diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/lib/core/helpers/redis.ts b/packages/frontend-2/lib/core/helpers/redis.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56e3ff69b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/lib/core/helpers/redis.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { Redis } from 'ioredis'
+import type pino from 'pino'
+
+export const createRedis = async (params: { logger: pino.Logger }) => {
+  const { logger } = params
+  const { redisUrl } = useRuntimeConfig()
+  if (!redisUrl?.length) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  const redis = new Redis(redisUrl)
+
+  redis.on('error', (err) => {
+    logger.error(err, 'Redis error')
+  })
+
+  redis.on('end', () => {
+    logger.info('Redis disconnected from server')
+  })
+
+  // Try to ping the server
+  const res = await redis.ping()
+  if (res !== 'PONG') {
+    throw new Error('Redis server did not respond to ping')
+  }
+
+  return redis
+}
diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/package.json b/packages/frontend-2/package.json
index 626652fc0e..7b3756074b 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-2/package.json
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/package.json
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     "tailwindcss": "^3.4.1",
     "type-fest": "^3.5.1",
     "typescript": "^4.8.3",
-    "vue-tsc": "1.8.22",
+    "vue-tsc": "1.8.27",
     "wait-on": "^6.0.1"
   },
   "engines": {
diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/plugins/002-rum.ts b/packages/frontend-2/plugins/002-rum.ts
index 5051a4724d..358fe31b50 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-2/plugins/002-rum.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/plugins/002-rum.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { useCreateErrorLoggingTransport } from '~/lib/core/composables/error'
 type PluginNuxtApp = Parameters<Plugin>[0]
 
 async function initRumClient(app: PluginNuxtApp) {
-  const { enabled, keys, speckleServerVersion } = resolveInitParams()
+  const { enabled, keys, speckleServerVersion, baseUrl } = resolveInitParams()
   const logger = useLogger()
   const onAuthStateChange = useOnAuthStateChange()
   const router = useRouter()
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ async function initRumClient(app: PluginNuxtApp) {
     rg4js('enablePulse', true)
     rg4js('boot')
     rg4js('enableRum', true)
+    rg4js('withTags', [`baseUrl:${baseUrl}`, `version:${speckleServerVersion}`])
 
     await onAuthStateChange(
       (user, { resolveDistinctId }) => {
@@ -184,7 +185,8 @@ function resolveInitParams() {
       logrocketAppId,
       speckleServerVersion,
       speedcurveId,
-      debugbearId
+      debugbearId,
+      baseUrl
     }
   } = useRuntimeConfig()
   const raygun = raygunKey?.length ? raygunKey : null
@@ -201,7 +203,8 @@ function resolveInitParams() {
       speedcurve,
       debugbear
     },
-    speckleServerVersion
+    speckleServerVersion,
+    baseUrl
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/plugins/004-redis.server.ts b/packages/frontend-2/plugins/004-redis.server.ts
index ecb34b4107..a8ab0e18f6 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-2/plugins/004-redis.server.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/plugins/004-redis.server.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Redis } from 'ioredis'
+import { createRedis } from '~/lib/core/helpers/redis'
 
 /**
  * Re-using the same client for all SSR reqs (shouldn't be a problem)
@@ -9,31 +10,20 @@ let redis: InstanceType<typeof Redis> | undefined = undefined
  * Provide redis (only in SSR)
  */
 export default defineNuxtPlugin(async () => {
-  const { redisUrl } = useRuntimeConfig()
   const logger = useLogger()
 
-  if (redisUrl?.length) {
-    try {
-      const hasValidStatus =
-        redis && ['ready', 'connecting', 'reconnecting'].includes(redis.status)
-      if (!redis || !hasValidStatus) {
-        if (redis) {
-          await redis.quit()
-        }
-
-        redis = new Redis(redisUrl)
-
-        redis.on('error', (err) => {
-          logger.error(err, 'Redis error')
-        })
-
-        redis.on('end', () => {
-          logger.info('Redis disconnected from server')
-        })
+  try {
+    const hasValidStatus =
+      redis && ['ready', 'connecting', 'reconnecting'].includes(redis.status)
+    if (!redis || !hasValidStatus) {
+      if (redis) {
+        await redis.quit()
       }
-    } catch (e) {
-      logger.error(e, 'Redis setup failure')
+
+      redis = await createRedis({ logger })
     }
+  } catch (e) {
+    logger.error(e, 'Redis setup failure')
   }
 
   const isValid = redis && redis.status === 'ready'
diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/server/api/status.ts b/packages/frontend-2/server/api/status.ts
index 4420e70026..58543ec1cf 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-2/server/api/status.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/server/api/status.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,28 @@
-import { useRequestId } from '~/lib/core/composables/server'
+import { ensureError } from '@speckle/shared'
+import { createRedis } from '~/lib/core/helpers/redis'
 
-export default defineEventHandler((event) => {
-  const reqId = useRequestId({ event })
-  return { status: 'ok', reqId }
+/**
+ * Check that the deployment is fine
+ */
+
+export default defineEventHandler(async () => {
+  let redisConnected = false
+
+  // Check that redis works
+  try {
+    const redis = await createRedis({ logger: useLogger() })
+    redisConnected = !!redis
+    if (redis) {
+      await redis.quit()
+    }
+  } catch (e) {
+    const errMsg = ensureError(e).message
+    throw createError({
+      statusCode: 500,
+      fatal: true,
+      message: `Redis connection failed: ${errMsg}`
+    })
+  }
+
+  return { status: 'ok', redisConnected }
 })
diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/server/lib/core/helpers/observability.ts b/packages/frontend-2/server/lib/core/helpers/observability.ts
index a2cf1cf832..82e0dc7180 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-2/server/lib/core/helpers/observability.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/server/lib/core/helpers/observability.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Observability } from '@speckle/shared'
 import type { IncomingMessage } from 'node:http'
 import { get } from 'lodash-es'
 import type { Logger } from 'pino'
+import type express from 'express'
 
 const redactedReqHeaders = ['authorization', 'cookie']
 
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ export function serializeRequest(req: IncomingMessage) {
   return {
     id: req.id,
     method: req.method,
-    path: req.url?.split('?')[0], // Remove query params which might be sensitive
+    path: getRequestPath(req),
     // Allowlist useful headers
     headers: Object.keys(req.headers).reduce((obj, key) => {
       let valueToPrint = req.headers[key]
@@ -58,3 +59,10 @@ export function serializeRequest(req: IncomingMessage) {
     }, {})
   }
 }
+
+export const getRequestPath = (req: IncomingMessage | express.Request) => {
+  const path = ((get(req, 'originalUrl') || get(req, 'url') || '') as string).split(
+    '?'
+  )[0] as string
+  return path?.length ? path : null
+}
diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/server/middleware/001-logging.ts b/packages/frontend-2/server/middleware/001-logging.ts
index 732c8e7799..5e2895178d 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-2/server/middleware/001-logging.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/server/middleware/001-logging.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { Observability } from '@speckle/shared'
 import { defineEventHandler, fromNodeMiddleware } from 'h3'
 import { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from 'http'
 import pino from 'pino'
@@ -9,7 +8,10 @@ import { randomUUID } from 'crypto'
 import type { IncomingHttpHeaders } from 'http'
 import { REQUEST_ID_HEADER } from '~~/server/lib/core/helpers/constants'
 import { get } from 'lodash'
-import { serializeRequest } from '~/server/lib/core/helpers/observability'
+import {
+  serializeRequest,
+  getRequestPath
+} from '~/server/lib/core/helpers/observability'
 
 /**
  * Server request logger
@@ -28,10 +30,7 @@ function determineRequestId(
 const generateReqId: GenReqId = (req: IncomingMessage) =>
   determineRequestId(req.headers)
 
-const logger = Observability.getLogger(
-  useRuntimeConfig().public.logLevel,
-  useRuntimeConfig().public.logPretty
-)
+const logger = useLogger()
 
 export const LoggingMiddleware = pinoHttp({
   logger,
@@ -46,8 +45,9 @@ export const LoggingMiddleware = pinoHttp({
     error: Error | undefined
   ) => {
     // Mark some lower importance/spammy endpoints w/ 'debug' to reduce noise
-    const path = req.url?.split('?')[0]
-    const shouldBeDebug = ['/metrics', '/health'].includes(path || '') ?? false
+    const path = getRequestPath(req)
+    const shouldBeDebug =
+      ['/metrics', '/health', '/api/status'].includes(path || '') ?? false
 
     if (res.statusCode >= 400 && res.statusCode < 500) {
       return 'info'
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export const LoggingMiddleware = pinoHttp({
   customSuccessObject(req, res, val: Record<string, unknown>) {
     const isCompleted = !req.readableAborted && res.writableEnded
     const requestStatus = isCompleted ? 'completed' : 'aborted'
-    const requestPath = req.url?.split('?')[0] || 'unknown'
+    const requestPath = getRequestPath(req) || 'unknown'
     const appBindings = res.vueLoggerBindings || {}
 
     return {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export const LoggingMiddleware = pinoHttp({
   },
   customErrorObject(req, res, err, val: Record<string, unknown>) {
     const requestStatus = 'failed'
-    const requestPath = req.url?.split('?')[0] || 'unknown'
+    const requestPath = getRequestPath(req) || 'unknown'
     const appBindings = res.vueLoggerBindings || {}
 
     return {
@@ -107,9 +107,10 @@ export const LoggingMiddleware = pinoHttp({
       const realRaw = get(res, 'raw.raw') as typeof res.raw
       const isRequestCompleted = !!realRaw.writableEnded
       const isRequestAborted = !isRequestCompleted
+      const statusCode = res.statusCode || res.raw.statusCode || realRaw.statusCode
 
       return {
-        statusCode: res.raw.statusCode,
+        statusCode,
         // Allowlist useful headers
         headers: resRaw.headers,
         isRequestAborted
diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/server/tsconfig.json b/packages/frontend-2/server/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35676ea1b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/server/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../.nuxt/tsconfig.server.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "verbatimModuleSyntax": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/server/utils/logger.ts b/packages/frontend-2/server/utils/logger.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..754390b3b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/server/utils/logger.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import type { Optional } from '@speckle/shared'
+import type pino from 'pino'
+import { buildLogger } from '~/server/lib/core/helpers/observability'
+
+let logger: Optional<pino.Logger> = undefined
+
+const createLogger = () => {
+  const {
+    public: { logLevel, logPretty, speckleServerVersion, serverName }
+  } = useRuntimeConfig()
+
+  const logger = buildLogger(logLevel, logPretty).child({
+    browser: false,
+    speckleServerVersion,
+    serverName,
+    frontendType: 'frontend-2',
+    serverLogger: true
+  })
+
+  return logger
+}
+
+export const useLogger = () => {
+  if (!logger) {
+    logger = createLogger()
+  }
+
+  return logger
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/logging/expressLogging.ts b/packages/server/logging/expressLogging.ts
index 1211d1af21..c731da064c 100644
--- a/packages/server/logging/expressLogging.ts
+++ b/packages/server/logging/expressLogging.ts
@@ -106,9 +106,10 @@ export const LoggingExpressMiddleware = HttpLogger({
       }
       const serverRes = get(res, 'raw.raw') as ServerResponse
       const auth = serverRes.req.context
+      const statusCode = res.statusCode || res.raw.statusCode || serverRes.statusCode
 
       return {
-        statusCode: res.raw.statusCode,
+        statusCode,
         // Allowlist useful headers
         headers: Object.fromEntries(
           Object.entries(resRaw.raw.headers).filter(
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/frontend_2/deployment.yml b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/frontend_2/deployment.yml
index 36c73a5358..b7209638fb 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/frontend_2/deployment.yml
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/frontend_2/deployment.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ spec:
 
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
-            path: /health
+            path: /api/status
             port: www
           failureThreshold: 3
           initialDelaySeconds: 10
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ spec:
           timeoutSeconds: 5
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
-            path: /health
+            path: /api/status
             port: www
           failureThreshold: 1
           initialDelaySeconds: 5
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/redirect.ingress.yml b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/redirect.ingress.yml
index a185d9c0b4..0c0fdbbe2d 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/redirect.ingress.yml
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/redirect.ingress.yml
@@ -26,4 +26,17 @@ spec:
             name: speckle-frontend
             port:
               name: www
+{{- end }}
+      - pathType: Exact
+        path: "/api/status"
+        backend:
+          service:
+{{- if .Values.frontend_2.enabled }}
+            name: speckle-frontend-2
+            port:
+              name: web
+{{- else }}
+            name: speckle-frontend
+            port:
+              name: www
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0def78d774..734be864d4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -13902,7 +13902,7 @@ __metadata:
     vee-validate: ^4.7.0
     vue-advanced-cropper: ^2.8.8
     vue-tippy: ^6.0.0
-    vue-tsc: 1.8.22
+    vue-tsc: 1.8.27
     wait-on: ^6.0.1
     ws: ^8.9.0
   languageName: unknown
@@ -18241,6 +18241,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@volar/language-core@npm:1.11.1, @volar/language-core@npm:~1.11.1":
+  version: 1.11.1
+  resolution: "@volar/language-core@npm:1.11.1"
+  dependencies:
+    "@volar/source-map": 1.11.1
+  checksum: 7f98fbeb96ff1093dbaa47e790575a98d1fd2103d9bb1598ec7b0ae787fc6af2ffcea12fdea0f0a4e057f38f6ee3a60bd54f2af3985159319021771f79df9451
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@volar/language-core@npm:1.4.0-alpha.4":
   version: 1.4.0-alpha.4
   resolution: "@volar/language-core@npm:1.4.0-alpha.4"
@@ -18268,6 +18277,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@volar/source-map@npm:1.11.1, @volar/source-map@npm:~1.11.1":
+  version: 1.11.1
+  resolution: "@volar/source-map@npm:1.11.1"
+  dependencies:
+    muggle-string: ^0.3.1
+  checksum: 1ec1034432ee51a0afe187ba9158292dd607a90d01120ee8a36cf27f5d464da5282c8fe7b0de82f52f45474a840c63eba666254c5c21ca5466dc02d0c95cd147
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@volar/source-map@npm:1.4.0-alpha.4":
   version: 1.4.0-alpha.4
   resolution: "@volar/source-map@npm:1.4.0-alpha.4"
@@ -18305,6 +18323,16 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@volar/typescript@npm:~1.11.1":
+  version: 1.11.1
+  resolution: "@volar/typescript@npm:1.11.1"
+  dependencies:
+    "@volar/language-core": 1.11.1
+    path-browserify: ^1.0.1
+  checksum: 0db2fc32db133e493f05dbafd248560a6d4e5b071a0d80422c67b1875bd36980c113915d876a83e855d55c2880b2e7b9f04f803ce3504a4d6fafcc0b801c621b
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@volar/vue-language-core@npm:1.3.4":
   version: 1.3.4
   resolution: "@volar/vue-language-core@npm:1.3.4"
@@ -19105,6 +19133,28 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@vue/language-core@npm:1.8.27":
+  version: 1.8.27
+  resolution: "@vue/language-core@npm:1.8.27"
+  dependencies:
+    "@volar/language-core": ~1.11.1
+    "@volar/source-map": ~1.11.1
+    "@vue/compiler-dom": ^3.3.0
+    "@vue/shared": ^3.3.0
+    computeds: ^0.0.1
+    minimatch: ^9.0.3
+    muggle-string: ^0.3.1
+    path-browserify: ^1.0.1
+    vue-template-compiler: ^2.7.14
+  peerDependencies:
+    typescript: "*"
+  peerDependenciesMeta:
+    typescript:
+      optional: true
+  checksum: 8660c05319be8dc5daacc2cd929171434215d29f3ad5bfbe0038d1967db05b8bf640286b25f338845cc1e3890b4aaa239ac9e8cb832cc8a50a5bbdff31b2edd1
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@vue/language-core@npm:1.8.8":
   version: 1.8.8
   resolution: "@vue/language-core@npm:1.8.8"
@@ -46632,7 +46682,22 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"vue-tsc@npm:1.8.22, vue-tsc@npm:^1.8.20, vue-tsc@npm:^1.8.22":
+"vue-tsc@npm:1.8.27":
+  version: 1.8.27
+  resolution: "vue-tsc@npm:1.8.27"
+  dependencies:
+    "@volar/typescript": ~1.11.1
+    "@vue/language-core": 1.8.27
+    semver: ^7.5.4
+  peerDependencies:
+    typescript: "*"
+  bin:
+    vue-tsc: bin/vue-tsc.js
+  checksum: 98c2986df01000a3245b5f08b9db35d0ead4f46fb12f4fe771257b4aa61aa4c26dda359aaa0e6c484a6240563d5188aaa6ed312dd37cc2315922d5e079260001
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
+"vue-tsc@npm:^1.8.20, vue-tsc@npm:^1.8.22":
   version: 1.8.22
   resolution: "vue-tsc@npm:1.8.22"
   dependencies: