diff --git a/docs/content/docs/dev/table/sql-gateway/overview.md b/docs/content/docs/dev/table/sql-gateway/overview.md
index 0a40983dbaee7..69208053320af 100644
--- a/docs/content/docs/dev/table/sql-gateway/overview.md
+++ b/docs/content/docs/dev/table/sql-gateway/overview.md
@@ -250,6 +250,12 @@ $ ./sql-gateway -Dkey=value
             <td>Duration</td>
             <td>Keepalive time for an idle worker thread. When the number of workers exceeds min workers, excessive threads are killed after this time interval.</td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+            <td><h5>sql-gateway.read-only</h5></td>
+            <td style="word-wrap: break-word;">false</td>
+            <td>Boolean</td>
+            <td>When enabled, the SQL Gateway operates in read-only mode and will reject all modify operations.</td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
             <td><h5>sql-gateway.worker.threads.max</h5></td>
             <td style="word-wrap: break-word;">500</td>
diff --git a/flink-table/flink-sql-gateway-api/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/gateway/api/config/SqlGatewayServiceConfigOptions.java b/flink-table/flink-sql-gateway-api/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/gateway/api/config/SqlGatewayServiceConfigOptions.java
index c838f436b0f9a..4de82bc30824b 100644
--- a/flink-table/flink-sql-gateway-api/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/gateway/api/config/SqlGatewayServiceConfigOptions.java
+++ b/flink-table/flink-sql-gateway-api/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/gateway/api/config/SqlGatewayServiceConfigOptions.java
@@ -97,4 +97,11 @@ public class SqlGatewayServiceConfigOptions {
                     .withDescription(
                             "Keepalive time for an idle worker thread. When the number of workers exceeds min workers, "
                                     + "excessive threads are killed after this time interval.");
+
+    public static final ConfigOption<Boolean> SQL_GATEWAY_READ_ONLY_MODE =
+            key("sql-gateway.read-only")
+                    .booleanType()
+                    .defaultValue(false)
+                    .withDescription(
+                            "When enabled, the SQL Gateway operates in read-only mode and will reject all modify operations.");
 }
diff --git a/flink-table/flink-sql-gateway/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/gateway/service/operation/OperationExecutor.java b/flink-table/flink-sql-gateway/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/gateway/service/operation/OperationExecutor.java
index acf5ac7d77205..d3c6336cacb8c 100644
--- a/flink-table/flink-sql-gateway/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/gateway/service/operation/OperationExecutor.java
+++ b/flink-table/flink-sql-gateway/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/gateway/service/operation/OperationExecutor.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 import org.apache.flink.table.factories.PlannerFactoryUtil;
 import org.apache.flink.table.functions.FunctionDefinition;
 import org.apache.flink.table.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import org.apache.flink.table.gateway.api.config.SqlGatewayServiceConfigOptions;
 import org.apache.flink.table.gateway.api.operation.OperationHandle;
 import org.apache.flink.table.gateway.api.results.FunctionInfo;
 import org.apache.flink.table.gateway.api.results.TableInfo;
@@ -681,6 +682,17 @@ private ResultFetcher callModifyOperations(
             TableEnvironmentInternal tableEnv,
             OperationHandle handle,
             List<ModifyOperation> modifyOperations) {
+        // Check if SQL Gateway is in read-only mode
+        Configuration configuration = sessionContext.getSessionConf().clone();
+        configuration.addAll(executionConfig);
+        boolean isReadOnlyMode =
+                configuration.get(SqlGatewayServiceConfigOptions.SQL_GATEWAY_READ_ONLY_MODE);
+
+        if (isReadOnlyMode) {
+            throw new SqlExecutionException(
+                    "SQL Gateway is in read-only mode. Modify operations are not allowed.");
+        }
+
         TableResultInternal result = tableEnv.executeInternal(modifyOperations);
         // DeleteFromFilterOperation doesn't have a JobClient
         if (modifyOperations.size() == 1
diff --git a/flink-table/flink-sql-gateway/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/gateway/service/SqlGatewayServiceITCase.java b/flink-table/flink-sql-gateway/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/gateway/service/SqlGatewayServiceITCase.java
index d64ed8f35f8c4..99b7123c3c6a1 100644
--- a/flink-table/flink-sql-gateway/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/gateway/service/SqlGatewayServiceITCase.java
+++ b/flink-table/flink-sql-gateway/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/gateway/service/SqlGatewayServiceITCase.java
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
 import static org.apache.flink.table.functions.FunctionKind.AGGREGATE;
 import static org.apache.flink.table.functions.FunctionKind.OTHER;
 import static org.apache.flink.table.functions.FunctionKind.SCALAR;
+import static org.apache.flink.table.gateway.api.config.SqlGatewayServiceConfigOptions.SQL_GATEWAY_READ_ONLY_MODE;
 import static org.apache.flink.table.gateway.api.results.ResultSet.ResultType.PAYLOAD;
 import static org.apache.flink.table.gateway.service.utils.SqlGatewayServiceTestUtil.awaitOperationTermination;
 import static org.apache.flink.table.gateway.service.utils.SqlGatewayServiceTestUtil.createInitializedSession;
@@ -1048,6 +1049,37 @@ void testGetOperationSchemaWhenOperationGetError() throws Exception {
                                 .satisfies(anyCauseMatches(SqlGatewayException.class, msg)));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testReadOnlyModeWhenOperationInsertError() {
+        Configuration config = new Configuration(MINI_CLUSTER.getClientConfiguration());
+        config.set(SQL_GATEWAY_READ_ONLY_MODE, true);
+
+        String pipelineName = "test-job";
+        config.set(PipelineOptions.NAME, pipelineName);
+
+        SessionHandle sessionHandle = service.openSession(defaultSessionEnvironment);
+        String sourceDdl = "CREATE TABLE source (a STRING) WITH ('connector'='datagen');";
+        String sinkDdl = "CREATE TABLE sink (a STRING) WITH ('connector'='blackhole');";
+        String selectSql = "SELECT * FROM source;";
+
+        service.executeStatement(sessionHandle, sourceDdl, -1, config);
+        service.executeStatement(sessionHandle, sinkDdl, -1, config);
+        service.executeStatement(sessionHandle, selectSql, -1, config);
+
+        OperationHandle operationHandle =
+                service.executeStatement(
+                        sessionHandle,
+                        String.format("INSERT INTO sink '%s';", selectSql),
+                        -1,
+                        config);
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> fetchAllResults(service, sessionHandle, operationHandle))
+                .satisfies(
+                        anyCauseMatches(
+                                SqlExecutionException.class,
+                                "SQL Gateway is in read-only mode. Modify operations are not allowed."));
+    }
+
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     private OperationHandle submitDefaultOperation(