From b8ef374a31391a8c566bb99f2774c6a2a3eba230 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vantz Stockwell <vstockwell@predator-mini.local>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 01:32:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix:=20Remove=20NATS=20healthcheck=20=E2=80=94?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20use=20service=5Fstarted=20instead?=
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NATS minimal image has no shell tools for health probes. The API
already handles NATS unavailability gracefully, so service_started
is sufficient.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 docker/docker-compose.yml | 8 +-------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 767f299..f3639bc 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ services:
       - ./nats.conf:/etc/nats/nats.conf:ro
     ports:
       - "8089:4222"   # Client connections
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "echo > /dev/tcp/localhost/4222 || exit 1"]
-      interval: 5s
-      timeout: 3s
-      retries: 5
-      start_period: 5s
 
   api:
     build:
@@ -62,7 +56,7 @@ services:
       postgres:
         condition: service_healthy
       nats:
-        condition: service_healthy
+        condition: service_started
     ports:
       - "8088:3000"