diff --git a/backend/public/debug-chatbot.php b/backend/public/debug-chatbot.php
index 03f9f71..80013c7 100644
--- a/backend/public/debug-chatbot.php
+++ b/backend/public/debug-chatbot.php
@@ -17,7 +17,28 @@ $logs = \App\Core\Database::select("SELECT * FROM messages_log ORDER BY id DESC
 
 $sessions = \App\Core\Database::select("SELECT * FROM whatsapp_sessions");
 
+// Check Node.js gateway status from the PHP environment
+$gatewayUrl = rtrim(getenv('WHATSAPP_GATEWAY_URL') ?: 'http://localhost:3722', '/');
+$ch = curl_init($gatewayUrl . '/health');
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 3);
+$healthResponse = curl_exec($ch);
+$healthHttpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
+$healthError = curl_error($ch);
+curl_close($ch);
+
 echo json_encode([
+    'env' => [
+        'WHATSAPP_GATEWAY_URL' => getenv('WHATSAPP_GATEWAY_URL'),
+        'WEBHOOK_SECRET_SET' => !empty(getenv('WEBHOOK_SECRET')),
+        'APP_URL' => getenv('APP_URL')
+    ],
+    'gateway_health' => [
+        'url' => $gatewayUrl . '/health',
+        'http_code' => $healthHttpCode,
+        'response' => json_decode($healthResponse, true) ?: $healthResponse,
+        'error' => $healthError
+    ],
     'chatbot_rules' => $rules,
     'messages_log' => $logs,
     'whatsapp_sessions' => $sessions