diff --git a/services/autoscaling/src/simcore_service_autoscaling/api/health.py b/services/autoscaling/src/simcore_service_autoscaling/api/health.py
index a599abea39d9..7c616e314611 100644
--- a/services/autoscaling/src/simcore_service_autoscaling/api/health.py
+++ b/services/autoscaling/src/simcore_service_autoscaling/api/health.py
@@ -23,36 +23,28 @@ async def health_check():
 
 
 class _ComponentStatus(BaseModel):
-    initialized: bool
-    connection_state: bool
-
-
-class _RabbitMQStatus(_ComponentStatus):
-    ...
-
-
-class _EC2Status(_ComponentStatus):
-    ...
+    is_enabled: bool
+    is_responsive: bool
 
 
 class _StatusGet(BaseModel):
-    rabbitmq: _RabbitMQStatus
-    ec2: _EC2Status
+    rabbitmq: _ComponentStatus
+    ec2: _ComponentStatus
 
 
 @router.get("/status", include_in_schema=True, response_model=_StatusGet)
 async def get_status(app: FastAPI = Depends(get_app)) -> _StatusGet:
 
     return _StatusGet(
-        rabbitmq=_RabbitMQStatus(
-            initialized=bool(app.state.rabbitmq_client),
-            connection_state=await get_rabbitmq_client(app).ping()
+        rabbitmq=_ComponentStatus(
+            is_enabled=bool(app.state.rabbitmq_client),
+            is_responsive=await get_rabbitmq_client(app).ping()
             if app.state.rabbitmq_client
             else False,
         ),
-        ec2=_EC2Status(
-            initialized=bool(app.state.ec2_client),
-            connection_state=await app.state.ec2_client.ping()
+        ec2=_ComponentStatus(
+            is_enabled=bool(app.state.ec2_client),
+            is_responsive=await app.state.ec2_client.ping()
             if app.state.ec2_client
             else False,
         ),
diff --git a/services/autoscaling/tests/unit/test_api_health.py b/services/autoscaling/tests/unit/test_api_health.py
index 808932a722fe..523d6b927d9c 100644
--- a/services/autoscaling/tests/unit/test_api_health.py
+++ b/services/autoscaling/tests/unit/test_api_health.py
@@ -41,15 +41,15 @@ async def test_status_no_rabbit(
     status_response = response.json()
     assert "rabbitmq" in status_response
     rabbitmq_status = status_response["rabbitmq"]
-    assert "initialized" in rabbitmq_status
-    assert rabbitmq_status["initialized"] is False
-    assert rabbitmq_status["connection_state"] is False
+    assert "is_enabled" in rabbitmq_status
+    assert rabbitmq_status["is_enabled"] is False
+    assert rabbitmq_status["is_responsive"] is False
 
     assert "ec2" in status_response
     ec2_status = status_response["ec2"]
-    assert "initialized" in ec2_status
-    assert ec2_status["initialized"] is True
-    assert ec2_status["connection_state"] is True
+    assert "is_enabled" in ec2_status
+    assert ec2_status["is_enabled"] is True
+    assert ec2_status["is_responsive"] is True
 
 
 async def test_status(
@@ -65,15 +65,15 @@ async def test_status(
     status_response = response.json()
     assert "rabbitmq" in status_response
     rabbitmq_status = status_response["rabbitmq"]
-    assert "initialized" in rabbitmq_status
-    assert rabbitmq_status["initialized"] is True
-    assert rabbitmq_status["connection_state"] is True
+    assert "is_enabled" in rabbitmq_status
+    assert rabbitmq_status["is_enabled"] is True
+    assert rabbitmq_status["is_responsive"] is True
 
     assert "ec2" in status_response
     ec2_status = status_response["ec2"]
-    assert "initialized" in ec2_status
-    assert ec2_status["initialized"] is True
-    assert ec2_status["connection_state"] is False
+    assert "is_enabled" in ec2_status
+    assert ec2_status["is_enabled"] is True
+    assert ec2_status["is_responsive"] is False
 
     # restart the server
     mocked_aws_server.start()
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ async def test_status(
     status_response = response.json()
     assert "rabbitmq" in status_response
     rabbitmq_status = status_response["rabbitmq"]
-    assert "initialized" in rabbitmq_status
-    assert rabbitmq_status["initialized"] is True
-    assert rabbitmq_status["connection_state"] is True
+    assert "is_enabled" in rabbitmq_status
+    assert rabbitmq_status["is_enabled"] is True
+    assert rabbitmq_status["is_responsive"] is True
 
     assert "ec2" in status_response
     ec2_status = status_response["ec2"]
-    assert "initialized" in ec2_status
-    assert ec2_status["initialized"] is True
-    assert ec2_status["connection_state"] is True
+    assert "is_enabled" in ec2_status
+    assert ec2_status["is_enabled"] is True
+    assert ec2_status["is_responsive"] is True