diff --git a/agent_service/llm/ollama_backend.py b/agent_service/llm/ollama_backend.py
index ff2f31b..c6d64eb 100644
--- a/agent_service/llm/ollama_backend.py
+++ b/agent_service/llm/ollama_backend.py
@@ -62,5 +62,16 @@ class OllamaBackend:
             finally:
                 self._active -= 1
 
+    async def ping(self) -> None:
+        """Raise if Ollama is unreachable."""
+        import ollama
+        client = ollama.AsyncClient(host=self._url)
+        try:
+            await asyncio.wait_for(client.list(), timeout=5)
+        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+            raise OllamaUnavailableError('Ollama ping timed out')
+        except Exception as exc:
+            raise OllamaUnavailableError(f'Ollama ping failed: {exc}') from exc
+
     @property
     def active_count(self): return self._active
diff --git a/agent_service/tools/odoo_client.py b/agent_service/tools/odoo_client.py
index 9600061..f0d506d 100644
--- a/agent_service/tools/odoo_client.py
+++ b/agent_service/tools/odoo_client.py
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ class OdooClient:
         self._models = xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy(
             f'{self._url}/xmlrpc/2/object', transport=transport, allow_none=True)
 
+    async def ping(self) -> None:
+        """Raise if Odoo is unreachable."""
+        await self._xmlrpc_call(self._common, 'version')
+
     async def connect(self):
         await self._authenticate()
         if self._pg_dsn: