SRS-054: API Health Check Endpoint
Identifierβ
SRS-054
Software Systemβ
- API Gateway
- Orchestrator
Categoryβ
- Maintenance
- Functional
Descriptionβ
The software shall provide a public, unauthenticated health check endpoint at GET /health
. This endpoint is intended for use by automated monitoring and load balancing systems.
- Endpoint behavior: When a request is made to this endpoint, the system shall perform a quick, internal check to verify its operational status.
- Healthy response: If the system is healthy and ready to serve traffic, it shall respond with an HTTP
200 OK
status code and a JSON body indicating the status, such as{"status": "ok"}
. - Unhealthy response: If the system detects an internal issue and is not able to serve traffic correctly, it shall respond with an appropriate server error status code (e.g.,
503 Service Unavailable
).
Derived from PRSβ
PRS-1V6
: Expose the deviceβs functionality through a versioned, network-accessible API