diff --git a/src/components/microservices/decision-center/src/index.ts b/src/components/microservices/decision-center/src/index.ts
index b222d5da..3fda8d9f 100644
--- a/src/components/microservices/decision-center/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/microservices/decision-center/src/index.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ const serviceStartedAt = new Date().toISOString();
 const recentLogs: JsonRecord[] = [];
 let schemaReady = false;
 let schemaLastError: JsonRecord | null = null;
+let databaseHealth: JsonRecord = { ok: false, recordCount: 0, checkedAt: "", error: null };
+let databaseHealthRefreshInFlight = false;
 
 function envString(name: string, fallback: string): string {
   const value = process.env[name];
@@ -292,6 +294,29 @@ async function waitForSchema(): Promise<void> {
   throw new Error(`Decision Center schema initialization failed: ${JSON.stringify(schemaLastError)}`);
 }
 
+async function refreshDatabaseHealth(): Promise<void> {
+  if (databaseHealthRefreshInFlight) return;
+  databaseHealthRefreshInFlight = true;
+  try {
+    const rows = await sql<{ count: string | number }[]>`SELECT count(*) AS count FROM decision_center_records`;
+    databaseHealth = {
+      ok: true,
+      recordCount: Number(rows[0]?.count ?? 0),
+      checkedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+      error: null,
+    };
+  } catch (error) {
+    databaseHealth = {
+      ok: false,
+      recordCount: 0,
+      checkedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+      error: errorToJson(error),
+    };
+  } finally {
+    databaseHealthRefreshInFlight = false;
+  }
+}
+
 function deployInfo(): JsonRecord {
   return {
     serviceId: envString("UNIDESK_DEPLOY_SERVICE_ID", "decision-center"),
@@ -301,17 +326,8 @@ function deployInfo(): JsonRecord {
   };
 }
 
-async function health(): Promise<JsonRecord> {
-  let dbOk = false;
-  let recordCount = 0;
-  let dbError: JsonValue = null;
-  try {
-    const rows = await sql<{ count: string | number }[]>`SELECT count(*) AS count FROM decision_center_records`;
-    dbOk = true;
-    recordCount = Number(rows[0]?.count ?? 0);
-  } catch (error) {
-    dbError = errorToJson(error);
-  }
+function health(): JsonRecord {
+  const dbOk = databaseHealth.ok === true;
   return {
     ok: schemaReady && dbOk,
     service: "decision-center",
@@ -319,8 +335,8 @@ async function health(): Promise<JsonRecord> {
     startedAt: serviceStartedAt,
     storage: "postgres",
     schemaReady,
-    recordCount,
-    database: { ok: dbOk, error: dbError },
+    recordCount: Number(databaseHealth.recordCount ?? 0),
+    database: databaseHealth,
     deploy: deployInfo(),
   };
 }
@@ -473,7 +489,7 @@ async function route(req: Request): Promise<Response> {
     return jsonResponse({ ok: true, service: "decision-center", status: "alive", startedAt: serviceStartedAt, deploy: deployInfo() });
   }
   if (url.pathname === "/health") {
-    const body = await health();
+    const body = health();
     return jsonResponse(body, body.ok === true ? 200 : 503);
   }
   if (url.pathname === "/logs" && method === "GET") return jsonResponse({ ok: true, logs: recentLogs.slice(-200) });
@@ -504,7 +520,12 @@ Bun.serve({
   },
 });
 
-void waitForSchema().catch((error) => {
-  log("error", "schema_init_failed", { error: errorToJson(error) });
-});
+void waitForSchema()
+  .then(() => refreshDatabaseHealth())
+  .catch((error) => {
+    log("error", "schema_init_failed", { error: errorToJson(error) });
+  });
+setInterval(() => {
+  if (schemaReady) void refreshDatabaseHealth();
+}, 15_000).unref();
 log("info", "service_started", { host: config.host, port: config.port, storage: "postgres" });