diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index cbb34c74f2..92e259cf38 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ module.exports = {
       ],
       rules: {
         '@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any': 'error',
-        '@typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition': 'warn',
-        '@typescript-eslint/strict-boolean-expressions': 'warn',
       },
     },
     {
diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/MessagesView.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/MessagesView.tsx
index 9acdbc6e2b..ded7cd2f8c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/MessagesView.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/MessagesView.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export default function MessagesView({
 
   return (
     <div className="flex-1 overflow-hidden overflow-y-auto">
-      <div className="dark:gpt-dark-gray relative h-full">
+      <div className="relative h-full">
         <div
           onScroll={debouncedHandleScroll}
           ref={scrollableRef}
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ export default function MessagesView({
               </>
             )}
             <div
-              className="dark:gpt-dark-gray group h-0 w-full flex-shrink-0 dark:border-gray-800/50"
+              id="messages-end"
+              className="group h-0 w-full flex-shrink-0"
               ref={messagesEndRef}
             />
           </div>
diff --git a/client/src/data-provider/connection.ts b/client/src/data-provider/connection.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ef7876d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/data-provider/connection.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
+import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { QueryKeys, Time, dataService } from 'librechat-data-provider';
+import { logger } from '~/utils';
+
+export const useHealthCheck = () => {
+  useQuery([QueryKeys.health], () => dataService.healthCheck(), {
+    refetchInterval: Time.TEN_MINUTES,
+    retry: false,
+    onError: (error) => {
+      console.error('Health check failed:', error);
+    },
+    cacheTime: 0,
+    staleTime: 0,
+    refetchOnWindowFocus: (query) => {
+      if (!query.state.dataUpdatedAt) {
+        return true;
+      }
+
+      const lastUpdated = new Date(query.state.dataUpdatedAt);
+      const tenMinutesAgo = new Date(Date.now() - Time.TEN_MINUTES);
+
+      logger.log(`Last health check: ${lastUpdated.toISOString()}`);
+      logger.log(`Ten minutes ago: ${tenMinutesAgo.toISOString()}`);
+
+      return lastUpdated < tenMinutesAgo;
+    },
+  });
+};
+
+export const useInteractionHealthCheck = () => {
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+  const lastInteractionTimeRef = useRef(Date.now());
+
+  const checkHealthOnInteraction = useCallback(() => {
+    const currentTime = Date.now();
+    if (currentTime - lastInteractionTimeRef.current > Time.FIVE_MINUTES) {
+      logger.log(
+        'Checking health on interaction. Time elapsed:',
+        currentTime - lastInteractionTimeRef.current,
+      );
+      queryClient.invalidateQueries([QueryKeys.health]);
+      lastInteractionTimeRef.current = currentTime;
+    }
+  }, [queryClient]);
+
+  return checkHealthOnInteraction;
+};
diff --git a/client/src/data-provider/index.ts b/client/src/data-provider/index.ts
index 7da93a279e..14f82f312e 100644
--- a/client/src/data-provider/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/data-provider/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export * from './connection';
 export * from './mutations';
 export * from './prompts';
 export * from './queries';
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Chat/useChatFunctions.ts b/client/src/hooks/Chat/useChatFunctions.ts
index 07c00c80ec..e230113b2f 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/Chat/useChatFunctions.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Chat/useChatFunctions.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import type {
 import type { SetterOrUpdater } from 'recoil';
 import type { TAskFunction, ExtendedFile } from '~/common';
 import useSetFilesToDelete from '~/hooks/Files/useSetFilesToDelete';
+import { getEndpointField, logger, scrollToEnd } from '~/utils';
 import useGetSender from '~/hooks/Conversations/useGetSender';
-import { getEndpointField, logger } from '~/utils';
 import useUserKey from '~/hooks/Input/useUserKey';
 import store from '~/store';
 
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ export default function useChatFunctions({
     if (index === 0 && setLatestMessage) {
       setLatestMessage(initialResponse);
     }
+
+    scrollToEnd();
     setSubmission(submission);
     logger.log('Submission:');
     logger.dir(submission, { depth: null });
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextarea.ts b/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextarea.ts
index ff2114fc90..e90bca54e0 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextarea.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextarea.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { forceResize, insertTextAtCursor, getAssistantName } from '~/utils';
 import { useAssistantsMapContext } from '~/Providers/AssistantsMapContext';
 import useGetSender from '~/hooks/Conversations/useGetSender';
 import useFileHandling from '~/hooks/Files/useFileHandling';
+import { useInteractionHealthCheck } from '~/data-provider';
 import { useChatContext } from '~/Providers/ChatContext';
 import useLocalize from '~/hooks/useLocalize';
 import { globalAudioId } from '~/common';
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export default function useTextarea({
   const isComposing = useRef(false);
   const { handleFiles } = useFileHandling();
   const assistantMap = useAssistantsMapContext();
+  const checkHealth = useInteractionHealthCheck();
   const enterToSend = useRecoilValue(store.enterToSend);
 
   const {
@@ -152,6 +154,8 @@ export default function useTextarea({
         return;
       }
 
+      checkHealth();
+
       const isNonShiftEnter = e.key === 'Enter' && !e.shiftKey;
       const isCtrlEnter = e.key === 'Enter' && e.ctrlKey;
 
@@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ export default function useTextarea({
         submitButtonRef.current?.click();
       }
     },
-    [isSubmitting, filesLoading, enterToSend, textAreaRef, submitButtonRef],
+    [isSubmitting, checkHealth, filesLoading, enterToSend, textAreaRef, submitButtonRef],
   );
 
   const handleCompositionStart = () => {
diff --git a/client/src/routes/ChatRoute.tsx b/client/src/routes/ChatRoute.tsx
index bb293b38e7..7474ac0275 100644
--- a/client/src/routes/ChatRoute.tsx
+++ b/client/src/routes/ChatRoute.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { EModelEndpoint } from 'librechat-data-provider';
+import { Constants, EModelEndpoint } from 'librechat-data-provider';
 import {
   useGetModelsQuery,
   useGetStartupConfig,
@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ import {
 } from 'librechat-data-provider/react-query';
 import type { TPreset } from 'librechat-data-provider';
 import { useNewConvo, useAppStartup, useAssistantListMap } from '~/hooks';
+import { useGetConvoIdQuery, useHealthCheck } from '~/data-provider';
 import { getDefaultModelSpec, getModelSpecIconURL } from '~/utils';
-import { useGetConvoIdQuery } from '~/data-provider';
 import ChatView from '~/components/Chat/ChatView';
 import useAuthRedirect from './useAuthRedirect';
 import { Spinner } from '~/components/svg';
 import store from '~/store';
 
 export default function ChatRoute() {
+  useHealthCheck();
   const { data: startupConfig } = useGetStartupConfig();
   const { isAuthenticated, user } = useAuthRedirect();
   useAppStartup({ startupConfig, user });
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export default function ChatRoute() {
     refetchOnMount: 'always',
   });
   const initialConvoQuery = useGetConvoIdQuery(conversationId ?? '', {
-    enabled: isAuthenticated && conversationId !== 'new',
+    enabled: isAuthenticated && conversationId !== Constants.NEW_CONVO,
   });
   const endpointsQuery = useGetEndpointsQuery({ enabled: isAuthenticated });
   const assistantListMap = useAssistantListMap();
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ export default function ChatRoute() {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (conversationId === 'new' && endpointsQuery.data && modelsQuery.data) {
+    if (conversationId === Constants.NEW_CONVO && endpointsQuery.data && modelsQuery.data) {
       const spec = getDefaultModelSpec(startupConfig.modelSpecs?.list);
 
       newConversation({
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ export default function ChatRoute() {
       });
       hasSetConversation.current = true;
     } else if (
-      conversationId === 'new' &&
+      conversationId === Constants.NEW_CONVO &&
       assistantListMap[EModelEndpoint.assistants] &&
       assistantListMap[EModelEndpoint.azureAssistants]
     ) {
diff --git a/client/src/utils/messages.ts b/client/src/utils/messages.ts
index 16d35a518c..e7abf1320b 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/messages.ts
+++ b/client/src/utils/messages.ts
@@ -43,3 +43,12 @@ export const getTextKey = (message?: TMessage | null, convoId?: string | null) =
     Constants.COMMON_DIVIDER
   }${message.conversationId ?? convoId}`;
 };
+
+export const scrollToEnd = () => {
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    const messagesEndElement = document.getElementById('messages-end');
+    if (messagesEndElement) {
+      messagesEndElement.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'instant' });
+    }
+  }, 500);
+};
diff --git a/client/tailwind.config.cjs b/client/tailwind.config.cjs
index 4b1b9a47b5..f28699919f 100644
--- a/client/tailwind.config.cjs
+++ b/client/tailwind.config.cjs
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ module.exports = {
   // darkMode: 'class',
   darkMode: ['class'],
   theme: {
-    // colors: {
-    //   'gpt-dark-gray': '#171717',
-    // },
     fontFamily: {
       sans: ['Inter', 'sans-serif'],
       mono: ['Roboto Mono', 'monospace'],
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/src/api-endpoints.ts b/packages/data-provider/src/api-endpoints.ts
index 5403740cee..f91d768ec9 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/src/api-endpoints.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/src/api-endpoints.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { AssistantsEndpoint } from './schemas';
 
+export const health = () => '/api/health';
 export const user = () => '/api/user';
 
 export const balance = () => '/api/balance';
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/src/data-service.ts b/packages/data-provider/src/data-service.ts
index 4251cb9377..49288f6cf7 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/src/data-service.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/src/data-service.ts
@@ -573,3 +573,7 @@ export function addTagToConversation(
 export function rebuildConversationTags(): Promise<t.TConversationTagsResponse> {
   return request.post(endpoints.conversationTags('rebuild'));
 }
+
+export function healthCheck(): Promise<string> {
+  return request.get(endpoints.health());
+}
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/src/keys.ts b/packages/data-provider/src/keys.ts
index 8535c475bc..a446b84d20 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/src/keys.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/src/keys.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export enum QueryKeys {
   randomPrompts = 'randomPrompts',
   roles = 'roles',
   conversationTags = 'conversationTags',
+  health = 'health',
 }
 
 export enum MutationKeys {