A method, computer system, and computer program product for managing application availability in a micro services environment. A monitoring application listens for an event message that indicates an unavailability of critical data. The monitoring application receives the event message over a message pipeline. The monitoring application is critical data agnostic, such that the monitoring application is unaware of the critical data required by the monitored application. Responsive to receiving the event message, the monitoring application interprets the event information within the execution context of the monitored application. The monitoring application identifies a status of the monitored application based on the interpreted event information. The monitoring application updates a status indicator of the monitored application within the execution context, but not within other execution contexts of the monitored application.