diff --git a/api.http b/api.http
index 6b225a1d..ed304544 100644
--- a/api.http
+++ b/api.http
@@ -10,3 +10,19 @@ GET https://ep-reisen.ddev.site/api/hotel
     &key=abcabc123
 
 ###
+
+### GET chatbot content manifest (cmsApiKey in extension configuration)
+GET https://ep-reisen.ddev.site/api/content/manifest
+X-Api-Key: abcabc123
+
+### GET chatbot content records (type: product, hotel, region, country, city, concept, news; at most 100 uids)
+GET https://ep-reisen.ddev.site/api/content/records
+    ?type=product
+    &uids=1,2,3
+X-Api-Key: abcabc123
+
+### GET the content-only render of one page (use a contentUrl from the manifest)
+GET https://ep-reisen.ddev.site/skireisen/infos/skiurlaub-infos/schneepchen/liegestuhl?type=1730
+X-Api-Key: abcabc123
+
+###
diff --git a/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/ContentFeed/ContentFeedApi.php b/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/ContentFeed/ContentFeedApi.php
index cef76c89..230fd829 100644
--- a/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/ContentFeed/ContentFeedApi.php
+++ b/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/ContentFeed/ContentFeedApi.php
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ class ContentFeedApi
 
     private const MAX_RECORDS_PER_REQUEST = 100;
 
+    private const DISABLED_RETRY_AFTER = 3600;
+
     private const JSON_FLAGS = JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES;
 
     /**
@@ -73,6 +75,10 @@ class ContentFeedApi
             return $this->error('Invalid or missing api key', 403);
         }
 
+        if (!$this->configuration->isEnabled()) {
+            return self::disabledResponse();
+        }
+
         if ([] === $this->configuration->getSites()) {
             // An empty feed would read as "everything was deleted". Refuse instead.
             return $this->error('Content feed has no sites configured', 503);
@@ -137,6 +143,21 @@ class ContentFeedApi
         return $manifest;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The kill switch: contentFeedEnabled = 0 in the extension configuration, for when the host
+     * is struggling. The consumer stops its run, keeps everything it has and tries again later -
+     * nothing is deleted on the chatbot side.
+     */
+    public static function disabledResponse(): ResponseInterface
+    {
+        return new JsonResponse(
+            ['message' => 'Content feed is switched off'],
+            503,
+            ['Retry-After' => (string) self::DISABLED_RETRY_AFTER],
+            self::JSON_FLAGS
+        );
+    }
+
     private function error(string $message, int $status): ResponseInterface
     {
         return new JsonResponse(['message' => $message], $status, [], self::JSON_FLAGS);
diff --git a/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Middleware/ContentPageTypeGuardMiddleware.php b/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Middleware/ContentPageTypeGuardMiddleware.php
index 44e07895..4f3409ac 100644
--- a/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Middleware/ContentPageTypeGuardMiddleware.php
+++ b/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Middleware/ContentPageTypeGuardMiddleware.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace EP\EpProducts\Middleware;
 
+use EP\EpProducts\ContentFeed\ContentFeedApi;
+use EP\EpProducts\ContentFeed\ContentFeedConfiguration;
 use EP\EpProducts\ContentFeed\ManifestBuilder;
 use EP\EpProducts\Http\ApiKeyAuthenticator;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
@@ -27,9 +29,15 @@ class ContentPageTypeGuardMiddleware implements MiddlewareInterface
      */
     private $authenticator;
 
-    public function __construct(ApiKeyAuthenticator $authenticator)
+    /**
+     * @var ContentFeedConfiguration
+     */
+    private $configuration;
+
+    public function __construct(ApiKeyAuthenticator $authenticator, ContentFeedConfiguration $configuration)
     {
         $this->authenticator = $authenticator;
+        $this->configuration = $configuration;
     }
 
     public function process(ServerRequestInterface $request, RequestHandlerInterface $handler): ResponseInterface
@@ -48,6 +56,10 @@ class ContentPageTypeGuardMiddleware implements MiddlewareInterface
                 ->pageNotFoundAction($request, 'The requested page does not exist');
         }
 
+        if (!$this->configuration->isEnabled()) {
+            return ContentFeedApi::disabledResponse();
+        }
+
         return $handler->handle($request);
     }
 }