diff --git a/.env-devel b/.env-devel
index e2f8baef3ca..bdb406f1e7b 100644
--- a/.env-devel
+++ b/.env-devel
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ DIRECTOR_REGISTRY_CACHING=True
 DIRECTOR_SERVICES_CUSTOM_CONSTRAINTS=null
 DIRECTOR_TRACING=null
 
+DOCKER_API_PROXY_HOST=docker-api-proxy
+DOCKER_API_PROXY_PASSWORD=null
+DOCKER_API_PROXY_PORT=8888
+DOCKER_API_PROXY_SECURE=False
+DOCKER_API_PROXY_USER=null
+
 EFS_USER_ID=8006
 EFS_USER_NAME=efs
 EFS_GROUP_ID=8106
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
index 54e2dee1fe5..a1778e11092 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ jobs:
       migration: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.migration }}
       payments: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.payments }}
       dynamic-scheduler: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.dynamic-scheduler }}
+      docker-api-proxy: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.docker-api-proxy }}
       resource-usage-tracker: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.resource-usage-tracker }}
       static-webserver: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.static-webserver }}
       storage: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.storage }}
@@ -233,6 +234,9 @@ jobs:
                 - 'services/docker-compose*'
                 - 'scripts/mypy/*'
                 - 'mypy.ini'
+            docker-api-proxy:
+                - 'packages/**'
+                - 'services/docker-api-proxy/**'
             resource-usage-tracker:
               - 'packages/**'
               - 'services/resource-usage-tracker/**'
@@ -2190,6 +2194,71 @@ jobs:
         with:
           flags: integrationtests #optional
 
+
+  integration-test-docker-api-proxy:
+    needs: [changes, build-test-images]
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.anything-py == 'true' || needs.changes.outputs.docker-api-proxy == 'true' || github.event_name == 'push'}}
+    timeout-minutes: 30 # if this timeout gets too small, then split the tests
+    name: "[int] docker-api-proxy"
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.11"]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: setup docker buildx
+        id: buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+        with:
+          driver: docker-container
+      - name: setup python environment
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: expose github runtime for buildx
+        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-runtime@v3
+      # FIXME: Workaround for https://github.com/actions/download-artifact/issues/249
+      - name: download docker images with retry
+        uses: Wandalen/wretry.action@master
+        with:
+          action: actions/download-artifact@v4
+          with: |
+            name: docker-buildx-images-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.sha }}-backend
+            path: /${{ runner.temp }}/build
+          attempt_limit: 5
+          attempt_delay: 1000
+      - name: load docker images
+        run: make load-images local-src=/${{ runner.temp }}/build
+      - name: install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
+        with:
+          version: "0.5.x"
+          enable-cache: false
+          cache-dependency-glob: "**/docker-api-proxy/requirements/ci.txt"
+      - name: show system version
+        run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
+      - name: install
+        run: ./ci/github/integration-testing/docker-api-proxy.bash install
+      - name: test
+        run: ./ci/github/integration-testing/docker-api-proxy.bash test
+      - name: upload failed tests logs
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
+          path: ./services/docker-api-proxy/test_failures
+      - name: cleanup
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+        run: ./ci/github/integration-testing/docker-api-proxy.bash clean_up
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+        env:
+          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          flags: integrationtests #optional
+
   integration-test-simcore-sdk:
     needs: [changes, build-test-images]
     if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.anything-py == 'true' || needs.changes.outputs.simcore-sdk == 'true' || github.event_name == 'push' }}
@@ -2262,6 +2331,7 @@ jobs:
         integration-test-director-v2-01,
         integration-test-director-v2-02,
         integration-test-dynamic-sidecar,
+        integration-test-docker-api-proxy,
         integration-test-simcore-sdk,
         integration-test-webserver-01,
         integration-test-webserver-02,
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d8f0ccf252d..71d81fba569 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ SERVICES_NAMES_TO_BUILD := \
 	payments \
 	resource-usage-tracker \
 	dynamic-scheduler \
+	docker-api-proxy \
   service-integration \
   static-webserver \
   storage \
diff --git a/ci/github/integration-testing/docker-api-proxy.bash b/ci/github/integration-testing/docker-api-proxy.bash
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..c7ad9775c07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/github/integration-testing/docker-api-proxy.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/
+set -o errexit  # abort on nonzero exitstatus
+set -o nounset  # abort on unbound variable
+set -o pipefail # don't hide errors within pipes
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+
+install() {
+  make devenv
+  # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+  source .venv/bin/activate
+  pushd services/docker-api-proxy
+  make install-ci
+  popd
+  uv pip list
+  make info-images
+}
+
+test() {
+  # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+  source .venv/bin/activate
+  pushd services/docker-api-proxy
+  make test-ci-integration
+  popd
+}
+
+clean_up() {
+  docker images
+  make down
+}
+
+# Check if the function exists (bash specific)
+if declare -f "$1" >/dev/null; then
+  # call arguments verbatim
+  "$@"
+else
+  # Show a helpful error
+  echo "'$1' is not a known function name" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/packages/models-library/src/models_library/errors.py b/packages/models-library/src/models_library/errors.py
index 26b4aa0d91d..cec882e12b7 100644
--- a/packages/models-library/src/models_library/errors.py
+++ b/packages/models-library/src/models_library/errors.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class ErrorDict(_ErrorDictRequired, total=False):
 
 RABBITMQ_CLIENT_UNHEALTHY_MSG = "RabbitMQ client is in a bad state!"
 REDIS_CLIENT_UNHEALTHY_MSG = "Redis cannot be reached!"
+DOCKER_API_PROXY_UNHEALTHY_MSG = "docker-api-proxy service is not reachable!"
 
 
 # NOTE: Here we do not just import as 'from pydantic.error_wrappers import ErrorDict'
diff --git a/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/docker_api_proxy.py b/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/docker_api_proxy.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1871eefdfed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/docker_api_proxy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import logging
+
+import pytest
+from aiohttp import ClientSession, ClientTimeout
+from pydantic import TypeAdapter
+from settings_library.docker_api_proxy import DockerApiProxysettings
+from tenacity import before_sleep_log, retry, stop_after_delay, wait_fixed
+
+from .helpers.docker import get_service_published_port
+from .helpers.host import get_localhost_ip
+from .helpers.typing_env import EnvVarsDict
+
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@retry(
+    wait=wait_fixed(1),
+    stop=stop_after_delay(10),
+    before_sleep=before_sleep_log(_logger, logging.INFO),
+    reraise=True,
+)
+async def _wait_till_docker_api_proxy_is_responsive(
+    settings: DockerApiProxysettings,
+) -> None:
+    async with ClientSession(timeout=ClientTimeout(1, 1, 1, 1, 1)) as client:
+        response = await client.get(f"{settings.base_url}/version")
+        assert response.status == 200, await response.text()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+async def docker_api_proxy_settings(
+    docker_stack: dict, env_vars_for_docker_compose: EnvVarsDict
+) -> DockerApiProxysettings:
+    """Returns the settings of a redis service that is up and responsive"""
+
+    prefix = env_vars_for_docker_compose["SWARM_STACK_NAME"]
+    assert f"{prefix}_docker-api-proxy" in docker_stack["services"]
+
+    published_port = get_service_published_port(
+        "docker-api-proxy", int(env_vars_for_docker_compose["DOCKER_API_PROXY_PORT"])
+    )
+
+    settings = TypeAdapter(DockerApiProxysettings).validate_python(
+        {
+            "DOCKER_API_PROXY_HOST": get_localhost_ip(),
+            "DOCKER_API_PROXY_PORT": published_port,
+        }
+    )
+
+    await _wait_till_docker_api_proxy_is_responsive(settings)
+
+    return settings
diff --git a/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/simcore_services.py b/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/simcore_services.py
index 11dd165a963..88dba2e4543 100644
--- a/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/simcore_services.py
+++ b/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/simcore_services.py
@@ -52,10 +52,12 @@
     "invitations": "/",
     "payments": "/",
     "resource-usage-tracker": "/",
+    "docker-api-proxy": "/version",
 }
 AIOHTTP_BASED_SERVICE_PORT: int = 8080
 FASTAPI_BASED_SERVICE_PORT: int = 8000
 DASK_SCHEDULER_SERVICE_PORT: int = 8787
+DOCKER_API_PROXY_SERVICE_PORT: int = 8888
 
 _SERVICE_NAME_REPLACEMENTS: dict[str, str] = {
     "dynamic-scheduler": "dynamic-schdlr",
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ def services_endpoint(
                 AIOHTTP_BASED_SERVICE_PORT,
                 FASTAPI_BASED_SERVICE_PORT,
                 DASK_SCHEDULER_SERVICE_PORT,
+                DOCKER_API_PROXY_SERVICE_PORT,
             ]
             endpoint = URL(
                 f"http://{get_localhost_ip()}:{get_service_published_port(full_service_name, target_ports)}"
diff --git a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/fastapi/docker.py b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/fastapi/docker.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0fa7706e90a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/fastapi/docker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import asyncio
+import logging
+from collections.abc import AsyncIterator
+from contextlib import AsyncExitStack
+from typing import Final
+
+import aiodocker
+import aiohttp
+import tenacity
+from aiohttp import ClientSession
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi_lifespan_manager import State
+from pydantic import NonNegativeInt
+from servicelib.fastapi.lifespan_utils import LifespanGenerator
+from settings_library.docker_api_proxy import DockerApiProxysettings
+
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+_DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_PROXY_HEALTH_TIMEOUT: Final[NonNegativeInt] = 5
+
+
+def get_lifespan_remote_docker_client(
+    settings: DockerApiProxysettings,
+) -> LifespanGenerator:
+    async def _(app: FastAPI) -> AsyncIterator[State]:
+
+        session: ClientSession | None = None
+        if settings.DOCKER_API_PROXY_USER and settings.DOCKER_API_PROXY_PASSWORD:
+            session = ClientSession(
+                auth=aiohttp.BasicAuth(
+                    login=settings.DOCKER_API_PROXY_USER,
+                    password=settings.DOCKER_API_PROXY_PASSWORD.get_secret_value(),
+                )
+            )
+
+        async with AsyncExitStack() as exit_stack:
+            if settings.DOCKER_API_PROXY_USER and settings.DOCKER_API_PROXY_PASSWORD:
+                await exit_stack.enter_async_context(
+                    ClientSession(
+                        auth=aiohttp.BasicAuth(
+                            login=settings.DOCKER_API_PROXY_USER,
+                            password=settings.DOCKER_API_PROXY_PASSWORD.get_secret_value(),
+                        )
+                    )
+                )
+
+            client = await exit_stack.enter_async_context(
+                aiodocker.Docker(url=settings.base_url, session=session)
+            )
+
+            app.state.remote_docker_client = client
+
+            await wait_till_docker_api_proxy_is_responsive(app)
+
+            # NOTE this has to be inside exit_stack scope
+            yield {}
+
+    return _
+
+
+@tenacity.retry(
+    wait=tenacity.wait_fixed(5),
+    stop=tenacity.stop_after_delay(60),
+    before_sleep=tenacity.before_sleep_log(_logger, logging.INFO),
+    reraise=True,
+)
+async def wait_till_docker_api_proxy_is_responsive(app: FastAPI) -> None:
+    await is_docker_api_proxy_ready(app)
+
+
+async def is_docker_api_proxy_ready(
+    app: FastAPI, *, timeout=_DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_PROXY_HEALTH_TIMEOUT  # noqa: ASYNC109
+) -> bool:
+    try:
+        await asyncio.wait_for(get_remote_docker_client(app).version(), timeout=timeout)
+    except (aiodocker.DockerError, TimeoutError):
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+def get_remote_docker_client(app: FastAPI) -> aiodocker.Docker:
+    assert isinstance(app.state.remote_docker_client, aiodocker.Docker)  # nosec
+    return app.state.remote_docker_client
diff --git a/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/docker_api_proxy.py b/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/docker_api_proxy.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..01dfffbead6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/docker_api_proxy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from functools import cached_property
+
+from pydantic import Field, SecretStr
+
+from .base import BaseCustomSettings
+from .basic_types import PortInt
+
+
+class DockerApiProxysettings(BaseCustomSettings):
+    DOCKER_API_PROXY_HOST: str = Field(
+        description="hostname of the docker-api-proxy service"
+    )
+    DOCKER_API_PROXY_PORT: PortInt = Field(
+        8888, description="port of the docker-api-proxy service"
+    )
+    DOCKER_API_PROXY_SECURE: bool = False
+
+    DOCKER_API_PROXY_USER: str | None = None
+    DOCKER_API_PROXY_PASSWORD: SecretStr | None = None
+
+    @cached_property
+    def base_url(self) -> str:
+        protocl = "https" if self.DOCKER_API_PROXY_SECURE else "http"
+        return f"{protocl}://{self.DOCKER_API_PROXY_HOST}:{self.DOCKER_API_PROXY_PORT}"
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/Dockerfile b/services/docker-api-proxy/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..437d549e9fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/docker-api-proxy/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+FROM alpine:3.21 AS base
+
+LABEL maintainer=GitHK
+
+# simcore-user uid=8004(scu) gid=8004(scu) groups=8004(scu)
+ENV SC_USER_ID=8004 \
+  SC_USER_NAME=scu \
+  SC_BUILD_TARGET=base \
+  SC_BOOT_MODE=default
+
+RUN addgroup -g ${SC_USER_ID} ${SC_USER_NAME} && \
+  adduser -u ${SC_USER_ID} -G ${SC_USER_NAME} \
+  --disabled-password \
+  --gecos "" \
+  --shell /bin/sh \
+  --home /home/${SC_USER_NAME} \
+  ${SC_USER_NAME}
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache socat curl && \
+  curl -L -o /usr/local/bin/gosu https://github.com/tianon/gosu/releases/download/1.16/gosu-amd64 && \
+  chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gosu && \
+  gosu --version
+
+
+# Health check to ensure the proxy is running
+HEALTHCHECK \
+  --interval=10s \
+  --timeout=5s \
+  --start-period=30s \
+  --start-interval=1s \
+  --retries=5 \
+  CMD curl http://localhost:8888/version || exit 1
+
+COPY --chown=scu:scu services/docker-api-proxy/docker services/docker-api-proxy/docker
+RUN chmod +x services/docker-api-proxy/docker/*.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/sh", "services/docker-api-proxy/docker/entrypoint.sh" ]
+CMD ["/bin/sh", "services/docker-api-proxy/docker/boot.sh"]
+
+FROM base AS development
+ENV SC_BUILD_TARGET=development
+
+FROM base AS production
+ENV SC_BUILD_TARGET=production
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/Makefile b/services/docker-api-proxy/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82ebf1a73f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/docker-api-proxy/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include ../../scripts/common.Makefile
+include ../../scripts/common-service.Makefile
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/docker/boot.sh b/services/docker-api-proxy/docker/boot.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..8fa139339b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/docker-api-proxy/docker/boot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+
+IFS=$(printf '\n\t')
+
+INFO="INFO: [$(basename "$0")] "
+
+echo "$INFO" "Booting in ${SC_BOOT_MODE} mode ..."
+echo "$INFO" "User :$(id "$(whoami)")"
+
+#
+# RUNNING application
+#
+socat TCP-LISTEN:8888,fork,reuseaddr UNIX-CONNECT:/var/run/docker.sock
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/docker/entrypoint.sh b/services/docker-api-proxy/docker/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..d0fbbea5cf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/docker-api-proxy/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# - Executes *inside* of the container upon start as --user [default root]
+# - Notice that the container *starts* as --user [default root] but
+#   *runs* as non-root user [scu]
+#
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+
+IFS=$(printf '\n\t')
+
+INFO="INFO: [$(basename "$0")] "
+
+echo "$INFO" "Entrypoint for stage ${SC_BUILD_TARGET} ..."
+echo "$INFO" "User :$(id "$(whoami)")"
+
+# Appends docker group
+DOCKER_MOUNT=/var/run/docker.sock
+echo "INFO: detected docker socket is mounted, adding user to group..."
+GROUPID=$(stat -c %g $DOCKER_MOUNT) # Alpine uses `-c` instead of `--format`
+GROUPNAME=scdocker
+
+# Check if a group with the specified GID exists
+if ! addgroup -g "$GROUPID" $GROUPNAME >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "WARNING: docker group with GID $GROUPID already exists, getting group name..."
+  # Get the group name based on GID
+  GROUPNAME=$(getent group | awk -F: "\$3 == $GROUPID {print \$1}")
+  echo "WARNING: docker group with GID $GROUPID has name $GROUPNAME"
+fi
+
+# Add the user to the group
+adduser "$SC_USER_NAME" $GROUPNAME
+
+exec gosu "$SC_USER_NAME" "$@"
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/Makefile b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f25442b790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#
+# Targets to pip-compile requirements
+#
+include ../../../requirements/base.Makefile
+
+# Add here any extra explicit dependency: e.g. _migration.txt: _base.txt
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_base.in b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_base.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_base.txt b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_base.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_test.in b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_test.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..321d2e72461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_test.in
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--constraint ../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+
+--requirement ../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+--requirement ../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+--requirement ../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
+--requirement ../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+
+aiodocker
+arrow
+asgi_lifespan
+docker
+faker
+fastapi
+fastapi-lifespan-manager
+flaky
+pytest
+pytest-asyncio
+pytest-cov
+pytest-mock
+python-dotenv
+PyYAML
+tenacity
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_test.txt b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e719d9681e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,448 @@
+aio-pika==9.5.4
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+aiocache==0.12.3
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+aiodebug==2.3.0
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+aiodocker==0.24.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/_test.in
+aiofiles==24.1.0
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+aiohappyeyeballs==2.4.4
+    # via aiohttp
+aiohttp==3.11.11
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   aiodocker
+aiormq==6.8.1
+    # via aio-pika
+aiosignal==1.3.2
+    # via aiohttp
+annotated-types==0.7.0
+    # via pydantic
+anyio==4.8.0
+    # via
+    #   fast-depends
+    #   faststream
+    #   starlette
+arrow==1.3.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/_test.in
+asgi-lifespan==2.1.0
+    # via -r requirements/_test.in
+attrs==25.1.0
+    # via
+    #   aiohttp
+    #   jsonschema
+    #   referencing
+certifi==2024.12.14
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   requests
+charset-normalizer==3.4.1
+    # via requests
+click==8.1.8
+    # via typer
+coverage==7.6.10
+    # via pytest-cov
+deprecated==1.2.18
+    # via
+    #   opentelemetry-api
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
+    #   opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
+dnspython==2.7.0
+    # via email-validator
+docker==7.1.0
+    # via -r requirements/_test.in
+email-validator==2.2.0
+    # via pydantic
+exceptiongroup==1.2.2
+    # via aio-pika
+faker==35.0.0
+    # via -r requirements/_test.in
+fast-depends==2.4.12
+    # via faststream
+fastapi==0.115.7
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/_test.in
+    #   fastapi-lifespan-manager
+fastapi-lifespan-manager==0.1.4
+    # via -r requirements/_test.in
+faststream==0.5.34
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+flaky==3.8.1
+    # via -r requirements/_test.in
+frozenlist==1.5.0
+    # via
+    #   aiohttp
+    #   aiosignal
+googleapis-common-protos==1.66.0
+    # via
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
+grpcio==1.70.0
+    # via opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
+idna==3.10
+    # via
+    #   anyio
+    #   email-validator
+    #   requests
+    #   yarl
+importlib-metadata==8.5.0
+    # via opentelemetry-api
+iniconfig==2.0.0
+    # via pytest
+jsonschema==4.23.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+jsonschema-specifications==2024.10.1
+    # via jsonschema
+markdown-it-py==3.0.0
+    # via rich
+mdurl==0.1.2
+    # via markdown-it-py
+multidict==6.1.0
+    # via
+    #   aiohttp
+    #   yarl
+opentelemetry-api==1.29.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
+    #   opentelemetry-sdk
+    #   opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
+opentelemetry-exporter-otlp==1.29.0
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common==1.29.0
+    # via
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
+opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc==1.29.0
+    # via opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
+opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http==1.29.0
+    # via opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
+opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.50b0
+    # via
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging==0.50b0
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis==0.50b0
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests==0.50b0
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+opentelemetry-proto==1.29.0
+    # via
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
+opentelemetry-sdk==1.29.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
+opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.50b0
+    # via
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
+    #   opentelemetry-sdk
+opentelemetry-util-http==0.50b0
+    # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
+orjson==3.10.15
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+packaging==24.2
+    # via
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
+    #   pytest
+pamqp==3.3.0
+    # via aiormq
+pluggy==1.5.0
+    # via pytest
+propcache==0.2.1
+    # via
+    #   aiohttp
+    #   yarl
+protobuf==5.29.3
+    # via
+    #   googleapis-common-protos
+    #   opentelemetry-proto
+psutil==6.1.1
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+pydantic==2.10.6
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   fast-depends
+    #   fastapi
+    #   pydantic-extra-types
+    #   pydantic-settings
+pydantic-core==2.27.2
+    # via pydantic
+pydantic-extra-types==2.10.2
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+pydantic-settings==2.7.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
+pygments==2.19.1
+    # via rich
+pyinstrument==5.0.1
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+pytest==8.3.4
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/_test.in
+    #   pytest-asyncio
+    #   pytest-cov
+    #   pytest-mock
+pytest-asyncio==0.23.8
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -r requirements/_test.in
+pytest-cov==6.0.0
+    # via -r requirements/_test.in
+pytest-mock==3.14.0
+    # via -r requirements/_test.in
+python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
+    # via
+    #   arrow
+    #   faker
+python-dotenv==1.0.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/_test.in
+    #   pydantic-settings
+pyyaml==6.0.2
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/_test.in
+redis==5.2.1
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+referencing==0.35.1
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   jsonschema
+    #   jsonschema-specifications
+requests==2.32.3
+    # via
+    #   docker
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
+rich==13.9.4
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   typer
+rpds-py==0.22.3
+    # via
+    #   jsonschema
+    #   referencing
+shellingham==1.5.4
+    # via typer
+six==1.17.0
+    # via python-dateutil
+sniffio==1.3.1
+    # via
+    #   anyio
+    #   asgi-lifespan
+starlette==0.45.3
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   fastapi
+tenacity==9.0.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/_test.in
+toolz==1.0.0
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+tqdm==4.67.1
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+typer==0.15.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
+types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20241206
+    # via arrow
+typing-extensions==4.12.2
+    # via
+    #   aiodebug
+    #   anyio
+    #   faker
+    #   fastapi
+    #   faststream
+    #   opentelemetry-sdk
+    #   pydantic
+    #   pydantic-core
+    #   pydantic-extra-types
+    #   typer
+urllib3==2.3.0
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   docker
+    #   requests
+wrapt==1.17.2
+    # via
+    #   deprecated
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
+yarl==1.18.3
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   aio-pika
+    #   aiohttp
+    #   aiormq
+zipp==3.21.0
+    # via importlib-metadata
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_tools.in b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_tools.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..140b6ed2e30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_tools.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+--constraint ../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+
+--constraint _base.txt
+--constraint _test.txt
+
+--requirement ../../../requirements/devenv.txt
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_tools.txt b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_tools.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11e770335f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_tools.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+astroid==3.3.8
+    # via pylint
+black==25.1.0
+    # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
+build==1.2.2.post1
+    # via pip-tools
+bump2version==1.0.1
+    # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
+cfgv==3.4.0
+    # via pre-commit
+click==8.1.8
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
+    #   black
+    #   pip-tools
+dill==0.3.9
+    # via pylint
+distlib==0.3.9
+    # via virtualenv
+filelock==3.17.0
+    # via virtualenv
+identify==2.6.6
+    # via pre-commit
+isort==6.0.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
+    #   pylint
+mccabe==0.7.0
+    # via pylint
+mypy==1.14.1
+    # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
+mypy-extensions==1.0.0
+    # via
+    #   black
+    #   mypy
+nodeenv==1.9.1
+    # via pre-commit
+packaging==24.2
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
+    #   black
+    #   build
+pathspec==0.12.1
+    # via black
+pip==25.0
+    # via pip-tools
+pip-tools==7.4.1
+    # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
+platformdirs==4.3.6
+    # via
+    #   black
+    #   pylint
+    #   virtualenv
+pre-commit==4.1.0
+    # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
+pylint==3.3.4
+    # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
+pyproject-hooks==1.2.0
+    # via
+    #   build
+    #   pip-tools
+pyyaml==6.0.2
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
+    #   pre-commit
+ruff==0.9.3
+    # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
+setuptools==75.8.0
+    # via pip-tools
+tomlkit==0.13.2
+    # via pylint
+typing-extensions==4.12.2
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/_test.txt
+    #   mypy
+virtualenv==20.29.1
+    # via pre-commit
+wheel==0.45.1
+    # via pip-tools
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/ci.txt b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/ci.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..419f091d4d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Shortcut to install all packages for the contigous integration (CI) of 'services/api-server'
+#
+# - As ci.txt but w/ tests
+#
+# Usage:
+#   pip install -r requirements/ci.txt
+#
+
+# installs base + tests requirements
+--requirement _base.txt
+--requirement _test.txt
+
+# installs this repo's packages
+simcore-common-library @ ../../packages/common-library/
+simcore-models-library @ ../../packages/models-library/
+pytest-simcore @ ../../packages/pytest-simcore/
+simcore-service-library @ ../../packages/service-library
+simcore-settings-library @ ../../packages/settings-library/
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/dev.txt b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..57a8239ab79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Shortcut to install all packages needed to develop 'services/docker-api-proxy'
+#
+# - As ci.txt but with current and repo packages in develop (edit) mode
+#
+# Usage:
+#   pip install -r requirements/dev.txt
+#
+
+# installs this repo's packages
+--editable ../../packages/common-library
+--editable ../../packages/models-library
+--editable ../../packages/pytest-simcore
+--editable ../../packages/service-library
+--editable ../../packages/settings-library
+
+# installs base + tests requirements
+--requirement _base.txt
+--requirement _test.txt
+--requirement _tools.txt
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/tests/integration/autentication-proxy-docker-compose.yaml b/services/docker-api-proxy/tests/integration/autentication-proxy-docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..44d7e02d21f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/docker-api-proxy/tests/integration/autentication-proxy-docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+version: '3.8'
+services:
+  caddy:
+    image: caddy:2.9.1-alpine
+    ports:
+      - 9999:9999
+    command: sh -c "echo '${CADDY_FILE}' > /etc/caddy/Caddyfile && cat /etc/caddy/Caddyfile && caddy run --adapter caddyfile --config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile"
+    networks:
+     - docker-api-network
+
+networks:
+  docker-api-network:
+    name: pytest-simcore_docker-api-network
+    external: true
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/tests/integration/conftest.py b/services/docker-api-proxy/tests/integration/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d02392f917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/docker-api-proxy/tests/integration/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# pylint:disable=unrecognized-options
+
+from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Callable
+from contextlib import AbstractAsyncContextManager, asynccontextmanager
+from typing import Annotated
+
+import aiodocker
+import pytest
+from asgi_lifespan import LifespanManager
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from pydantic import Field
+from pytest_simcore.helpers.monkeypatch_envs import EnvVarsDict, setenvs_from_dict
+from servicelib.fastapi.docker import (
+    get_lifespan_remote_docker_client,
+    get_remote_docker_client,
+)
+from servicelib.fastapi.lifespan_utils import combine_lifespans
+from settings_library.application import BaseApplicationSettings
+from settings_library.docker_api_proxy import DockerApiProxysettings
+
+pytest_plugins = [
+    "pytest_simcore.docker_api_proxy",
+    "pytest_simcore.docker_compose",
+    "pytest_simcore.docker_swarm",
+    "pytest_simcore.repository_paths",
+    "pytest_simcore.simcore_services",
+]
+
+
+def pytest_configure(config):
+    # Set asyncio_mode to "auto"
+    config.option.asyncio_mode = "auto"
+
+
+def _get_test_app() -> FastAPI:
+    class ApplicationSetting(BaseApplicationSettings):
+        DOCKER_API_PROXY: Annotated[
+            DockerApiProxysettings,
+            Field(json_schema_extra={"auto_default_from_env": True}),
+        ]
+
+    settings = ApplicationSetting.create_from_envs()
+
+    app = FastAPI(
+        lifespan=combine_lifespans(
+            get_lifespan_remote_docker_client(settings.DOCKER_API_PROXY)
+        )
+    )
+    app.state.settings = settings
+
+    return app
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+async def setup_docker_client(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> Callable[[EnvVarsDict], AbstractAsyncContextManager[aiodocker.Docker]]:
+    @asynccontextmanager
+    async def _(env_vars: EnvVarsDict) -> AsyncIterator[aiodocker.Docker]:
+        setenvs_from_dict(monkeypatch, env_vars)
+
+        app = _get_test_app()
+
+        async with LifespanManager(app, startup_timeout=30, shutdown_timeout=30):
+            yield get_remote_docker_client(app)
+
+    return _
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/tests/integration/test_docker_api_proxy.py b/services/docker-api-proxy/tests/integration/test_docker_api_proxy.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e3f4641d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/docker-api-proxy/tests/integration/test_docker_api_proxy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# pylint: disable=unused-argument
+
+import json
+import sys
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from contextlib import AbstractAsyncContextManager
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import aiodocker
+from pytest_simcore.helpers.monkeypatch_envs import EnvVarsDict
+from settings_library.docker_api_proxy import DockerApiProxysettings
+
+HERE = Path(sys.argv[0] if __name__ == "__main__" else __file__).resolve().parent
+
+pytest_simcore_core_services_selection = [
+    "docker-api-proxy",
+]
+
+
+async def test_unauthenticated_docker_client(
+    docker_swarm: None,
+    docker_api_proxy_settings: DockerApiProxysettings,
+    setup_docker_client: Callable[
+        [EnvVarsDict], AbstractAsyncContextManager[aiodocker.Docker]
+    ],
+):
+    envs = {
+        "DOCKER_API_PROXY_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
+        "DOCKER_API_PROXY_PORT": "8014",
+    }
+    async with setup_docker_client(envs) as working_docker:
+        info = await working_docker.system.info()
+        print(json.dumps(info, indent=2))
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/tests/integration/test_docker_api_proxy_autenticated.py b/services/docker-api-proxy/tests/integration/test_docker_api_proxy_autenticated.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a40437e3c78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/docker-api-proxy/tests/integration/test_docker_api_proxy_autenticated.py
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
+# pylint: disable=unused-argument
+
+import json
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterator
+from contextlib import AbstractAsyncContextManager
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import aiodocker
+import pytest
+from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
+from pytest_simcore.helpers.monkeypatch_envs import EnvVarsDict
+from settings_library.docker_api_proxy import DockerApiProxysettings
+from tenacity import AsyncRetrying, stop_after_delay, wait_fixed
+
+pytest_simcore_core_services_selection = [
+    "docker-api-proxy",
+]
+
+_HERE = Path(sys.argv[0] if __name__ == "__main__" else __file__).resolve().parent
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def authentication_proxy_compose_path() -> Path:
+    compose_spec_path = _HERE / "autentication-proxy-docker-compose.yaml"
+    assert compose_spec_path.exists()
+    return compose_spec_path
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def caddy_file() -> str:
+    # NOTE: the basicauth encrypeted credentials are `asd:asd``
+    return """
+:9999 {
+    handle {
+        basicauth {
+            asd $2a$14$slb.GSUwFUX4jPOMoYTmKePjH.2UPJBkLmTPT5RmOfn38seYld1nu
+        }
+        reverse_proxy http://docker-api-proxy:8888 {
+            health_uri /version
+        }
+    }
+}
+    """
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def mock_wait_till_docker_api_proxy_is_responsive(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    mocker.patch("servicelib.fastapi.docker.wait_till_docker_api_proxy_is_responsive")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def authentication_proxy(
+    mock_wait_till_docker_api_proxy_is_responsive: None,
+    docker_swarm: None,
+    docker_api_proxy_settings: DockerApiProxysettings,
+    caddy_file: str,
+    authentication_proxy_compose_path: Path,
+) -> Iterator[None]:
+
+    stack_name = "with-auth"
+    subprocess.run(  # noqa: S603
+        [  # noqa: S607
+            "docker",
+            "stack",
+            "deploy",
+            "-c",
+            authentication_proxy_compose_path,
+            stack_name,
+        ],
+        check=True,
+        env={"CADDY_FILE": caddy_file},
+    )
+
+    yield
+
+    subprocess.run(  # noqa: S603
+        ["docker", "stack", "rm", stack_name], check=True  # noqa: S607
+    )
+
+
+async def test_with_correct_credentials(
+    authentication_proxy: None,
+    setup_docker_client: Callable[
+        [EnvVarsDict], AbstractAsyncContextManager[aiodocker.Docker]
+    ],
+):
+    envs = {
+        "DOCKER_API_PROXY_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
+        "DOCKER_API_PROXY_PORT": "9999",
+        "DOCKER_API_PROXY_USER": "asd",
+        "DOCKER_API_PROXY_PASSWORD": "asd",
+    }
+    async with setup_docker_client(envs) as working_docker:
+        async for attempt in AsyncRetrying(
+            wait=wait_fixed(0.1), stop=stop_after_delay(10), reraise=True
+        ):
+            with attempt:
+                info = await working_docker.system.info()
+                print(json.dumps(info, indent=2))
+
+
+async def test_wrong_credentials(
+    authentication_proxy: None,
+    setup_docker_client: Callable[
+        [EnvVarsDict], AbstractAsyncContextManager[aiodocker.Docker]
+    ],
+):
+    envs = {
+        "DOCKER_API_PROXY_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
+        "DOCKER_API_PROXY_PORT": "9999",
+        "DOCKER_API_PROXY_USER": "wrong",
+        "DOCKER_API_PROXY_PASSWORD": "wrong",
+    }
+    async with setup_docker_client(envs) as failing_docker_client:
+        async for attempt in AsyncRetrying(
+            wait=wait_fixed(0.1), stop=stop_after_delay(10), reraise=True
+        ):
+            with attempt:  # noqa: SIM117
+                with pytest.raises(aiodocker.exceptions.DockerError, match="401"):
+                    await failing_docker_client.system.info()
diff --git a/services/docker-compose-build.yml b/services/docker-compose-build.yml
index becf5ce2a25..7fe0baf7024 100644
--- a/services/docker-compose-build.yml
+++ b/services/docker-compose-build.yml
@@ -316,6 +316,22 @@ services:
         org.opencontainers.image.revision: "${VCS_REF}"
         io.osparc.api-version: "${DYNAMIC_SCHEDULER_API_VERSION}"
 
+  docker-api-proxy:
+    image: local/docker-api-proxy:${BUILD_TARGET:?build_target_required}
+    build:
+      context: ../
+      dockerfile: services/docker-api-proxy/Dockerfile
+      cache_from:
+        - local/docker-api-proxy:${BUILD_TARGET:?build_target_required}
+        - ${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-itisfoundation}/docker-api-proxy:master-github-latest
+        - ${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-itisfoundation}/docker-api-proxy:staging-github-latest
+        - ${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-itisfoundation}/docker-api-proxy:release-github-latest
+      target: ${BUILD_TARGET:?build_target_required}
+      labels:
+        org.opencontainers.image.created: "${BUILD_DATE}"
+        org.opencontainers.image.source: "${VCS_URL}"
+        org.opencontainers.image.revision: "${VCS_REF}"
+
   datcore-adapter:
     image: local/datcore-adapter:${BUILD_TARGET:?build_target_required}
     build:
diff --git a/services/docker-compose-deploy.yml b/services/docker-compose-deploy.yml
index 1da5f7933de..f3997a0b11d 100644
--- a/services/docker-compose-deploy.yml
+++ b/services/docker-compose-deploy.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ services:
     image: ${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-itisfoundation}/payments:${DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
   dynamic-scheduler:
     image: ${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-itisfoundation}/dynamic-scheduler:${DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
+  docker-api-proxy:
+    image: ${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-itisfoundation}/docker-api-proxy:${DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
   resource-usage-tracker:
     image: ${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-itisfoundation}/resource-usage-tracker:${DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
   service-integration:
diff --git a/services/docker-compose.local.yml b/services/docker-compose.local.yml
index 945dedc3a28..7222fa212c2 100644
--- a/services/docker-compose.local.yml
+++ b/services/docker-compose.local.yml
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ services:
     deploy:
       replicas: 2
 
+  docker-api-proxy:
+    ports:
+     - "8014:8888"
+
   resource-usage-tracker:
     environment:
       RESOURCE_USAGE_TRACKER_REMOTE_DEBUGGING_PORT : 3000
diff --git a/services/docker-compose.yml b/services/docker-compose.yml
index 555f47c4c9d..990f7092bea 100644
--- a/services/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/docker-compose.yml
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ services:
     hostname: "{{.Node.Hostname}}-{{.Task.Slot}}"
     networks:
       - default
+      - docker-api-network
     environment:
       LOG_FORMAT_LOCAL_DEV_ENABLED: ${LOG_FORMAT_LOCAL_DEV_ENABLED}
       LOG_FILTER_MAPPING : ${LOG_FILTER_MAPPING}
@@ -573,6 +574,24 @@ services:
       DYNAMIC_SIDECAR_API_SAVE_RESTORE_STATE_TIMEOUT: ${DYNAMIC_SIDECAR_API_SAVE_RESTORE_STATE_TIMEOUT}
       TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT: ${TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT}
       TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_PORT: ${TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_PORT}
+      DOCKER_API_PROXY_HOST: ${DOCKER_API_PROXY_HOST}
+      DOCKER_API_PROXY_PASSWORD: ${DOCKER_API_PROXY_PASSWORD}
+      DOCKER_API_PROXY_PORT: ${DOCKER_API_PROXY_PORT}
+      DOCKER_API_PROXY_SECURE: ${DOCKER_API_PROXY_SECURE}
+      DOCKER_API_PROXY_USER: ${DOCKER_API_PROXY_USER}
+  docker-api-proxy:
+    image: ${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-itisfoundation}/docker-api-proxy:${DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
+    init: true
+    deploy:
+      placement:
+        constraints:
+          - node.role == manager
+      mode: global
+    volumes:
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+    networks:
+     - docker-api-network
+
   static-webserver:
     image: ${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-itisfoundation}/static-webserver:${DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
     init: true
@@ -1352,6 +1371,15 @@ networks:
     internal: false
     labels:
       com.simcore.description: "computational services network"
+  docker-api-network:
+    name: ${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_docker-api-network
+    driver: overlay
+    attachable: true
+    internal: false
+    driver_opts:
+      encrypted: "true"
+    labels:
+      com.simcore.description: "used for internal access to the docker swarm api"
 
 secrets:
   dask_tls_key:
diff --git a/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/api/rest/_health.py b/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/api/rest/_health.py
index ff5fe204132..e72f897ca74 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/api/rest/_health.py
+++ b/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/api/rest/_health.py
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 from typing import Annotated
 
 import arrow
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, FastAPI
 from fastapi.responses import PlainTextResponse
 from models_library.errors import (
+    DOCKER_API_PROXY_UNHEALTHY_MSG,
     RABBITMQ_CLIENT_UNHEALTHY_MSG,
     REDIS_CLIENT_UNHEALTHY_MSG,
 )
+from servicelib.fastapi.docker import is_docker_api_proxy_ready
 from servicelib.rabbitmq import RabbitMQClient, RabbitMQRPCClient
 from servicelib.redis import RedisClientSDK
 from settings_library.redis import RedisDatabase
 
 from ._dependencies import (
+    get_app,
     get_rabbitmq_client_from_request,
     get_rabbitmq_rpc_server_from_request,
     get_redis_clients_from_request,
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@ class HealthCheckError(RuntimeError):
 
 @router.get("/health", response_class=PlainTextResponse)
 async def healthcheck(
+    app: Annotated[FastAPI, Depends(get_app)],
     rabbit_client: Annotated[RabbitMQClient, Depends(get_rabbitmq_client_from_request)],
     rabbit_rpc_server: Annotated[
         RabbitMQRPCClient, Depends(get_rabbitmq_rpc_server_from_request)
@@ -35,6 +39,9 @@ async def healthcheck(
         Depends(get_redis_clients_from_request),
     ],
 ):
+    if not await is_docker_api_proxy_ready(app, timeout=1):
+        raise HealthCheckError(DOCKER_API_PROXY_UNHEALTHY_MSG)
+
     if not rabbit_client.healthy or not rabbit_rpc_server.healthy:
         raise HealthCheckError(RABBITMQ_CLIENT_UNHEALTHY_MSG)
 
diff --git a/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/cli.py b/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/cli.py
index 0b7d56fccda..ed05a7bb265 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/cli.py
+++ b/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/cli.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import os
 
 import typer
+from settings_library.docker_api_proxy import DockerApiProxysettings
 from settings_library.rabbit import RabbitSettings
 from settings_library.utils_cli import (
     create_settings_command,
@@ -56,6 +57,14 @@ def echo_dotenv(ctx: typer.Context, *, minimal: bool = True):
             "DYNAMIC_SCHEDULER_UI_STORAGE_SECRET",
             "replace-with-ui-storage-secret",
         ),
+        DYNAMIC_SCHEDULER_DOCKER_API_PROXY=os.environ.get(
+            "DYNAMIC_SCHEDULER_DOCKER_API_PROXY",
+            DockerApiProxysettings.create_from_envs(
+                DOCKER_API_PROXY_HOST=os.environ.get(
+                    "DOCKER_API_PROXY_HOST", "replace-with-proxy-host"
+                )
+            ),
+        ),
     )
 
     print_as_envfile(
diff --git a/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/core/application.py b/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/core/application.py
index a7f54a1411c..e2f6f5e8a77 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/core/application.py
+++ b/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/core/application.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi_lifespan_manager import State
+from servicelib.fastapi.docker import get_lifespan_remote_docker_client
 from servicelib.fastapi.lifespan_utils import LifespanGenerator, combine_lifespans
 from servicelib.fastapi.openapi import override_fastapi_openapi_method
 from servicelib.fastapi.profiler import initialize_profiler
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
 from ..services.deferred_manager import lifespan_deferred_manager
 from ..services.director_v0 import lifespan_director_v0
 from ..services.director_v2 import lifespan_director_v2
-from ..services.notifier import get_notifier_lifespans
+from ..services.notifier import get_lifespans_notifier
 from ..services.rabbitmq import lifespan_rabbitmq
 from ..services.redis import lifespan_redis
 from ..services.service_tracker import lifespan_service_tracker
@@ -50,10 +51,13 @@ def create_app(settings: ApplicationSettings | None = None) -> FastAPI:
         lifespan_rabbitmq,
         lifespan_rpc_api_routes,
         lifespan_redis,
-        *get_notifier_lifespans(),
+        *get_lifespans_notifier(),
         lifespan_service_tracker,
         lifespan_deferred_manager,
         lifespan_status_monitor,
+        get_lifespan_remote_docker_client(
+            app_settings.DYNAMIC_SCHEDULER_DOCKER_API_PROXY
+        ),
     ]
 
     if app_settings.DYNAMIC_SCHEDULER_PROMETHEUS_INSTRUMENTATION_ENABLED:
diff --git a/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/core/settings.py b/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/core/settings.py
index 9531641897f..5e38cec62b9 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/core/settings.py
+++ b/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/core/settings.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from settings_library.basic_types import LogLevel, VersionTag
 from settings_library.director_v0 import DirectorV0Settings
 from settings_library.director_v2 import DirectorV2Settings
+from settings_library.docker_api_proxy import DockerApiProxysettings
 from settings_library.http_client_request import ClientRequestSettings
 from settings_library.rabbit import RabbitSettings
 from settings_library.redis import RedisSettings
@@ -152,6 +153,11 @@ class ApplicationSettings(_BaseApplicationSettings):
         description="settings for opentelemetry tracing",
     )
 
+    DYNAMIC_SCHEDULER_DOCKER_API_PROXY: Annotated[
+        DockerApiProxysettings,
+        Field(json_schema_extra={"auto_default_from_env": True}),
+    ]
+
     @field_validator("DYNAMIC_SCHEDULER_UI_MOUNT_PATH", mode="before")
     @classmethod
     def _ensure_ends_with_slash(cls, v: str) -> str:
diff --git a/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/services/notifier/__init__.py b/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/services/notifier/__init__.py
index e5e1609440b..7daeeb7e2fc 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/services/notifier/__init__.py
+++ b/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/services/notifier/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from ._notifier import notify_service_status_change
-from ._setup import get_notifier_lifespans
+from ._setup import get_lifespans_notifier
 
 __all__: tuple[str, ...] = (
-    "get_notifier_lifespans",
+    "get_lifespans_notifier",
     "notify_service_status_change",
 )
diff --git a/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/services/notifier/_setup.py b/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/services/notifier/_setup.py
index 659eff665c6..5bd140959b2 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/services/notifier/_setup.py
+++ b/services/dynamic-scheduler/src/simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler/services/notifier/_setup.py
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 from . import _notifier, _socketio
 
 
-def get_notifier_lifespans() -> list[LifespanGenerator]:
+def get_lifespans_notifier() -> list[LifespanGenerator]:
     return [_socketio.lifespan, _notifier.lifespan]
diff --git a/services/dynamic-scheduler/tests/conftest.py b/services/dynamic-scheduler/tests/conftest.py
index 3e39bd327c9..f669b22bda7 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-scheduler/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/services/dynamic-scheduler/tests/conftest.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def disable_deferred_manager_lifespan(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def disable_notifier_lifespan(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
-    mocker.patch(f"{_PATH_APPLICATION}.get_notifier_lifespans")
+    mocker.patch(f"{_PATH_APPLICATION}.get_lifespans_notifier")
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/services/dynamic-scheduler/tests/unit/api_rest/test_api_rest__health.py b/services/dynamic-scheduler/tests/unit/api_rest/test_api_rest__health.py
index cb7939c5824..42bc7396c9c 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-scheduler/tests/unit/api_rest/test_api_rest__health.py
+++ b/services/dynamic-scheduler/tests/unit/api_rest/test_api_rest__health.py
@@ -48,8 +48,17 @@ def mock_redis_client(
     )
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def mock_docker_api_proxy(mocker: MockerFixture, docker_api_proxy_ok: bool) -> None:
+    base_path = "simcore_service_dynamic_scheduler.api.rest._health"
+    mocker.patch(
+        f"{base_path}.is_docker_api_proxy_ready", return_value=docker_api_proxy_ok
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def app_environment(
+    mock_docker_api_proxy: None,
     mock_rabbitmq_clients: None,
     mock_redis_client: None,
     app_environment: EnvVarsDict,
@@ -58,12 +67,13 @@ def app_environment(
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "rabbit_client_ok, rabbit_rpc_server_ok, redis_client_ok, is_ok",
+    "rabbit_client_ok, rabbit_rpc_server_ok, redis_client_ok,, docker_api_proxy_ok, is_ok",
     [
-        pytest.param(True, True, True, True, id="ok"),
-        pytest.param(False, True, True, False, id="rabbit_client_bad"),
-        pytest.param(True, False, True, False, id="rabbit_rpc_server_bad"),
-        pytest.param(True, True, False, False, id="redis_client_bad"),
+        pytest.param(True, True, True, True, True, id="ok"),
+        pytest.param(False, True, True, True, False, id="rabbit_client_bad"),
+        pytest.param(True, False, True, True, False, id="rabbit_rpc_server_bad"),
+        pytest.param(True, True, False, True, False, id="redis_client_bad"),
+        pytest.param(True, True, True, False, False, id="docker_api_proxy_bad"),
     ],
 )
 async def test_health(client: AsyncClient, is_ok: bool):