resultBuf.append("Status of ")
                    .append(ping.getClusterName())
                    .append(" is changed to ")
                    .append(ping.getClusterStatus())
                    .append('.');
        } else if (status == 0) {
            resultBuf.append(ping.getClusterName()).append(" is alive.");
        } else {
            resultBuf.append(ping.getClusterName()).append(" is not available.");
        }

        assertEquals("Status of production-cluster is changed to GREEN.", result);
    }

    // Test with exception during ping
    public void test_execute_pingException() {
        SearchEngineClient searchEngineClient = new SearchEngineClient() {
            @Override
            public PingResponse ping() {
                throw new RuntimeException("Connection failed");
            }
        };

            final PingResponse pingResponse = searchEngineClient.ping();
            writeJsonResponse(pingResponse.getStatus() == 0 ? HttpServletResponse.SC_OK : HttpServletResponse.SC_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
                    "\"data\":" + pingResponse.getMessage());
        } catch (final Exception e) {
            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                logger.debug("Failed to process a ping request.", e);
            }

        });

    }

    /**
     * Pings the search engine cluster to check connectivity and health.
     *
     * @return the ping response with cluster information
     * @throws SearchEngineClientException if the ping fails
     */
    public PingResponse ping() {
        try {
            final ClusterHealthResponse response =