---
title: "Get Health"
description: "Checks that the API is up. Needs no key and is not rate limited. Returns `ok: true` with the state of the database and each background worker."
canonical: https://docs.rumoro.dev/api/system/get-health
markdown: https://docs.rumoro.dev/api/system/get-health.mdx
---

# Get Health

`GET /v1/health`

Checks that the API is up. Needs no key and is not rate limited. Returns `ok: true` with the state of the database and each background worker.

## Responses

| Status | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| 200 | The API is running |

The [OpenAPI document](https://api.rumoro.dev/v1/openapi.json) has every schema. Rules shared by all endpoints are in [Conventions](https://docs.rumoro.dev/conventions.mdx).