Added /health check for Prometheus and added failure capturing incase something went wrong, previous approach would not increase the counter

src/main.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from fastapi import FastAPI, Depends, HTTPException, Request
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Depends, HTTPException, Request, JSONResponse
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 from fastapi.security.api_key import APIKeyHeader
 from starlette.exceptions import HTTPException as StarletteHTTPException
@@ -53,12 +53,36 @@ api = FastAPI(
 		lifespan=lifespan
 )
 
+
 @api.middleware("http")
-async def prometheus_middleware(request, call_next):
-	response = await call_next(request)
-	REQUEST_COUNTER.labels(request.method, request.url.path, response.status_code).inc()
+async def prometheus_middleware(request: Request, call_next):
+	status = 500
+	try:
+		response = await call_next(request)
+		status = response.status_code
+	except Exception:
+		raise
+	finally:
+		REQUEST_COUNTER.labels(request.method, request.url.path, status).inc()
 	return response
 
+@api.get("/health", tags=["Health"])
+async def return_health(db=Depends(get_db)):
+	try:
+		cursor = db.cursor()
+		cursor.execute("SELECT 1")
+		cursor.fetchone()
+		db_status = "ok"
+	except Exception:
+		logger.error(f"Health check DB failed: {e}")
+		db_status = "error"
+
+	return JSONResponse(
+		status_code=200 if db_status == "ok" else 500,
+		content={"status": db_status, "message": "Service is running"}
+	)
+
+
 def verify_api_key_dependency(db=Depends(get_db), api_key: str = Depends(api_key_header)) -> int:
 	cursor = db.cursor()
 	cursor.execute("SELECT user_id, api_key FROM users WHERE status = 'active'")