---
title: "Handles requests to the `/healthz` endpoint."
url: "https://developer.rucho.org/apis/rucho/versions/5bdf1bcb-8db4-40f1-a293-72c7198e26c8/operations/healthz_handler"
---

> Full API specification: https://developer.rucho.org/apis/rucho/versions/5bdf1bcb-8db4-40f1-a293-72c7198e26c8.md

# Handles requests to the `/healthz` endpoint.

`GET` `/healthz`

Operation ID: `healthz_handler`

Returns an HTTP 200 OK status and the plain text "OK".

## Responses

- `200` - Health check successful

## OpenAPI definition

```yaml
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: rucho
  version: 1.6.0
servers:
  - url: https://rucho.org
    description: Production (EKS us-east-2, behind Kong)
paths:
  /healthz:
    get:
      tags:
        - crate::routes::healthz
      summary: Handles requests to the `/healthz` endpoint.
      description: Returns an HTTP 200 OK status and the plain text "OK".
      operationId: healthz_handler
      responses:
        "200":
          description: Health check successful
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
```