diff --git a/web-server/app/ping/route.ts b/web-server/app/ping/route.ts
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+++ b/web-server/app/ping/route.ts
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+import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
+
+export function GET() {
+  return new NextResponse('OK', {
+    status: 200,
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
+      'Cache-Control': 'no-store',
+      'X-Robots-Tag': 'noindex'
+    },
+  });
+}
diff --git a/web-server/app/status/route.ts b/web-server/app/status/route.ts
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+++ b/web-server/app/status/route.ts
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+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+
+let version = 'unknown';
+try {
+  const pkgPath = join(process.cwd(), 'package.json');
+  const pkgJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(pkgPath, 'utf8'));
+  version = pkgJson.version || 'unknown';
+} catch (err) {
+  console.warn('status route: failed to read package.json for version', err instanceof Error ? err.message : err);
+}
+
+export async function GET() {
+  return NextResponse.json({
+    status: 'OK',
+    version,
+  },
+  {
+    headers: {
+      'Cache-Control': 'no-store',
+      'X-Robots-Tag': 'noindex',
+    },
+  });
+}