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diff --git a/docs/OPERATIONS.md b/docs/OPERATIONS.md
index 58642e7b9..b985e4336 100644
--- a/docs/OPERATIONS.md
+++ b/docs/OPERATIONS.md
@@ -37,6 +37,37 @@ The health check returns a 200 OK response with a JSON body:
 }
 ```
 
+Market gateway readiness can be checked before routing traffic to the
+service:
+
+```bash
+curl -i http://localhost:8080/health/ready
+```
+
+When the gateway is ready, the endpoint returns `200 OK`:
+
+```json
+{
+  "status": "ready"
+}
+```
+
+When the gateway is shutting down or otherwise marked unhealthy, the endpoint
+returns `503 Service Unavailable`:
+
+```json
+{
+  "status": "not ready"
+}
+```
+
+Local and CI checks can validate the behavior without external credentials:
+
+```bash
+cd market
+go test ./gateway -run TestReadinessEndpoint
+```
+
 ### Prometheus Metrics
 
 Each service exposes Prometheus metrics at `/metrics` on the same port as the
diff --git a/market/gateway/api_test.go b/market/gateway/api_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d709f2f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/market/gateway/api_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package gateway
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestReadinessEndpointReturnsReady(t *testing.T) {
+	gateway := NewGateway(DefaultGatewayConfig())
+	server := httptest.NewServer(gateway.buildHandler())
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	resp, err := http.Get(server.URL + "/health/ready")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GET /health/ready: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want %d", resp.StatusCode, http.StatusOK)
+	}
+
+	var body map[string]string
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("decode response body: %v", err)
+	}
+	if body["status"] != "ready" {
+		t.Fatalf("status body = %q, want %q", body["status"], "ready")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestReadinessEndpointReturnsNotReadyWhenGatewayUnhealthy(t *testing.T) {
+	gateway := NewGateway(DefaultGatewayConfig())
+	gateway.health.Store(false)
+	server := httptest.NewServer(gateway.buildHandler())
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	resp, err := http.Get(server.URL + "/health/ready")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GET /health/ready: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusServiceUnavailable {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want %d", resp.StatusCode, http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
+	}
+
+	var body map[string]string
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("decode response body: %v", err)
+	}
+	if body["status"] != "not ready" {
+		t.Fatalf("status body = %q, want %q", body["status"], "not ready")
+	}
+}