diff --git a/extensions/bluebubbles/src/types.ts b/extensions/bluebubbles/src/types.ts
index 43e8c739775..11a1d486652 100644
--- a/extensions/bluebubbles/src/types.ts
+++ b/extensions/bluebubbles/src/types.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ export type BlueBubblesAccountConfig = {
   allowPrivateNetwork?: boolean;
   /** Per-group configuration keyed by chat GUID or identifier. */
   groups?: Record<string, BlueBubblesGroupConfig>;
+  /** Channel health monitor overrides for this channel/account. */
+  healthMonitor?: {
+    enabled?: boolean;
+  };
 };
 
 export type BlueBubblesActionConfig = {
diff --git a/src/config/schema.help.ts b/src/config/schema.help.ts
index 7fbfdec76d8..97b2ef02e5c 100644
--- a/src/config/schema.help.ts
+++ b/src/config/schema.help.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ export const FIELD_HELP: Record<string, string> = {
     "Explicit gateway-level tool denylist to block risky tools even if lower-level policies allow them. Use deny rules for emergency response and defense-in-depth hardening.",
   "gateway.channelHealthCheckMinutes":
     "Interval in minutes for automatic channel health probing and status updates. Use lower intervals for faster detection, or higher intervals to reduce periodic probe noise.",
+  "gateway.channelHealthMonitorEnabled":
+    "Global enable switch for the gateway channel health monitor. Set false to disable all health-monitor-initiated channel restarts; per-channel healthMonitor.enabled overrides can further disable individual channels or accounts when the global monitor stays on.",
   "gateway.channelStaleEventThresholdMinutes":
     "How many minutes a connected channel can go without receiving any event before the health monitor treats it as a stale socket and triggers a restart. Default: 30.",
   "gateway.channelMaxRestartsPerHour":
diff --git a/src/config/schema.labels.ts b/src/config/schema.labels.ts
index e700f2329b4..394f2095880 100644
--- a/src/config/schema.labels.ts
+++ b/src/config/schema.labels.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ export const FIELD_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
   "gateway.tools": "Gateway Tool Exposure Policy",
   "gateway.tools.allow": "Gateway Tool Allowlist",
   "gateway.tools.deny": "Gateway Tool Denylist",
+  "gateway.channelHealthMonitorEnabled": "Gateway Channel Health Monitor Enabled",
   "gateway.channelHealthCheckMinutes": "Gateway Channel Health Check Interval (min)",
   "gateway.channelStaleEventThresholdMinutes": "Gateway Channel Stale Event Threshold (min)",
   "gateway.channelMaxRestartsPerHour": "Gateway Channel Max Restarts Per Hour",
diff --git a/src/config/types.channel-messaging-common.ts b/src/config/types.channel-messaging-common.ts
index 5d927884bd6..f918557aad6 100644
--- a/src/config/types.channel-messaging-common.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.channel-messaging-common.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import type {
   GroupPolicy,
   MarkdownConfig,
 } from "./types.base.js";
-import type { ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig } from "./types.channels.js";
+import type {
+  ChannelHealthMonitorConfig,
+  ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig,
+} from "./types.channels.js";
 import type { DmConfig } from "./types.messages.js";
 
 export type CommonChannelMessagingConfig = {
@@ -43,6 +46,8 @@ export type CommonChannelMessagingConfig = {
   blockStreamingCoalesce?: BlockStreamingCoalesceConfig;
   /** Heartbeat visibility settings for this channel. */
   heartbeat?: ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig;
+  /** Channel health monitor overrides for this channel/account. */
+  healthMonitor?: ChannelHealthMonitorConfig;
   /** Outbound response prefix override for this channel/account. */
   responsePrefix?: string;
   /** Max outbound media size in MB. */
diff --git a/src/config/types.channels.ts b/src/config/types.channels.ts
index caa33631bb1..96d8efddac6 100644
--- a/src/config/types.channels.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.channels.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ export type ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig = {
   useIndicator?: boolean;
 };
 
+export type ChannelHealthMonitorConfig = {
+  /**
+   * Enable channel-health-monitor restarts for this channel or account.
+   * Inherits the global gateway setting when omitted.
+   */
+  enabled?: boolean;
+};
+
 export type ChannelDefaultsConfig = {
   groupPolicy?: GroupPolicy;
   /** Default heartbeat visibility for all channels. */
@@ -39,6 +47,7 @@ export type ExtensionChannelConfig = {
   defaultAccount?: string;
   dmPolicy?: string;
   groupPolicy?: GroupPolicy;
+  healthMonitor?: ChannelHealthMonitorConfig;
   accounts?: Record<string, unknown>;
   [key: string]: unknown;
 };
diff --git a/src/config/types.discord.ts b/src/config/types.discord.ts
index e25f7c5f592..a27fd3f8b45 100644
--- a/src/config/types.discord.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.discord.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import type {
   OutboundRetryConfig,
   ReplyToMode,
 } from "./types.base.js";
-import type { ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig } from "./types.channels.js";
+import type {
+  ChannelHealthMonitorConfig,
+  ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig,
+} from "./types.channels.js";
 import type { DmConfig, ProviderCommandsConfig } from "./types.messages.js";
 import type { SecretInput } from "./types.secrets.js";
 import type { GroupToolPolicyBySenderConfig, GroupToolPolicyConfig } from "./types.tools.js";
@@ -297,6 +300,8 @@ export type DiscordAccountConfig = {
   guilds?: Record<string, DiscordGuildEntry>;
   /** Heartbeat visibility settings for this channel. */
   heartbeat?: ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig;
+  /** Channel health monitor overrides for this channel/account. */
+  healthMonitor?: ChannelHealthMonitorConfig;
   /** Exec approval forwarding configuration. */
   execApprovals?: DiscordExecApprovalConfig;
   /** Agent-controlled interactive components (buttons, select menus). */
diff --git a/src/config/types.gateway.ts b/src/config/types.gateway.ts
index 88a5350ab1d..be21668112d 100644
--- a/src/config/types.gateway.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.gateway.ts
@@ -425,6 +425,12 @@ export type GatewayConfig = {
   allowRealIpFallback?: boolean;
   /** Tool access restrictions for HTTP /tools/invoke endpoint. */
   tools?: GatewayToolsConfig;
+  /**
+   * Global enable switch for the channel health monitor.
+   * Set to false to disable health-monitor-driven channel restarts entirely.
+   * Default: true.
+   */
+  channelHealthMonitorEnabled?: boolean;
   /**
    * Channel health monitor interval in minutes.
    * Periodically checks channel health and restarts unhealthy channels.
diff --git a/src/config/types.googlechat.ts b/src/config/types.googlechat.ts
index 091c4f0f271..fdfc23fd866 100644
--- a/src/config/types.googlechat.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.googlechat.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type {
   GroupPolicy,
   ReplyToMode,
 } from "./types.base.js";
+import type { ChannelHealthMonitorConfig } from "./types.channels.js";
 import type { DmConfig } from "./types.messages.js";
 import type { SecretRef } from "./types.secrets.js";
 
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ export type GoogleChatAccountConfig = {
   /** Per-action tool gating (default: true for all). */
   actions?: GoogleChatActionConfig;
   dm?: GoogleChatDmConfig;
+  /** Channel health monitor overrides for this channel/account. */
+  healthMonitor?: ChannelHealthMonitorConfig;
   /**
    * Typing indicator mode (default: "message").
    * - "none": No indicator
diff --git a/src/config/types.imessage.ts b/src/config/types.imessage.ts
index 9fe1b96fef2..4d63965586b 100644
--- a/src/config/types.imessage.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.imessage.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import type {
   GroupPolicy,
   MarkdownConfig,
 } from "./types.base.js";
-import type { ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig } from "./types.channels.js";
+import type {
+  ChannelHealthMonitorConfig,
+  ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig,
+} from "./types.channels.js";
 import type { DmConfig } from "./types.messages.js";
 import type { GroupToolPolicyBySenderConfig, GroupToolPolicyConfig } from "./types.tools.js";
 
@@ -77,6 +80,8 @@ export type IMessageAccountConfig = {
   >;
   /** Heartbeat visibility settings for this channel. */
   heartbeat?: ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig;
+  /** Channel health monitor overrides for this channel/account. */
+  healthMonitor?: ChannelHealthMonitorConfig;
   /** Outbound response prefix override for this channel/account. */
   responsePrefix?: string;
 };
diff --git a/src/config/types.msteams.ts b/src/config/types.msteams.ts
index 35470a56178..83195f03a40 100644
--- a/src/config/types.msteams.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.msteams.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import type {
   GroupPolicy,
   MarkdownConfig,
 } from "./types.base.js";
-import type { ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig } from "./types.channels.js";
+import type {
+  ChannelHealthMonitorConfig,
+  ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig,
+} from "./types.channels.js";
 import type { DmConfig } from "./types.messages.js";
 import type { SecretInput } from "./types.secrets.js";
 import type { GroupToolPolicyBySenderConfig, GroupToolPolicyConfig } from "./types.tools.js";
@@ -114,6 +117,8 @@ export type MSTeamsConfig = {
   sharePointSiteId?: string;
   /** Heartbeat visibility settings for this channel. */
   heartbeat?: ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig;
+  /** Channel health monitor overrides for this channel. */
+  healthMonitor?: ChannelHealthMonitorConfig;
   /** Outbound response prefix override for this channel/account. */
   responsePrefix?: string;
 };
diff --git a/src/config/types.slack.ts b/src/config/types.slack.ts
index a90f1ed5020..c62e3b03e64 100644
--- a/src/config/types.slack.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.slack.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import type {
   MarkdownConfig,
   ReplyToMode,
 } from "./types.base.js";
-import type { ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig } from "./types.channels.js";
+import type {
+  ChannelHealthMonitorConfig,
+  ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig,
+} from "./types.channels.js";
 import type { DmConfig, ProviderCommandsConfig } from "./types.messages.js";
 import type { GroupToolPolicyBySenderConfig, GroupToolPolicyConfig } from "./types.tools.js";
 
@@ -185,6 +188,8 @@ export type SlackAccountConfig = {
   channels?: Record<string, SlackChannelConfig>;
   /** Heartbeat visibility settings for this channel. */
   heartbeat?: ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig;
+  /** Channel health monitor overrides for this channel/account. */
+  healthMonitor?: ChannelHealthMonitorConfig;
   /** Outbound response prefix override for this channel/account. */
   responsePrefix?: string;
   /**
diff --git a/src/config/types.telegram.ts b/src/config/types.telegram.ts
index 45eac2fb310..252f66740b2 100644
--- a/src/config/types.telegram.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.telegram.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import type {
   ReplyToMode,
   SessionThreadBindingsConfig,
 } from "./types.base.js";
-import type { ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig } from "./types.channels.js";
+import type {
+  ChannelHealthMonitorConfig,
+  ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig,
+} from "./types.channels.js";
 import type { DmConfig, ProviderCommandsConfig } from "./types.messages.js";
 import type { GroupToolPolicyBySenderConfig, GroupToolPolicyConfig } from "./types.tools.js";
 
@@ -179,6 +182,8 @@ export type TelegramAccountConfig = {
   reactionLevel?: "off" | "ack" | "minimal" | "extensive";
   /** Heartbeat visibility settings for this channel. */
   heartbeat?: ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig;
+  /** Channel health monitor overrides for this channel/account. */
+  healthMonitor?: ChannelHealthMonitorConfig;
   /** Controls whether link previews are shown in outbound messages. Default: true. */
   linkPreview?: boolean;
   /**
diff --git a/src/config/types.whatsapp.ts b/src/config/types.whatsapp.ts
index a39a5c28e1f..29ae866956a 100644
--- a/src/config/types.whatsapp.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.whatsapp.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import type {
   GroupPolicy,
   MarkdownConfig,
 } from "./types.base.js";
-import type { ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig } from "./types.channels.js";
+import type {
+  ChannelHealthMonitorConfig,
+  ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig,
+} from "./types.channels.js";
 import type { DmConfig } from "./types.messages.js";
 import type { GroupToolPolicyBySenderConfig, GroupToolPolicyConfig } from "./types.tools.js";
 
@@ -78,6 +81,8 @@ type WhatsAppSharedConfig = {
   debounceMs?: number;
   /** Heartbeat visibility settings. */
   heartbeat?: ChannelHeartbeatVisibilityConfig;
+  /** Channel health monitor overrides for this channel/account. */
+  healthMonitor?: ChannelHealthMonitorConfig;
 };
 
 type WhatsAppConfigCore = {
diff --git a/src/config/zod-schema.channels.ts b/src/config/zod-schema.channels.ts
index ebabe1bae94..94d6d24caed 100644
--- a/src/config/zod-schema.channels.ts
+++ b/src/config/zod-schema.channels.ts
@@ -8,3 +8,10 @@ export const ChannelHeartbeatVisibilitySchema = z
   })
   .strict()
   .optional();
+
+export const ChannelHealthMonitorSchema = z
+  .object({
+    enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
+  })
+  .strict()
+  .optional();
diff --git a/src/config/zod-schema.providers-core.ts b/src/config/zod-schema.providers-core.ts
index ced89bd8512..e6e4a3aacd2 100644
--- a/src/config/zod-schema.providers-core.ts
+++ b/src/config/zod-schema.providers-core.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ import {
   resolveTelegramCustomCommands,
 } from "./telegram-custom-commands.js";
 import { ToolPolicySchema } from "./zod-schema.agent-runtime.js";
-import { ChannelHeartbeatVisibilitySchema } from "./zod-schema.channels.js";
+import {
+  ChannelHealthMonitorSchema,
+  ChannelHeartbeatVisibilitySchema,
+} from "./zod-schema.channels.js";
 import {
   BlockStreamingChunkSchema,
   BlockStreamingCoalesceSchema,
@@ -271,6 +274,7 @@ export const TelegramAccountSchemaBase = z
     reactionNotifications: z.enum(["off", "own", "all"]).optional(),
     reactionLevel: z.enum(["off", "ack", "minimal", "extensive"]).optional(),
     heartbeat: ChannelHeartbeatVisibilitySchema,
+    healthMonitor: ChannelHealthMonitorSchema,
     linkPreview: z.boolean().optional(),
     responsePrefix: z.string().optional(),
     ackReaction: z.string().optional(),
@@ -511,6 +515,7 @@ export const DiscordAccountSchema = z
     dm: DiscordDmSchema.optional(),
     guilds: z.record(z.string(), DiscordGuildSchema.optional()).optional(),
     heartbeat: ChannelHeartbeatVisibilitySchema,
+    healthMonitor: ChannelHealthMonitorSchema,
     execApprovals: z
       .object({
         enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
@@ -782,6 +787,7 @@ export const GoogleChatAccountSchema = z
       .strict()
       .optional(),
     dm: GoogleChatDmSchema.optional(),
+    healthMonitor: ChannelHealthMonitorSchema,
     typingIndicator: z.enum(["none", "message", "reaction"]).optional(),
     responsePrefix: z.string().optional(),
   })
@@ -898,6 +904,7 @@ export const SlackAccountSchema = z
     dm: SlackDmSchema.optional(),
     channels: z.record(z.string(), SlackChannelSchema.optional()).optional(),
     heartbeat: ChannelHeartbeatVisibilitySchema,
+    healthMonitor: ChannelHealthMonitorSchema,
     responsePrefix: z.string().optional(),
     ackReaction: z.string().optional(),
     typingReaction: z.string().optional(),
@@ -1032,6 +1039,7 @@ export const SignalAccountSchemaBase = z
       .optional(),
     reactionLevel: z.enum(["off", "ack", "minimal", "extensive"]).optional(),
     heartbeat: ChannelHeartbeatVisibilitySchema,
+    healthMonitor: ChannelHealthMonitorSchema,
     responsePrefix: z.string().optional(),
   })
   .strict();
@@ -1145,6 +1153,7 @@ export const IrcAccountSchemaBase = z
     blockStreamingCoalesce: BlockStreamingCoalesceSchema.optional(),
     mediaMaxMb: z.number().positive().optional(),
     heartbeat: ChannelHeartbeatVisibilitySchema,
+    healthMonitor: ChannelHealthMonitorSchema,
     responsePrefix: z.string().optional(),
   })
   .strict();
@@ -1272,6 +1281,7 @@ export const IMessageAccountSchemaBase = z
       )
       .optional(),
     heartbeat: ChannelHeartbeatVisibilitySchema,
+    healthMonitor: ChannelHealthMonitorSchema,
     responsePrefix: z.string().optional(),
   })
   .strict();
@@ -1383,6 +1393,7 @@ export const BlueBubblesAccountSchemaBase = z
     blockStreamingCoalesce: BlockStreamingCoalesceSchema.optional(),
     groups: z.record(z.string(), BlueBubblesGroupConfigSchema.optional()).optional(),
     heartbeat: ChannelHeartbeatVisibilitySchema,
+    healthMonitor: ChannelHealthMonitorSchema,
     responsePrefix: z.string().optional(),
   })
   .strict();
@@ -1499,6 +1510,7 @@ export const MSTeamsConfigSchema = z
     /** SharePoint site ID for file uploads in group chats/channels (e.g., "contoso.sharepoint.com,guid1,guid2") */
     sharePointSiteId: z.string().optional(),
     heartbeat: ChannelHeartbeatVisibilitySchema,
+    healthMonitor: ChannelHealthMonitorSchema,
     responsePrefix: z.string().optional(),
   })
   .strict()
diff --git a/src/config/zod-schema.providers-whatsapp.ts b/src/config/zod-schema.providers-whatsapp.ts
index 2faba715bad..26b7c476c53 100644
--- a/src/config/zod-schema.providers-whatsapp.ts
+++ b/src/config/zod-schema.providers-whatsapp.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { ToolPolicySchema } from "./zod-schema.agent-runtime.js";
-import { ChannelHeartbeatVisibilitySchema } from "./zod-schema.channels.js";
+import {
+  ChannelHealthMonitorSchema,
+  ChannelHeartbeatVisibilitySchema,
+} from "./zod-schema.channels.js";
 import {
   BlockStreamingCoalesceSchema,
   DmConfigSchema,
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ const WhatsAppSharedSchema = z.object({
   ackReaction: WhatsAppAckReactionSchema,
   debounceMs: z.number().int().nonnegative().optional().default(0),
   heartbeat: ChannelHeartbeatVisibilitySchema,
+  healthMonitor: ChannelHealthMonitorSchema,
 });
 
 function enforceOpenDmPolicyAllowFromStar(params: {
diff --git a/src/config/zod-schema.ts b/src/config/zod-schema.ts
index dac3e61f94c..2e7eb8d151b 100644
--- a/src/config/zod-schema.ts
+++ b/src/config/zod-schema.ts
@@ -695,6 +695,7 @@ export const OpenClawSchema = z
           })
           .strict()
           .optional(),
+        channelHealthMonitorEnabled: z.boolean().optional(),
         channelHealthCheckMinutes: z.number().int().min(0).optional(),
         channelStaleEventThresholdMinutes: z.number().int().min(1).optional(),
         channelMaxRestartsPerHour: z.number().int().min(1).optional(),
diff --git a/src/gateway/channel-health-monitor.test.ts b/src/gateway/channel-health-monitor.test.ts
index 32052af5745..efc392f8ee0 100644
--- a/src/gateway/channel-health-monitor.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/channel-health-monitor.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ function createMockChannelManager(overrides?: Partial<ChannelManager>): ChannelM
     startChannel: vi.fn(async () => {}),
     stopChannel: vi.fn(async () => {}),
     markChannelLoggedOut: vi.fn(),
+    isHealthMonitorEnabled: vi.fn(() => true),
     isManuallyStopped: vi.fn(() => false),
     resetRestartAttempts: vi.fn(),
     ...overrides,
@@ -226,6 +227,53 @@ describe("channel-health-monitor", () => {
     await expectNoStart(manager);
   });
 
+  it("skips channels with health monitor disabled globally for that account", async () => {
+    const manager = createSnapshotManager(
+      {
+        discord: {
+          default: { running: false, enabled: true, configured: true },
+        },
+      },
+      { isHealthMonitorEnabled: vi.fn(() => false) },
+    );
+    await expectNoStart(manager);
+  });
+
+  it("still restarts enabled accounts when another account on the same channel is disabled", async () => {
+    const now = Date.now();
+    const manager = createSnapshotManager(
+      {
+        discord: {
+          default: {
+            running: true,
+            connected: false,
+            enabled: true,
+            configured: true,
+            lastStartAt: now - 300_000,
+          },
+          quiet: {
+            running: true,
+            connected: false,
+            enabled: true,
+            configured: true,
+            lastStartAt: now - 300_000,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        isHealthMonitorEnabled: vi.fn((channelId: ChannelId, accountId: string) => {
+          return !(channelId === "discord" && accountId === "quiet");
+        }),
+      },
+    );
+    const monitor = await startAndRunCheck(manager);
+    expect(manager.stopChannel).toHaveBeenCalledWith("discord", "default");
+    expect(manager.startChannel).toHaveBeenCalledWith("discord", "default");
+    expect(manager.stopChannel).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith("discord", "quiet");
+    expect(manager.startChannel).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith("discord", "quiet");
+    monitor.stop();
+  });
+
   it("restarts a stuck channel (running but not connected)", async () => {
     const now = Date.now();
     const manager = createSnapshotManager({
diff --git a/src/gateway/channel-health-monitor.ts b/src/gateway/channel-health-monitor.ts
index fb8715a12f1..809beb1abb8 100644
--- a/src/gateway/channel-health-monitor.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/channel-health-monitor.ts
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ export function startChannelHealthMonitor(deps: ChannelHealthMonitorDeps): Chann
           if (!status) {
             continue;
           }
+          if (!channelManager.isHealthMonitorEnabled(channelId as ChannelId, accountId)) {
+            continue;
+          }
           if (channelManager.isManuallyStopped(channelId as ChannelId, accountId)) {
             continue;
           }
diff --git a/src/gateway/config-reload-plan.ts b/src/gateway/config-reload-plan.ts
index 63eddd31c54..238d4431fc2 100644
--- a/src/gateway/config-reload-plan.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/config-reload-plan.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ type ReloadAction =
 const BASE_RELOAD_RULES: ReloadRule[] = [
   { prefix: "gateway.remote", kind: "none" },
   { prefix: "gateway.reload", kind: "none" },
+  {
+    prefix: "gateway.channelHealthMonitorEnabled",
+    kind: "hot",
+    actions: ["restart-health-monitor"],
+  },
   {
     prefix: "gateway.channelHealthCheckMinutes",
     kind: "hot",
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-channels.ts b/src/gateway/server-channels.ts
index 4090791d285..4ce992fca3d 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-channels.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-channels.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ type ChannelRuntimeStore = {
   runtimes: Map<string, ChannelAccountSnapshot>;
 };
 
+type RawHealthMonitorEntry = {
+  healthMonitor?: {
+    enabled?: boolean;
+  };
+};
+
+type RawChannelConfig = RawHealthMonitorEntry & {
+  accounts?: Record<string, RawHealthMonitorEntry | undefined>;
+};
+
 function createRuntimeStore(): ChannelRuntimeStore {
   return {
     aborts: new Map(),
@@ -105,6 +115,7 @@ export type ChannelManager = {
   markChannelLoggedOut: (channelId: ChannelId, cleared: boolean, accountId?: string) => void;
   isManuallyStopped: (channelId: ChannelId, accountId: string) => boolean;
   resetRestartAttempts: (channelId: ChannelId, accountId: string) => void;
+  isHealthMonitorEnabled: (channelId: ChannelId, accountId: string) => boolean;
 };
 
 // Channel docking: lifecycle hooks (`plugin.gateway`) flow through this manager.
@@ -119,6 +130,26 @@ export function createChannelManager(opts: ChannelManagerOptions): ChannelManage
 
   const restartKey = (channelId: ChannelId, accountId: string) => `${channelId}:${accountId}`;
 
+  const isHealthMonitorEnabled = (channelId: ChannelId, accountId: string): boolean => {
+    const cfg = loadConfig();
+    if (cfg.gateway?.channelHealthMonitorEnabled === false) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    const channelConfig = cfg.channels?.[channelId] as RawChannelConfig | undefined;
+    const accountOverride = channelConfig?.accounts?.[accountId]?.healthMonitor?.enabled;
+    if (typeof accountOverride === "boolean") {
+      return accountOverride;
+    }
+
+    const channelOverride = channelConfig?.healthMonitor?.enabled;
+    if (typeof channelOverride === "boolean") {
+      return channelOverride;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  };
+
   const getStore = (channelId: ChannelId): ChannelRuntimeStore => {
     const existing = channelStores.get(channelId);
     if (existing) {
@@ -453,5 +484,6 @@ export function createChannelManager(opts: ChannelManagerOptions): ChannelManage
     markChannelLoggedOut,
     isManuallyStopped: isManuallyStopped_,
     resetRestartAttempts: resetRestartAttempts_,
+    isHealthMonitorEnabled,
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-reload-handlers.ts b/src/gateway/server-reload-handlers.ts
index 008f0977d37..1bd810907b5 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-reload-handlers.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-reload-handlers.ts
@@ -104,10 +104,11 @@ export function createGatewayReloadHandlers(params: {
 
     if (plan.restartHealthMonitor) {
       state.channelHealthMonitor?.stop();
+      const enabled = nextConfig.gateway?.channelHealthMonitorEnabled !== false;
       const minutes = nextConfig.gateway?.channelHealthCheckMinutes;
       const staleMinutes = nextConfig.gateway?.channelStaleEventThresholdMinutes;
       nextState.channelHealthMonitor =
-        minutes === 0
+        !enabled || minutes === 0
           ? null
           : params.createHealthMonitor({
               checkIntervalMs: (minutes ?? 5) * 60_000,
diff --git a/src/gateway/server.impl.ts b/src/gateway/server.impl.ts
index 5453ff8fcee..1d7e38b8cea 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server.impl.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server.impl.ts
@@ -755,8 +755,9 @@ export async function startGatewayServer(
       }
     : startHeartbeatRunner({ cfg: cfgAtStart });
 
+  const healthMonitorEnabled = cfgAtStart.gateway?.channelHealthMonitorEnabled !== false;
   const healthCheckMinutes = cfgAtStart.gateway?.channelHealthCheckMinutes;
-  const healthCheckDisabled = healthCheckMinutes === 0;
+  const healthCheckDisabled = !healthMonitorEnabled || healthCheckMinutes === 0;
   const staleEventThresholdMinutes = cfgAtStart.gateway?.channelStaleEventThresholdMinutes;
   const maxRestartsPerHour = cfgAtStart.gateway?.channelMaxRestartsPerHour;
   let channelHealthMonitor = healthCheckDisabled
diff --git a/src/gateway/server.reload.test.ts b/src/gateway/server.reload.test.ts
index da749fc6501..e16dcd3f35c 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server.reload.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server.reload.test.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ const hoisted = vi.hoisted(() => {
     startChannel: vi.fn(async () => {}),
     stopChannel: vi.fn(async () => {}),
     markChannelLoggedOut: vi.fn(),
+    isHealthMonitorEnabled: vi.fn(() => true),
+    isManuallyStopped: vi.fn(() => false),
+    resetRestartAttempts: vi.fn(),
   };
 
   const createChannelManager = vi.fn(() => providerManager);
diff --git a/src/gateway/server/readiness.test.ts b/src/gateway/server/readiness.test.ts
index b333277f158..f41373dab7e 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server/readiness.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server/readiness.test.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ function createManager(snapshot: ChannelRuntimeSnapshot): ChannelManager {
     startChannel: vi.fn(),
     stopChannel: vi.fn(),
     markChannelLoggedOut: vi.fn(),
+    isHealthMonitorEnabled: vi.fn(() => true),
     isManuallyStopped: vi.fn(() => false),
     resetRestartAttempts: vi.fn(),
   };