Issue detecting backend failure in Pritunl Enterprise via API

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Hi, I’m using Pritunl Enterprise and I’d like to know if it’s possible to verify via the API whether the backend is down or not.

I had an issue where the MongoDB engine went down because the instance ran out of disk space. However, the frontend was still responding with HTTP 200 OK, even though the backend was actually down.

Is there a more reliable way to check the real backend status?

I tried hitting the /status endpoint via the API, following the official documentation, but had no success.

Any suggestions or similar experiences?

Thanks in advance.

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The /check handler should verify there is connectivity to the database. The pritunl/handlers/ping.py will check the timestamp of the last host database sync.

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