Is there a way to automate a test to verify that SSO is up?

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Is there a way to set up an automated test to verify that the SSO/IDM system is up and running?

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We have automated tests that run to verify that our applications are up and running so that our admin team can be notified ASAP if one of our pods goes down. We have had multiple instances where the pods were up and running, but SSO/IDM was down. We are wanting to find a way to automate a test to verify this is working and wanted to see if anyone has found a way to do this as we currently only test with a native user so our tests don't fail as long as the pods are running fine.