if (state.isEmpty) {
+      memoryManager.clearForcedServingState()
+      sb.append("Manual servingState override cleared.\n")
+      return sb.toString()
+    }
+    val servingState =
+      try {
+        ServingState.valueOf(state.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT))
+      } catch {
+        case _: IllegalArgumentException =>
+          return s"Invalid state '$state'. " +
+            s"Legal values: PUSH_AND_REPLICATE_PAUSED, PUSH_PAUSED, NONE_PAUSED\n"
+      }
+    val timeout =
+      if (timeoutStr.isEmpty) 0L
+      else
+        try {
+          JavaUtils.timeStringAsMs(timeoutStr)
+        } catch {
+          case e: NumberFormatException =>
+            return s"Invalid timeout '$timeoutStr'. $e\n"
+        }
+    memoryManager.forceServingState(servingState, timeout)
+    sb.append(s"Serving state forced to: $servingState\n")
+    if (timeout > 0) sb.append(s"Override will auto-clear after $timeoutStr.\n")
+    else sb.append("Override will persist until explicitly cleared.\n")
+    sb.toString()
+  }
+
   override def exit(exitType: String): String = {
     exitType.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT) match {
       case "DECOMMISSION" =>
diff --git a/worker/src/main/scala/org/apache/celeborn/service/deploy/worker/http/api/ApiWorkerResource.scala b/worker/src/main/scala/org/apache/celeborn/service/deploy/worker/http/api/ApiWorkerResource.scala
index 087bc89e327..07597d0b470 100644
--- a/worker/src/main/scala/org/apache/celeborn/service/deploy/worker/http/api/ApiWorkerResource.scala
+++ b/worker/src/main/scala/org/apache/celeborn/service/deploy/worker/http/api/ApiWorkerResource.scala
@@ -88,4 +88,32 @@ class ApiWorkerResource extends ApiRequestContext {
   def exit(@FormParam("type") exitType: String): String = {
     httpService.exit(normalizeParam(exitType))
   }
+
+  @Path("/servingState")
+  @ApiResponse(
+    responseCode = "200",
+    content = Array(new Content(
+      mediaType = MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)),
+    description =
+      "Show the current serving state and whether a manual override is active.")
+  @GET
+  def getServingState(): String = httpService.getServingState()
+
+  @Path("/servingState")
+  @ApiResponse(
+    responseCode = "200",
+    content = Array(new Content(
+      mediaType = MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED)),
+    description =
+      "Force the worker serving state. " +
+        "Legal values for 'state' are 'PUSH_AND_REPLICATE_PAUSED', 'PUSH_PAUSED' and 'NONE_PAUSED'," +
+        " or empty to clear the override. " +
+        "Optional 'timeoutMs' auto-clears the override after the given duration; omit to hold indefinitely.")
+  @POST
+  def setServingState(
+      @FormParam("state") state: String,
+      @FormParam("timeout") timeoutStr: String): String = {
+    httpService.setServingState(normalizeParam(state), normalizeParam(timeoutStr))
+  }
+
 }