diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/payments/payments.module.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/payments/payments.module.ts
index 056986613..ea5fc0af3 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/payments/payments.module.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/payments/payments.module.ts
@@ -1,60 +1,67 @@
 import { Module } from "@nestjs/common";
 import { HttpModule } from "@nestjs/axios";
-import { ConfigService } from "@nestjs/config";
-import { RabbitMQModule } from "@golevelup/nestjs-rabbitmq";
-import {
-  PAYMENT_EVENTS_DLX,
-  PAYMENT_EVENTS_EXCHANGE,
-  PAYMENT_QUEUES,
-  PaymentService,
-  paymentServiceBindingPattern,
-} from "@edr/types";
+// --- TEMPORARILY DISABLED: payment-event RabbitMQ consumer ----------------------------------
+// The payment broker is currently unreachable (DevOps is fixing it). @golevelup awaits the
+// @RabbitSubscribe registration during bootstrap, so an unreachable broker hangs the whole API
+// and it never finishes starting. Disabled so the server boots without the broker.
+// TO RE-ENABLE (once the broker is back): uncomment the imports below, the RabbitMQModule entry
+// in `imports`, and PaymentEventsConsumer in `providers`.
+// import { ConfigService } from "@nestjs/config";
+// import { RabbitMQModule } from "@golevelup/nestjs-rabbitmq";
+// import {
+//   PAYMENT_EVENTS_DLX,
+//   PAYMENT_EVENTS_EXCHANGE,
+//   PAYMENT_QUEUES,
+//   PaymentService,
+//   paymentServiceBindingPattern,
+// } from "@edr/types";
 import { PaymentsController } from "./payments.controller";
 import { PaymentsService } from "./payments.service";
 import { InternalPaymentsController } from "./internal-payments.controller";
 import { PaymentClientService } from "./payment-client.service";
-import { PaymentEventsConsumer } from "./payment-events.consumer";
+// import { PaymentEventsConsumer } from "./payment-events.consumer";
 import { ServiceAuthGuard } from "../../common/guards/service-auth.guard";
 import { SeatsModule } from "../seats/seats.module";
 import { TicketsModule } from "../tickets/tickets.module";
 
-const PASSENGER_QUEUE = PAYMENT_QUEUES[PaymentService.PASSENGER];
+// const PASSENGER_QUEUE = PAYMENT_QUEUES[PaymentService.PASSENGER];
 
 @Module({
   imports: [
     SeatsModule,
     TicketsModule,
     HttpModule.register({ timeout: 10_000 }),
-    RabbitMQModule.forRootAsync({
-      inject: [ConfigService],
-      useFactory: (config: ConfigService) => ({
-        uri: config.get<string>("rabbitmq.url") as string,
-        exchanges: [
-          {
-            name: PAYMENT_EVENTS_EXCHANGE,
-            type: "topic",
-            options: { durable: true },
-          },
-          { name: PAYMENT_EVENTS_DLX, type: "topic", options: { durable: true } },
-        ],
-        queues: [
-          {
-            name: PASSENGER_QUEUE.dlq,
-            exchange: PAYMENT_EVENTS_DLX,
-            routingKey: paymentServiceBindingPattern(PaymentService.PASSENGER),
-            options: { durable: true },
-          },
-        ],
-        prefetchCount: config.get<number>("rabbitmq.prefetch") ?? 10,
-        connectionInitOptions: { wait: false },
-      }),
-    }),
+    // --- TEMPORARILY DISABLED (broker unreachable) — re-enable with the imports above. -------
+    // RabbitMQModule.forRootAsync({
+    //   inject: [ConfigService],
+    //   useFactory: (config: ConfigService) => ({
+    //     uri: config.get<string>("rabbitmq.url") as string,
+    //     exchanges: [
+    //       {
+    //         name: PAYMENT_EVENTS_EXCHANGE,
+    //         type: "topic",
+    //         options: { durable: true },
+    //       },
+    //       { name: PAYMENT_EVENTS_DLX, type: "topic", options: { durable: true } },
+    //     ],
+    //     queues: [
+    //       {
+    //         name: PASSENGER_QUEUE.dlq,
+    //         exchange: PAYMENT_EVENTS_DLX,
+    //         routingKey: paymentServiceBindingPattern(PaymentService.PASSENGER),
+    //         options: { durable: true },
+    //       },
+    //     ],
+    //     prefetchCount: config.get<number>("rabbitmq.prefetch") ?? 10,
+    //     connectionInitOptions: { wait: false },
+    //   }),
+    // }),
   ],
   controllers: [PaymentsController, InternalPaymentsController],
   providers: [
     PaymentsService,
     PaymentClientService,
-    PaymentEventsConsumer,
+    // PaymentEventsConsumer, // TEMPORARILY DISABLED — re-enable with RabbitMQModule above.
     ServiceAuthGuard,
   ],
 })