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Date: March 15, 2024

Where does the convention of using /healthz for application health checks come from?
 In the Kubernetes/Docker ecosystem there is a convention of using /healthz as a health-check endpoint for applications.

Where does the name 'healthz' come from, and are there any particular semant...
 Stack Overflow · stackoverflow.com [1]

The convention of "z-pages" comes from google and reduces the likelihood of collisions with application endpoints and keep the convention across all applications.

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