> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.trieve.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Health Check

> Check if the service is alive.

Simple route to see if the service is healthy and responding to all request methods.

Pinging the health route will tell you if the service is healthy and receiving connections. If the service is down, the route returns 502 or 503 status codes.

### Request

```sh theme={null}
curl $ENDPOINT/health
```

### Response

```json theme={null}
{
    "error": "unhealthy",
    "error_type": "unhealthy"
}
```