diff --git a/application/src/integrationTest/java/de/cotto/lndmanagej/controller/StatusControllerIT.java b/application/src/integrationTest/java/de/cotto/lndmanagej/controller/StatusControllerIT.java
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+package de.cotto.lndmanagej.controller;
+
+import de.cotto.lndmanagej.metrics.Metrics;
+import de.cotto.lndmanagej.service.OwnNodeService;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.web.servlet.WebMvcTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.MockBean;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.content;
+
+@WebMvcTest(controllers = StatusController.class)
+class StatusControllerIT {
+    private static final String PREFIX = "/api/status/";
+
+    @Autowired
+    private MockMvc mockMvc;
+
+    @MockBean
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    private Metrics metrics;
+
+    @MockBean
+    private OwnNodeService ownNodeService;
+
+    @Test
+    void isSyncedToChain() throws Exception {
+        when(ownNodeService.isSyncedToChain()).thenReturn(true);
+        mockMvc.perform(get(PREFIX + "/synced-to-chain"))
+                .andExpect(content().string("true"));
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/application/src/main/java/de/cotto/lndmanagej/controller/StatusController.java b/application/src/main/java/de/cotto/lndmanagej/controller/StatusController.java
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+package de.cotto.lndmanagej.controller;
+
+import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry;
+import de.cotto.lndmanagej.controller.dto.ObjectMapperConfiguration;
+import de.cotto.lndmanagej.metrics.Metrics;
+import de.cotto.lndmanagej.service.OwnNodeService;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+@RestController
+@RequestMapping("/api/status/")
+@Import(ObjectMapperConfiguration.class)
+public class StatusController {
+    private final OwnNodeService ownNodeService;
+    private final Metrics metrics;
+
+    public StatusController(OwnNodeService ownNodeService, Metrics metrics) {
+        this.ownNodeService = ownNodeService;
+        this.metrics = metrics;
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/synced-to-chain")
+    public boolean isSyncedToChain() {
+        metrics.mark(MetricRegistry.name(getClass(), "isSyncedToChain"));
+        return ownNodeService.isSyncedToChain();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/application/src/test/java/de/cotto/lndmanagej/controller/StatusControllerTest.java b/application/src/test/java/de/cotto/lndmanagej/controller/StatusControllerTest.java
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+package de.cotto.lndmanagej.controller;
+
+import de.cotto.lndmanagej.metrics.Metrics;
+import de.cotto.lndmanagej.service.OwnNodeService;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.argThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+class StatusControllerTest {
+    @InjectMocks
+    private StatusController statusController;
+
+    @Mock
+    private OwnNodeService ownNodeService;
+
+    @Mock
+    private Metrics metrics;
+
+    @Test
+    void isSyncedToChain() {
+        when(ownNodeService.isSyncedToChain()).thenReturn(true);
+
+        assertThat(statusController.isSyncedToChain()).isTrue();
+        verify(metrics).mark(argThat(name -> name.endsWith(".isSyncedToChain")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isSyncedToChain_false() {
+        when(ownNodeService.isSyncedToChain()).thenReturn(false);
+        assertThat(statusController.isSyncedToChain()).isFalse();
+    }
+}
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