> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://pulse.mintlify.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Application Status

> This health check verifies that application is up and running based on `IHostApplicationLifetime`. If application received stop signal, eg: SIGTERM in docker container - then health status will be unhealthy and application wont be able to receive new requests.

## Installation

<Tabs>
  <Tab title=".NET CLI">
    ```bash theme={null}
    dotnet add package AspNetCore.Pulse.ApplicationStatus --version 8.0.4
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Package Reference">
    ```xml theme={null}
    <PackageReference Include="AspNetCore.Pulse.ApplicationStatus" Version="8.0.4" />
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Nuget">
    <a href="https://www.nuget.org/packages/AspNetCore.Pulse.ApplicationStatus/" target="_blank">Go to nuget page</a>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## Example Usage

With all of the following examples, you can additionally add the following parameters:

* `name`: The health check name. Default if not specified is `applicationstatus`.
* `failureStatus`: The `HealthStatus` that should be reported when the health check fails. Default is `HealthStatus.Unhealthy`.
* `tags`: A list of tags that can be used to filter sets of health checks.
* `timeout`: A `System.TimeSpan` representing the timeout of the check.

### Basic

```csharp theme={null}
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services, IHost)
{
    services
        .AddHealthChecks()
        .AddApplicationStatus();
}
```