diff --git a/gradle/changelog/health-check.yaml b/gradle/changelog/health-check.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b35ef27fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/changelog/health-check.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: added
+  description: Anonymous endpoint to check whether the SCM-Manager is healthy or not
diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/security/ShouldRequestPassChecker.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/security/ShouldRequestPassChecker.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..719d11f06e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/security/ShouldRequestPassChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 - present Cloudogu GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+ */
+
+package sonia.scm.security;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
+public interface ShouldRequestPassChecker {
+
+  boolean shouldPass(HttpServletRequest request);
+}
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/HealthCheckResource.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/HealthCheckResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9af7bf74fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/HealthCheckResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 - present Cloudogu GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+ */
+
+package sonia.scm.api.v2.resources;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Content;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.responses.ApiResponse;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import sonia.scm.security.AllowAnonymousAccess;
+import sonia.scm.web.VndMediaType;
+
+@Path(HealthCheckResource.PATH)
+public class HealthCheckResource {
+  public static final String PATH = "v2/health-check";
+
+  @GET
+  @Path("")
+  @Operation(
+    summary = "Get health check",
+    description = "Returns depending on the response code, whether the scm manager is up and running",
+    tags = "Health Check"
+  )
+  @ApiResponse(
+    responseCode = "200",
+    description = "success"
+  )
+  @ApiResponse(
+    responseCode = "500",
+    description = "internal server error",
+    content = @Content(
+      mediaType = VndMediaType.ERROR_TYPE,
+      schema = @Schema(implementation = ErrorDto.class)
+    )
+  )
+  @AllowAnonymousAccess
+  public Response getHealthCheck() {
+    return Response.ok().build();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/filter/WebElementModule.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/filter/WebElementModule.java
index acb2ce8345..88f000e3e6 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/filter/WebElementModule.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/filter/WebElementModule.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import sonia.scm.plugin.PluginLoader;
 import sonia.scm.plugin.WebElementDescriptor;
+import sonia.scm.security.DefaultShouldRequestPassChecker;
+import sonia.scm.security.ShouldRequestPassChecker;
 
 
 public class WebElementModule extends ServletModule {
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ public class WebElementModule extends ServletModule {
 
     // filters must be in singleton scope
     bind(clazz).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
+    bind(ShouldRequestPassChecker.class).to(DefaultShouldRequestPassChecker.class);
 
     WebElementDescriptor opts = filter.getDescriptor();
     FilterKeyBindingBuilder builder;
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/security/DefaultShouldRequestPassChecker.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/security/DefaultShouldRequestPassChecker.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ab3e1ca4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/security/DefaultShouldRequestPassChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 - present Cloudogu GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+ */
+
+package sonia.scm.security;
+
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import org.apache.shiro.SecurityUtils;
+import org.apache.shiro.subject.Subject;
+import sonia.scm.api.v2.resources.HealthCheckResource;
+import sonia.scm.config.ScmConfiguration;
+import sonia.scm.util.HttpUtil;
+import sonia.scm.web.UserAgentParser;
+
+public class DefaultShouldRequestPassChecker implements ShouldRequestPassChecker {
+
+  private final ScmConfiguration configuration;
+  private final UserAgentParser userAgentParser;
+
+  @Inject
+  public DefaultShouldRequestPassChecker(ScmConfiguration configuration, UserAgentParser userAgentParser) {
+    this.configuration = configuration;
+    this.userAgentParser = userAgentParser;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean shouldPass(HttpServletRequest request) {
+    return isUserAuthenticated()
+      || isAnonymousProtocolRequest(request)
+      || isMercurialHookRequest(request)
+      || (!isLoginRequest(request) && isFullAnonymousAccessEnabled())
+      || isHealthCheckRequest(request);
+  }
+
+  private boolean isUserAuthenticated() {
+    Subject subject = SecurityUtils.getSubject();
+    return subject.isAuthenticated() && !Authentications.isAuthenticatedSubjectAnonymous();
+  }
+
+  private boolean isAnonymousProtocolRequest(HttpServletRequest request) {
+    return !HttpUtil.isWUIRequest(request)
+      && Authentications.isAuthenticatedSubjectAnonymous()
+      && configuration.getAnonymousMode() == AnonymousMode.PROTOCOL_ONLY
+      && !userAgentParser.parse(request).isBrowser();
+  }
+
+  private boolean isMercurialHookRequest(HttpServletRequest request) {
+    return request.getRequestURI().startsWith(request.getContextPath() + "/hook/hg/");
+  }
+
+  private boolean isLoginRequest(HttpServletRequest request) {
+    final String requestURI = request.getRequestURI();
+    final String contextPath = request.getContextPath();
+    return requestURI != null && requestURI.startsWith(contextPath + "/login");
+  }
+
+  private boolean isFullAnonymousAccessEnabled() {
+    return configuration.getAnonymousMode() == AnonymousMode.FULL;
+  }
+
+  private boolean isHealthCheckRequest(HttpServletRequest request) {
+    return request.getRequestURI().startsWith(request.getContextPath() + "/api/" + HealthCheckResource.PATH);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/HealthCheckResourceTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/HealthCheckResourceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be5ad574dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/HealthCheckResourceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 - present Cloudogu GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+ */
+
+package sonia.scm.api.v2.resources;
+
+
+import org.jboss.resteasy.mock.MockHttpRequest;
+import org.jboss.resteasy.mock.MockHttpResponse;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import sonia.scm.web.RestDispatcher;
+
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+class HealthCheckResourceTest {
+
+  private RestDispatcher dispatcher;
+
+  @BeforeEach
+  void setup() {
+    HealthCheckResource resource = new HealthCheckResource();
+    dispatcher = new RestDispatcher();
+    dispatcher.addSingletonResource(resource);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void shouldReturnPositiveHealthCheck() throws URISyntaxException {
+    MockHttpRequest request = MockHttpRequest.get("/v2/health-check");
+    MockHttpResponse response = new MockHttpResponse();
+    dispatcher.invoke(request, response);
+
+    assertThat(response.getStatus()).isEqualTo(200);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/security/DefaultShouldRequestPassCheckerTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/security/DefaultShouldRequestPassCheckerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0dc9894c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/security/DefaultShouldRequestPassCheckerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 - present Cloudogu GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+ */
+
+package sonia.scm.security;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import org.github.sdorra.jse.ShiroExtension;
+import org.github.sdorra.jse.SubjectAware;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+import sonia.scm.api.v2.resources.HealthCheckResource;
+import sonia.scm.config.ScmConfiguration;
+import sonia.scm.web.UserAgent;
+import sonia.scm.web.UserAgentParser;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.lenient;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+@ExtendWith({MockitoExtension.class, ShiroExtension.class})
+class DefaultShouldRequestPassCheckerTest {
+
+  @Mock
+  private HttpServletRequest request;
+  @Mock
+  private UserAgentParser userAgentParser;
+  private ScmConfiguration configuration;
+  private DefaultShouldRequestPassChecker checker;
+
+  @BeforeEach
+  void setup() {
+    lenient().when(request.getContextPath()).thenReturn("/scm");
+    lenient().when(request.getRequestURI()).thenReturn("/scm/random/uri");
+    configuration = new ScmConfiguration();
+    checker = new DefaultShouldRequestPassChecker(configuration, userAgentParser);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @SubjectAware("Trainer Red")
+  void shouldPassBecauseUserIsAuthenticated() {
+    assertThat(checker.shouldPass(request)).isTrue();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @SubjectAware(Authentications.PRINCIPAL_ANONYMOUS)
+  void shouldNotPassBecauseUserIsAnonymous() {
+    assertThat(checker.shouldPass(request)).isFalse();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @SubjectAware(Authentications.PRINCIPAL_ANONYMOUS)
+  void shouldPassBecauseAnonymousProtocolRequestIsEnabled() {
+    configuration.setAnonymousMode(AnonymousMode.PROTOCOL_ONLY);
+    when(userAgentParser.parse(request)).thenReturn(UserAgent.other("git").build());
+    assertThat(checker.shouldPass(request)).isTrue();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @SubjectAware(Authentications.PRINCIPAL_ANONYMOUS)
+  void shouldPassBecauseMercurialHookRequest() {
+    when(request.getContextPath()).thenReturn("/scm");
+    when(request.getRequestURI()).thenReturn("/scm/hook/hg/");
+    assertThat(checker.shouldPass(request)).isTrue();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @SubjectAware(Authentications.PRINCIPAL_ANONYMOUS)
+  void shouldPassBecauseFullAnonymousAccessIsEnabled() {
+    configuration.setAnonymousMode(AnonymousMode.FULL);
+    assertThat(checker.shouldPass(request)).isTrue();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @SubjectAware(Authentications.PRINCIPAL_ANONYMOUS)
+  void shouldPassBecauseRequestIsHealthCheck() {
+    when(request.getRequestURI()).thenReturn("/scm/api/" + HealthCheckResource.PATH);
+    assertThat(checker.shouldPass(request)).isTrue();
+  }
+}