Health and Readiness

Health endpoint

• Route: GET /health
• Source: backend/src/app.ts
• Response includes status, service name, environment, and timestamp.

What health currently guarantees

• Process is running and Express app is responding.
• Basic runtime metadata is available for smoke checks.

What health does not guarantee

• It does not validate DB connectivity in the endpoint itself.
• It does not check external providers (OpenAI/Google) at runtime.

Readiness checklist

1. GET /health responds with 200.
2. DB-backed authenticated query succeeds (for example GET /api/v1/wallet).
3. Error middleware format is preserved on invalid payload tests.
4. Rate limiter behavior is acceptable under expected traffic.