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# Health check

> Returns the health status of the HDP server, including database connectivity and message queue status. Used for monitoring and load balancer health probes.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /data-processor-api/openapi/openapi-hdp-server.json get /is-alive
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Herodotus Data Processor Server API
  description: API documentation for the Herodotus Data Processor Server
  license:
    name: ''
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://staging.hdp.api.herodotus.cloud
    description: Staging API endpoint
security: []
tags:
  - name: tasks
    description: Task management endpoints
  - name: health
    description: Health check endpoints
  - name: modules
    description: Module registry endpoints
paths:
  /is-alive:
    get:
      tags:
        - health
      summary: Health check
      description: >-
        Returns the health status of the HDP server, including database
        connectivity and message queue status. Used for monitoring and load
        balancer health probes.
      operationId: healthCheck
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Service is healthy
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthResponse'
        '503':
          description: Service is unhealthy - one or more dependencies are unavailable
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    HealthResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - status
        - database
        - queues
      properties:
        database:
          type: string
        queues:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string

````