diff --git a/engines/base/pom.xml b/engines/base/pom.xml
index 8c7d7384..674e5480 100644
--- a/engines/base/pom.xml
+++ b/engines/base/pom.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,19 @@
             <version>4.2.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+            <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
+            <version>1.19.1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+            <version>1.19.1</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/engines/base/src/test/java/org/alfresco/transform/base/LivenessReadinessProbeTest.java b/engines/base/src/test/java/org/alfresco/transform/base/LivenessReadinessProbeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90da694c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engines/base/src/test/java/org/alfresco/transform/base/LivenessReadinessProbeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+package org.alfresco.transform.base;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.alfresco.transform.base.model.FileRefEntity;
+import org.alfresco.transform.base.model.FileRefResponse;
+import org.alfresco.transform.client.model.TransformRequest;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.observation.ObservationProperties;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ByteArrayResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatusCode;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.http.client.MultipartBodyBuilder;
+import org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClient;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.GenericContainer;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import static org.alfresco.transform.base.AbstractBaseTest.getTestFile;
+import static org.alfresco.transform.common.Mimetype.MIMETYPE_PDF;
+import static org.alfresco.transform.common.Mimetype.MIMETYPE_TEXT_PLAIN;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.FactoryBasedNavigableListAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders.ACCEPT;
+import static org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders.CONTENT_DISPOSITION;
+import static org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE;
+import static org.springframework.http.HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST;
+import static org.springframework.http.HttpStatus.OK;
+import static org.springframework.http.HttpStatus.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS;
+import static org.springframework.http.MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE;
+import static org.springframework.http.MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA;
+
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient;
+import org.alfresco.transform.base.sfs.SharedFileStoreClient;
+
+//@SpringBootTest(classes={org.alfresco.transform.base.Application.class})
+
+public class LivenessReadinessProbeTest
+{
+    @Autowired
+    private ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    @TempDir
+    public File tempDir;
+
+    protected SharedFileStoreClient sfsClient;
+
+    protected String sourceExtension;
+    protected String targetExtension;
+    protected String sourceMimetype;
+    protected String targetMimetype;
+
+    protected String sourceMediaType;
+    protected String targetMediaType;
+
+
+    protected HashMap<String, String> options = new HashMap<>();
+
+    protected String url;
+    protected String readyUrl = "/ready";
+
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource ("containers")
+    public void readinessShouldReturnAn429ErrorAfterReachingMaxTransforms(final ImagesForTests testData) throws URISyntaxException, InterruptedException, IOException {
+        try (final var env = createEnv(testData.image))
+        {
+            env.start();
+            url = "http://localhost:" + env.getFirstMappedPort();
+
+            int max_transforms = 11;
+            for (int i = 0; i<max_transforms; i++) {
+                sendTransformRequest(url);
+            }
+
+            checkReadiness(url+"/ready", TOO_MANY_REQUESTS);
+
+            final String logs = env.getLogs();
+            System.out.println(logs);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private GenericContainer<?> createEnv(String image) throws URISyntaxException
+    {
+        System.out.println(image);
+        final GenericContainer<?> transformCore = new GenericContainer<>("alfresco/"+image+":latest");
+
+        return transformCore.withEnv("livenessTransformEnabled", "true")
+            .withEnv("maxTransforms", "10")
+            .withNetworkAliases(image)
+            .withExposedPorts(8090)
+            .waitingFor(Wait.forListeningPort());
+    }
+
+    private static List<ImagesForTests> containers()
+    {
+//        final var allContainers = List.of(
+//                new ImagesForTests("imagemagick", "alfresco-imagemagick"),
+//                new ImagesForTests("ats-aio", "alfresco-transform-core-aio"),
+//                new ImagesForTests("libreoffice", "alfresco-libreoffice"),
+//                new ImagesForTests("misc", "alfresco-transform-misc"),
+//                new ImagesForTests("pdf-renderer", "alfresco-pdf-renderer"),
+//                new ImagesForTests("tika", "alfresco-tika"));
+
+        final var allContainers = List.of(
+                new ImagesForTests("libreoffice", "alfresco-libreoffice"));
+
+        return allContainers;
+    }
+    private static class ImagesForTests
+    {
+        private final String name;
+        private final String image;
+
+        private ImagesForTests(String name, String image)
+        {
+            this.name = Objects.requireNonNull(name);
+            this.image = Objects.requireNonNull(image);
+        }
+    }
+    private void sendTransformRequest(String url) {
+        MultipartBodyBuilder builder = new MultipartBodyBuilder();
+        builder.part("_sourceMimetype", "text/plain");
+        builder.part("_targetMimetype", "application/pdf");
+        builder.part("file", new ByteArrayResource("a new file for tests".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))).filename("testfile.txt");
+
+        WebClient client = WebClient.create();
+        WebClient.ResponseSpec responseSpec = client.post()
+                .uri(url + "/test")
+                .bodyValue(builder.build())
+                .retrieve();
+
+        System.out.println(responseSpec.toBodilessEntity().block());
+        assertEquals(OK, responseSpec.toBodilessEntity().block().getStatusCode());
+    }
+
+//    private static HttpStatusCode getResponse(String url) {
+//        WebClient client = WebClient.create();
+//        WebClient.ResponseSpec response = client.get()
+//                .uri(url)
+//                .retrieve();
+//
+////        System.out.println(response.toBodilessEntity().block().getStatusCode());
+//        return response.toBodilessEntity().block().getStatusCode();
+//    }
+
+    private static void checkReadiness(String url, HttpStatusCode status) {
+        WebTestClient client = WebTestClient.bindToServer().baseUrl(url).build();
+        client.get()
+                .exchange()
+                .expectStatus().isEqualTo(status);
+    }
+}
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