From 2a18dc98ac69eb200a17f53ddd3eaab5ce8d4f44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Leksan <63938553+jmleksan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 12:20:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Implement asynchronous database ping for health checks
 (#24380)

---
 backend/open_webui/main.py | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/open_webui/main.py b/backend/open_webui/main.py
index e4ee823b4f..19227b6b9e 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/main.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/main.py
@@ -2812,6 +2812,14 @@ async def get_opensearch_xml():
     return Response(content=xml_content, media_type='application/xml')
 
 
+def _sync_db_ping() -> None:
+    ScopedSession.execute(text('SELECT 1;')).all()
+
+
+async def async_db_ping() -> None:
+    await asyncio.to_thread(_sync_db_ping)
+
+
 @app.get('/health')
 async def healthcheck():
     return {'status': True}
@@ -2833,7 +2841,7 @@ async def readiness_check():
 
     # Check database connectivity
     try:
-        ScopedSession.execute(text('SELECT 1;')).all()
+        await async_db_ping()
     except Exception as e:
         log.warning(f'Readiness check DB ping failed: {e!r}')
         raise HTTPException(
@@ -2860,7 +2868,7 @@ async def readiness_check():
 
 @app.get('/health/db')
 async def healthcheck_with_db():
-    ScopedSession.execute(text('SELECT 1;')).all()
+    await async_db_ping()
     return {'status': True}