diff --git a/model/swagger.yml b/model/swagger.yml
index 90bf1f7b..c515bc0e 100644
--- a/model/swagger.yml
+++ b/model/swagger.yml
@@ -311,6 +311,26 @@ paths:
       - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Sort"
       - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Start"
 
+  /properties:
+    get:
+      tags:
+        - 1. all products
+      summary: |
+        return a list of all possible searchable metadata fields for products published in the registry
+      operationId: product-properties-list
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          $ref: "#/components/responses/PropertiesList"
+        '400':
+          $ref: "#/components/responses/Error"
+        '404':
+          $ref: "#/components/responses/Error"
+        '500':
+          $ref: "#/components/responses/Error"
+        '501':
+          $ref: "#/components/responses/Error"
+    parameters: []
+
   /products/{identifier}:
     get:
       tags:
@@ -1284,6 +1304,26 @@ components:
         text/xml:
           schema:
             $ref: '#/components/schemas/pdsProducts'
+    PropertiesList:
+      description: An array of all searchable properties of products in the registry.
+      content:
+        "*":
+          schema:
+            type: array
+            items:
+              type: object
+              properties:
+                property:
+                  type: string
+                type:
+                  type: string
+                  enum:
+                    - "string"
+                    - "integer"
+                    - "float"
+                    - "boolean"
+                    - "timestamp"
+                    - "unsupported"
     Singular:
       description: Successful request
       content:
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/api/registry/controller/SwaggerJavaProductsTransmuter.java b/service/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/api/registry/controller/SwaggerJavaProductsTransmuter.java
index 15d94bad..1b8c3f45 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/api/registry/controller/SwaggerJavaProductsTransmuter.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/api/registry/controller/SwaggerJavaProductsTransmuter.java
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 package gov.nasa.pds.api.registry.controller;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import gov.nasa.pds.api.base.PropertiesApi;
+import gov.nasa.pds.model.ProductPropertiesList200ResponseInner;
 import jakarta.validation.Valid;
 import jakarta.validation.constraints.Min;
+import org.opensearch.client.RequestOptions;
+import org.opensearch.client.RestHighLevelClient;
+import org.opensearch.client.indices.GetIndexRequest;
+import org.opensearch.client.indices.GetIndexResponse;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
 import gov.nasa.pds.api.base.ClassesApi;
@@ -12,7 +26,7 @@
 import gov.nasa.pds.api.registry.model.ProductVersionSelector;
 
 abstract class SwaggerJavaProductsTransmuter extends SwaggerJavaClassesTransmuter
-    implements ControlContext, ProductsApi, ClassesApi {
+    implements ControlContext, ProductsApi, ClassesApi, PropertiesApi {
 
   public Optional<NativeWebRequest> getRequest() {
     return Optional.empty();
@@ -112,4 +126,58 @@ public ResponseEntity<Object> selectByLidvidLatest(String identifier,
     return this.processs(new Standard(), this.uriParametersBuilder.setIdentifier(identifier)
         .setFields(fields).setVersion(ProductVersionSelector.LATEST).build());
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public ResponseEntity<List<ProductPropertiesList200ResponseInner>> productPropertiesList() {
+
+    try {
+      String registryIndexName = this.getConnection().getRegistryIndex();
+
+      ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+      mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.ORDER_MAP_ENTRIES_BY_KEYS, true);
+
+      GetIndexRequest req = new GetIndexRequest(registryIndexName);
+      RestHighLevelClient client = this.getConnection().getRestHighLevelClient();
+      GetIndexResponse response = client.indices().get(req, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
+
+      JsonNode content =
+          mapper
+              .valueToTree(response.getMappings().get(registryIndexName).getSourceAsMap())
+              .get("properties");
+
+      Map<String, String> displayTypesByDbType =
+          Map.of(
+              "keyword", "string",
+              "text", "string",
+              "date", "timestamp",
+              "integer", "integer",
+              "long", "integer",
+              "float", "float",
+              "double", "float");
+
+      List<ProductPropertiesList200ResponseInner> results = new ArrayList<>();
+      content
+          .fieldNames()
+          .forEachRemaining(
+              (String propertyName) -> {
+                ProductPropertiesList200ResponseInner propertyElement =
+                    new ProductPropertiesList200ResponseInner();
+
+                propertyElement.setProperty(propertyName);
+
+                String rawType = content.get(propertyName).get("type").asText();
+                String displayType = displayTypesByDbType.getOrDefault(rawType, "unsupported");
+                ProductPropertiesList200ResponseInner.TypeEnum enumType =
+                    ProductPropertiesList200ResponseInner.TypeEnum.fromValue(displayType);
+                propertyElement.setType(enumType);
+
+                results.add(propertyElement);
+              });
+
+      return new ResponseEntity<>(results, HttpStatus.OK);
+    } catch (IOException err) {
+      log.error("SwaggerJavaProductsTransmuter.productPropertiesList() failed", err);
+      return new ResponseEntity<>(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/api/registry/controller/SwaggerJavaTransmuter.java b/service/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/api/registry/controller/SwaggerJavaTransmuter.java
index 5a44bc7b..b594478c 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/api/registry/controller/SwaggerJavaTransmuter.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/api/registry/controller/SwaggerJavaTransmuter.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
+import gov.nasa.pds.api.base.PropertiesApi;
+import gov.nasa.pds.model.ProductPropertiesList200ResponseInner;
 import jakarta.validation.Valid;
 import jakarta.validation.constraints.Min;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.NoViableAltException;
@@ -26,12 +28,11 @@
 import gov.nasa.pds.api.registry.exceptions.NothingFoundException;
 import gov.nasa.pds.api.registry.exceptions.UnknownGroupNameException;
 import gov.nasa.pds.api.registry.model.ErrorMessageFactory;
-import gov.nasa.pds.model.ErrorMessage;
 import gov.nasa.pds.api.registry.model.identifiers.LidVidUtils;
 
 @Controller
 public class SwaggerJavaTransmuter extends SwaggerJavaDeprecatedTransmuter
-    implements ControlContext, BundlesApi, CollectionsApi, ClassesApi, ProductsApi {
+    implements ControlContext, BundlesApi, CollectionsApi, ClassesApi, ProductsApi, PropertiesApi {
 
 
   private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SwaggerJavaTransmuter.class);
@@ -430,9 +431,16 @@ public ResponseEntity<Object> classMembersMembersVers(String propertyClass, Stri
 
   @Override
   public ResponseEntity<Object> classMembersVers(String propertyClass, String identifier,
-      String versions, @Valid List<String> fields, @Min(0) @Valid Integer limit,
-      @Valid List<String> sort, @Min(0) @Valid Integer start) {
+       String versions, @Valid List<String> fields, @Min(0) @Valid Integer limit,
+       @Valid List<String> sort, @Min(0) @Valid Integer start) {
     // TODO Auto-generated method stub
     return super.classMembersVers(propertyClass, identifier, versions, fields, limit, sort, start);
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public ResponseEntity<List<ProductPropertiesList200ResponseInner>> productPropertiesList() {
+    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+    return super.productPropertiesList();
+  }
+
 }