diff --git a/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons/OpcUa/IOpcUaNodeWriteGateway.cs b/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons/OpcUa/IOpcUaNodeWriteGateway.cs
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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons.OpcUa;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Reverse-path gateway for an inbound OPC UA operator write to a writable equipment-tag node.
+///     The node manager calls <see cref="WriteAsync"/> fire-and-forget from its OnWriteValue handler
+///     (which runs under the node-manager Lock, so the call MUST return promptly — it kicks off an
+///     asynchronous route and the Task completes later) and uses the resolved
+///     <see cref="NodeWriteOutcome"/> to self-correct the node on failure.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IOpcUaNodeWriteGateway
+{
+    /// <summary>Route a write of <paramref name="value"/> to the driver backing node
+    /// <paramref name="nodeId"/>; the returned task resolves with the device-write outcome.</summary>
+    /// <param name="nodeId">The folder-scoped equipment-variable node id being written.</param>
+    /// <param name="value">The value the client wrote.</param>
+    /// <param name="ct">Cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>A task resolving to the device-write outcome.</returns>
+    Task<NodeWriteOutcome> WriteAsync(string nodeId, object? value, CancellationToken ct);
+}
+
+/// <summary>Outcome of routing an inbound node write to the backing driver.</summary>
+/// <param name="Success">True when the driver accepted the write.</param>
+/// <param name="Reason">Failure detail when <paramref name="Success"/> is false; null on success.</param>
+public readonly record struct NodeWriteOutcome(bool Success, string? Reason);
+
+/// <summary>No-op gateway: every write resolves to "writes unavailable" (matches the legacy
+/// no-router-wired <c>BadNotWritable</c>). The default before the host wires the real gateway.</summary>
+public sealed class NullOpcUaNodeWriteGateway : IOpcUaNodeWriteGateway
+{
+    /// <summary>The shared singleton instance.</summary>
+    public static readonly NullOpcUaNodeWriteGateway Instance = new();
+    private NullOpcUaNodeWriteGateway() { }
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public Task<NodeWriteOutcome> WriteAsync(string nodeId, object? value, CancellationToken ct) =>
+        Task.FromResult(new NodeWriteOutcome(false, "writes unavailable"));
+}
diff --git a/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons.Tests/OpcUa/NullOpcUaNodeWriteGatewayTests.cs b/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons.Tests/OpcUa/NullOpcUaNodeWriteGatewayTests.cs
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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons.OpcUa;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons.Tests.OpcUa;
+
+public class NullOpcUaNodeWriteGatewayTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task NullGateway_returns_writes_unavailable()
+    {
+        var outcome = await NullOpcUaNodeWriteGateway.Instance.WriteAsync("ns=2;s=x", 1, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        outcome.Success.ShouldBeFalse();
+        outcome.Reason.ShouldBe("writes unavailable");
+    }
+}