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Feature: Health Endpoint

Purpose​

  • Feature name: Health endpoint
  • Why this feature exists: Provide a simple signal for service health and diagnostic metadata.

Scope​

In scope​

  • health endpoint response codes
  • healthy, degraded, and unhealthy states

Out of scope​

  • external monitoring dashboards
  • alerting integrations

Prereqs / Inputs​

  • health endpoint implemented in the app

Procedure / Content​

Feature summary​

  • Feature name: Health endpoint
  • Feature group: Performance and observability
  • Technical summary: Returns structured health status with appropriate HTTP codes.
  • Low-tech summary: A simple URL that says whether the site is healthy.

Feature in action​

  • Where to see it working: /api/health in the deployed app.

Confirmation Process​

Manual​

  • Steps: Open /api/health and review the response body.
  • What to look for: Status field and expected HTTP code.
  • Artifacts or reports to inspect: None.

Tests​

Potential behavior if broken or misconfigured​

  • Health endpoint returns incorrect status codes.
  • Response body missing expected fields.

Long-term maintenance notes​

  • Keep health signal aligned with operational requirements.

Dependencies, libraries, tools​

  • Next.js App Router
  • React

Source code references (GitHub URLs)​

ADRs​

  • None.

Runbooks​

Additional internal references​

Validation / Expected outcomes​

  • Health endpoint returns expected status and payload.

Failure modes / Troubleshooting​

  • Incorrect responses: update handler logic and rerun tests.

References​

  • None.