A system may include a processing device and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing device, causes the processing device to obtain a health check instruction that is specific to a name of a service that is associated with one or more endpoints, including performing a lookup with the name to obtain the health check instruction that is specific to the name. The processing device performs the one or more actions of the health check instruction to determine a health status of the one or more endpoints, and stores the health status of the one or more endpoints. In response to receiving a request to resolve the name from a client, the processing device returns the one or more endpoints based at least on the health status of the one or more endpoints.