The Health endpoint provides a simple, unauthenticated liveness check for WireSocket Data Plane nodes. It is used by load balancers (e.g., Bunny DNS) and monitoring systems to determine whether a node should receive traffic.
Endpoints
Both paths return the same response:
GET https://{region-code}.wiresocket.net/health
GET https://{region-code}.wiresocket.net/
Authentication
None required. This endpoint is publicly accessible to support load balancer health probes.
Response
The endpoint returns one of two HTTP status codes based on the node’s internal state:
| HTTP Status | State | Description |
|---|
| 200 | HEALTHY | The node is operating normally and can accept new connections. |
| 503 | DEGRADED / OVERLOADED | The node is under pressure or Redis is unreachable. Load balancers should route traffic away. |
Response Body
{
"status": "healthy",
"timestamp": "2026-03-04T06:00:00.000Z"
}
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|
status | string | Current node state: healthy, degraded, or overloaded. |
timestamp | string | ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of the check. |
Rate Limiting
This endpoint uses the HEALTH rate limit policy, which is more permissive than standard endpoints to allow frequent polling by infrastructure services. Last modified on March 4, 2026
