Heartbeat
Also called: Heartbeat Signal, Keepalive
A periodic signal sent by a service, AI agent, or system component to indicate that it is active, healthy, and reachable, enabling orchestration and monitoring systems to detect failures, timeouts, or disconnected instances.
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Related terms
Health Check
A mechanism that periodically verifies whether a service, application, model endpoint, or AI agent is operational, responsive, and able to perform its intended functions, enabling orchestration systems to detect failures and route traffic appropriately.
Service DiscoveryThe mechanism by which autonomous agents or network services automatically locate and identify available endpoints.