diff --git a/frontend/src/api/index.js b/frontend/src/api/index.js
index 6c7a0da0..6100fe0f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/api/index.js
@@ -216,14 +216,65 @@ export const endpointsApi = {
   get(assetId) {
     return api.get(`/endpoints/${assetId}`)
   },
-  enqueueCommand(assetId, action, target = null) {
+  // opts.policyoverride + opts.overridereason drive the admin break-glass path.
+  // Both are required together server-side: an override without a stated reason
+  // is rejected, so the caller must collect the reason before sending.
+  enqueueCommand(assetId, action, target = null, opts = {}) {
     const body = { action }
     if (target) body.target = target
+    if (opts.policyoverride) {
+      body.policyoverride = true
+      body.overridereason = opts.overridereason
+    }
     return api.post(`/endpoints/${assetId}/commands`, body)
   },
   listCommands(assetId) {
     return api.get(`/endpoints/${assetId}/commands`)
   },
+  // Active break-glass holds. Readable by any endpoints.view holder, since a
+  // suppressed action is drift an operator must be able to explain.
+  listPolicyHolds(assetId) {
+    return api.get(`/endpoints/${assetId}/policyholds`)
+  },
+  // Desired-mode actions that a hold would actually affect, with hold state.
+  listHoldableActions(assetId) {
+    return api.get(`/endpoints/${assetId}/holdableactions`)
+  },
+  // Admin-only. Takes one action name or an array of them; the server applies
+  // them atomically, so a bad name rejects the whole request rather than
+  // leaving a partial set of holds behind.
+  // minutes: null uses the server default window, 0 means indefinite.
+  placePolicyHold(assetId, actions, reason, minutes = null) {
+    const list = Array.isArray(actions) ? actions : [actions]
+    const body = { actions: list, reason }
+    // Explicit null check, NOT truthiness: 0 is a meaningful value here
+    // (indefinite) and a falsy test would silently downgrade it to the
+    // default window.
+    if (minutes !== null && minutes !== undefined) body.minutes = minutes
+    return api.post(`/endpoints/${assetId}/policyholds`, body)
+  },
+  releasePolicyHold(assetId, action) {
+    return api.delete(`/endpoints/${assetId}/policyholds/${action}`)
+  },
+  // Endpoint lock: an admin quarantine refusing ACTIONS from non-admins on this
+  // endpoint. Distinct from a policy hold - a hold suppresses reconciliation of
+  // one action and expires on its own; a lock gates callers and stands until an
+  // admin lifts it. Returns null when the endpoint is not locked.
+  //
+  // Readable by any endpoints.view holder on purpose: an operator whose action
+  // was refused needs to see who locked it and why, or they file a ticket about
+  // a machine that is working fine.
+  getEndpointLock(assetId) {
+    return api.get(`/endpoints/${assetId}/lock`)
+  },
+  // Admin-only. Reason is required and is quoted verbatim in the refusal shown
+  // to blocked users, so it is the message, not paperwork.
+  placeEndpointLock(assetId, reason) {
+    return api.post(`/endpoints/${assetId}/lock`, { reason })
+  },
+  releaseEndpointLock(assetId) {
+    return api.delete(`/endpoints/${assetId}/lock`)
+  },
   telemetryMeta(assetId) {
     return api.get(`/endpoints/asset/${assetId}/telemetrymeta`)
   },
diff --git a/shopdb/utils/authz.py b/shopdb/utils/authz.py
index b1cc404a..9d68eed8 100644
--- a/shopdb/utils/authz.py
+++ b/shopdb/utils/authz.py
@@ -125,6 +125,32 @@ def caller_holds(permission_name: str) -> bool:
     return True
 
 
+def caller_is_role(rolename: str) -> bool:
+    """Whether THIS caller holds a role, without refusing the request.
+
+    The body-answering counterpart to require_role, for a route that serves
+    everyone but treats one class of caller differently - break-glass override
+    being the case that prompted it.
+
+    A scoped personal token is ALWAYS refused here, matching require_role: scopes
+    gate individual permissions, not roles. This is the invariant that keeps a
+    leaked scoped agent token from inheriting override authority just because the
+    token's owner happens to be an admin. A scoped PAT is a narrower caller than
+    its owner, including when that owner is an admin.
+
+    Guests hold no roles, so an unauthenticated caller is always False.
+    """
+    user = currentuser()
+    if user is None:
+        return False
+    try:
+        if get_jwt().get('patscopes') is not None:
+            return False
+        return user.hasrole(rolename)
+    except Exception:
+        return False
+
+
 def require_permission(permission_name: str):
     """Gate a route behind a single permission. Admin role bypasses.