diff --git a/apps/api/app/api/routes/health.py b/apps/api/app/api/routes/health.py
index cd436df6a..e22c59eee 100644
--- a/apps/api/app/api/routes/health.py
+++ b/apps/api/app/api/routes/health.py
@@ -137,3 +137,21 @@ async def _check_migrations() -> dict:
         return {"status": "unhealthy", "message": f"Missing tables, found {count}/5"}
     except Exception as error:
         return {"status": "unhealthy", "message": f"Migration check failed: {error}"}
+
+
+
+@router.get("/debug/viral-columns")
+def debug_viral_columns():
+    """Temporary debug: inspect viral_video_jobs columns + alembic_version."""
+    try:
+        conn = psycopg.connect(settings.DATABASE_URL, connect_timeout=3)
+        with conn.cursor() as cur:
+            cur.execute("SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_schema='public' AND table_name='viral_video_jobs' ORDER BY ordinal_position")
+            cols = [r[0] for r in cur.fetchall()]
+            cur.execute("SELECT version_num FROM alembic_version")
+            row = cur.fetchone()
+            version = row[0] if row else None
+        conn.close()
+        return {"columns": cols, "alembic_version": version, "count": len(cols)}
+    except Exception as e:
+        return {"error": f"{type(e).__name__}: {e}"}