From 2dfa7d954207142dd05a0f54b840e05367a5c25f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shimon <shimon@appwrite.io>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 13:40:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Enhance health check logic to allow partial database failures
 without throwing an error, improving resilience in environments with multiple
 databases.

---
 app/controllers/api/health.php | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/controllers/api/health.php b/app/controllers/api/health.php
index 06de2c8f40..dc1113ed67 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/health.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/health.php
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ App::get('/v1/health/db')
             }
         }
 
-        if (!empty($failures)) {
+        // Only throw error if ALL databases failed (no successful pings)
+        // This allows partial failures in environments where not all DBs are ready
+        if (!empty($failures) && empty($output)) {
             throw new Exception(Exception::GENERAL_SERVER_ERROR, 'DB failure on: ' . implode(", ", $failures));
         }