diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 7a5c00e..e5f10fd 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -402,9 +402,11 @@ def transcribe():
     audio_file.save(temp_path)
 
     try:
+        # Check if we should auto-detect language
+        auto_detect = source_lang == 'auto' or source_lang == ''
+        
         # Use Whisper for transcription with GPU optimizations
         transcribe_options = {
-            "language": LANGUAGE_TO_CODE.get(source_lang, None),
             "task": "transcribe",
             "temperature": 0,  # Disable temperature sampling for faster inference
             "best_of": 1,  # Disable beam search for faster inference
@@ -416,6 +418,10 @@ def transcribe():
             "no_speech_threshold": 0.6
         }
         
+        # Only set language if not auto-detecting
+        if not auto_detect:
+            transcribe_options["language"] = LANGUAGE_TO_CODE.get(source_lang, None)
+        
         # Clear GPU cache before transcription
         if device.type == 'cuda':
             torch.cuda.empty_cache()
@@ -428,6 +434,19 @@ def transcribe():
             )
         
         transcribed_text = result["text"]
+        
+        # Get detected language if auto-detection was used
+        detected_language = None
+        if auto_detect and 'language' in result:
+            # Convert language code back to full name
+            detected_code = result['language']
+            for lang_name, lang_code in LANGUAGE_TO_CODE.items():
+                if lang_code == detected_code:
+                    detected_language = lang_name
+                    break
+            
+            # Log detected language
+            logger.info(f"Auto-detected language: {detected_language} ({detected_code})")
 
         # Send notification if push is enabled
         if len(push_subscriptions) > 0:
@@ -437,10 +456,16 @@ def transcribe():
                 tag="transcription-complete"
             )
         
-        return jsonify({
+        response = {
             'success': True,
             'text': transcribed_text
-        })
+        }
+        
+        # Include detected language if auto-detection was used
+        if detected_language:
+            response['detected_language'] = detected_language
+            
+        return jsonify(response)
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(f"Transcription error: {str(e)}")
         return jsonify({'error': f'Transcription failed: {str(e)}'}), 500
@@ -598,5 +623,123 @@ def get_audio(filename):
         logger.error(f"Audio retrieval error: {str(e)}")
         return jsonify({'error': f'Audio retrieval failed: {str(e)}'}), 500
 
+# Health check endpoints for monitoring
+@app.route('/health', methods=['GET'])
+def health_check():
+    """Basic health check endpoint"""
+    return jsonify({
+        'status': 'healthy',
+        'timestamp': time.time(),
+        'service': 'voice-translator'
+    })
+
+@app.route('/health/detailed', methods=['GET'])
+def detailed_health_check():
+    """Detailed health check with component status"""
+    health_status = {
+        'status': 'healthy',
+        'timestamp': time.time(),
+        'components': {
+            'whisper': {'status': 'unknown'},
+            'ollama': {'status': 'unknown'},
+            'tts': {'status': 'unknown'},
+            'gpu': {'status': 'unknown'}
+        },
+        'metrics': {}
+    }
+    
+    # Check Whisper model
+    try:
+        if whisper_model is not None:
+            health_status['components']['whisper']['status'] = 'healthy'
+            health_status['components']['whisper']['model_size'] = MODEL_SIZE
+        else:
+            health_status['components']['whisper']['status'] = 'unhealthy'
+            health_status['status'] = 'degraded'
+    except Exception as e:
+        health_status['components']['whisper']['status'] = 'unhealthy'
+        health_status['components']['whisper']['error'] = str(e)
+        health_status['status'] = 'unhealthy'
+    
+    # Check GPU availability
+    try:
+        if torch.cuda.is_available():
+            health_status['components']['gpu']['status'] = 'healthy'
+            health_status['components']['gpu']['device'] = torch.cuda.get_device_name(0)
+            health_status['components']['gpu']['memory_allocated'] = f"{torch.cuda.memory_allocated(0) / 1024**2:.2f} MB"
+            health_status['components']['gpu']['memory_reserved'] = f"{torch.cuda.memory_reserved(0) / 1024**2:.2f} MB"
+        elif torch.backends.mps.is_available():
+            health_status['components']['gpu']['status'] = 'healthy'
+            health_status['components']['gpu']['device'] = 'Apple Silicon GPU'
+        else:
+            health_status['components']['gpu']['status'] = 'not_available'
+            health_status['components']['gpu']['device'] = 'CPU'
+    except Exception as e:
+        health_status['components']['gpu']['status'] = 'error'
+        health_status['components']['gpu']['error'] = str(e)
+    
+    # Check Ollama connection
+    try:
+        ollama_models = ollama.list()
+        health_status['components']['ollama']['status'] = 'healthy'
+        health_status['components']['ollama']['available_models'] = len(ollama_models.get('models', []))
+    except Exception as e:
+        health_status['components']['ollama']['status'] = 'unhealthy'
+        health_status['components']['ollama']['error'] = str(e)
+        health_status['status'] = 'degraded'
+    
+    # Check TTS server
+    try:
+        tts_response = requests.get(app.config['TTS_SERVER'].replace('/v1/audio/speech', '/health'), timeout=5)
+        if tts_response.status_code == 200:
+            health_status['components']['tts']['status'] = 'healthy'
+            health_status['components']['tts']['server_url'] = app.config['TTS_SERVER']
+        else:
+            health_status['components']['tts']['status'] = 'unhealthy'
+            health_status['components']['tts']['http_status'] = tts_response.status_code
+            health_status['status'] = 'degraded'
+    except Exception as e:
+        health_status['components']['tts']['status'] = 'unhealthy'
+        health_status['components']['tts']['error'] = str(e)
+        health_status['status'] = 'degraded'
+    
+    # Add system metrics
+    health_status['metrics']['uptime'] = time.time() - app.start_time if hasattr(app, 'start_time') else 0
+    health_status['metrics']['request_count'] = getattr(app, 'request_count', 0)
+    
+    # Set appropriate HTTP status code
+    http_status = 200 if health_status['status'] == 'healthy' else 503 if health_status['status'] == 'unhealthy' else 200
+    
+    return jsonify(health_status), http_status
+
+@app.route('/health/ready', methods=['GET'])
+def readiness_check():
+    """Readiness probe - checks if service is ready to accept traffic"""
+    try:
+        # Check if all critical components are loaded
+        if whisper_model is None:
+            return jsonify({'status': 'not_ready', 'reason': 'Whisper model not loaded'}), 503
+        
+        # Check Ollama connection
+        ollama.list()
+        
+        return jsonify({'status': 'ready', 'timestamp': time.time()})
+    except Exception as e:
+        return jsonify({'status': 'not_ready', 'reason': str(e)}), 503
+
+@app.route('/health/live', methods=['GET'])
+def liveness_check():
+    """Liveness probe - basic check to see if process is alive"""
+    return jsonify({'status': 'alive', 'timestamp': time.time()})
+
+# Initialize app start time for metrics
+app.start_time = time.time()
+app.request_count = 0
+
+# Middleware to count requests
+@app.before_request
+def before_request():
+    app.request_count = getattr(app, 'request_count', 0) + 1
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5005, debug=True)
diff --git a/health-monitor.py b/health-monitor.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d490f09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/health-monitor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Health monitoring script for Talk2Me application
+Usage: python health-monitor.py [--detailed] [--interval SECONDS]
+"""
+
+import requests
+import time
+import argparse
+import json
+from datetime import datetime
+
+def check_health(url, detailed=False):
+    """Check health of the Talk2Me service"""
+    endpoint = f"{url}/health/detailed" if detailed else f"{url}/health"
+    
+    try:
+        response = requests.get(endpoint, timeout=5)
+        data = response.json()
+        
+        if detailed:
+            print(f"\n=== Health Check at {datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')} ===")
+            print(f"Overall Status: {data['status'].upper()}")
+            print("\nComponent Status:")
+            for component, status in data['components'].items():
+                status_icon = "✅" if status.get('status') == 'healthy' else "❌"
+                print(f"  {status_icon} {component}: {status.get('status', 'unknown')}")
+                if 'error' in status:
+                    print(f"     Error: {status['error']}")
+                if 'device' in status:
+                    print(f"     Device: {status['device']}")
+                if 'model_size' in status:
+                    print(f"     Model: {status['model_size']}")
+            
+            if 'metrics' in data:
+                print("\nMetrics:")
+                uptime = data['metrics'].get('uptime', 0)
+                hours = int(uptime // 3600)
+                minutes = int((uptime % 3600) // 60)
+                print(f"  Uptime: {hours}h {minutes}m")
+                print(f"  Request Count: {data['metrics'].get('request_count', 0)}")
+        else:
+            status_icon = "✅" if response.status_code == 200 else "❌"
+            print(f"{status_icon} {datetime.now().strftime('%H:%M:%S')} - Status: {data.get('status', 'unknown')}")
+        
+        return response.status_code == 200
+    
+    except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+        print(f"❌ {datetime.now().strftime('%H:%M:%S')} - Connection failed")
+        return False
+    except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
+        print(f"❌ {datetime.now().strftime('%H:%M:%S')} - Request timeout")
+        return False
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"❌ {datetime.now().strftime('%H:%M:%S')} - Error: {str(e)}")
+        return False
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Monitor Talk2Me service health')
+    parser.add_argument('--url', default='http://localhost:5005', help='Service URL')
+    parser.add_argument('--detailed', action='store_true', help='Show detailed health info')
+    parser.add_argument('--interval', type=int, default=30, help='Check interval in seconds')
+    parser.add_argument('--once', action='store_true', help='Run once and exit')
+    
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    
+    print(f"Monitoring {args.url}")
+    print("Press Ctrl+C to stop\n")
+    
+    consecutive_failures = 0
+    
+    try:
+        while True:
+            success = check_health(args.url, args.detailed)
+            
+            if not success:
+                consecutive_failures += 1
+                if consecutive_failures >= 3:
+                    print(f"\n⚠️  ALERT: Service has been down for {consecutive_failures} consecutive checks!")
+            else:
+                consecutive_failures = 0
+            
+            if args.once:
+                break
+            
+            time.sleep(args.interval)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("\n\nMonitoring stopped.")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/static/js/src/app.ts b/static/js/src/app.ts
index 7ad1b1a..dd2d2a4 100644
--- a/static/js/src/app.ts
+++ b/static/js/src/app.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ function initApp(): void {
     
     // Initialize queue status updates
     initQueueStatus();
+    
+    // Start health monitoring
+    startHealthMonitoring();
 
     // Update TTS server URL and API key
     updateTtsServer.addEventListener('click', function() {
@@ -153,6 +156,11 @@ function initApp(): void {
 
     // Event listeners for language selection
     sourceLanguage.addEventListener('change', function() {
+        // Skip conflict check for auto-detect
+        if (sourceLanguage.value === 'auto') {
+            return;
+        }
+        
         if (targetLanguage.value === sourceLanguage.value) {
             for (let i = 0; i < targetLanguage.options.length; i++) {
                 if (targetLanguage.options[i].value !== sourceLanguage.value) {
@@ -383,10 +391,24 @@ function initApp(): void {
             
             if (data.success && data.text) {
                 currentSourceText = data.text;
-                sourceText.innerHTML = `<p class="fade-in">${data.text}</p>`;
+                
+                // Handle auto-detected language
+                if (data.detected_language && sourceLanguage.value === 'auto') {
+                    // Update the source language selector
+                    sourceLanguage.value = data.detected_language;
+                    
+                    // Show detected language info
+                    sourceText.innerHTML = `<p class="fade-in">${data.text}</p>
+                        <small class="text-muted">Detected language: ${data.detected_language}</small>`;
+                    
+                    statusIndicator.textContent = `Transcription complete (${data.detected_language} detected)`;
+                } else {
+                    sourceText.innerHTML = `<p class="fade-in">${data.text}</p>`;
+                    statusIndicator.textContent = 'Transcription complete';
+                }
+                
                 playSource.disabled = false;
                 translateBtn.disabled = false;
-                statusIndicator.textContent = 'Transcription complete';
                 statusIndicator.classList.remove('processing');
                 statusIndicator.classList.add('success');
                 setTimeout(() => statusIndicator.classList.remove('success'), 2000);
@@ -394,7 +416,7 @@ function initApp(): void {
                 // Cache the transcription in IndexedDB
                 saveToIndexedDB('transcriptions', {
                     text: data.text,
-                    language: sourceLanguage.value,
+                    language: data.detected_language || sourceLanguage.value,
                     timestamp: new Date().toISOString()
                 } as TranscriptionRecord);
             } else {
@@ -753,6 +775,99 @@ function initApp(): void {
         // Initial update
         updateQueueDisplay();
     }
+    
+    // Health monitoring and auto-recovery
+    function startHealthMonitoring(): void {
+        let consecutiveFailures = 0;
+        const maxConsecutiveFailures = 3;
+        
+        async function checkHealth(): Promise<void> {
+            try {
+                const response = await fetch('/health', { 
+                    method: 'GET',
+                    signal: AbortSignal.timeout(5000) // 5 second timeout
+                });
+                
+                if (response.ok) {
+                    consecutiveFailures = 0;
+                    
+                    // Remove any health warning if shown
+                    const healthWarning = document.getElementById('healthWarning');
+                    if (healthWarning) {
+                        healthWarning.style.display = 'none';
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    handleHealthCheckFailure();
+                }
+            } catch (error) {
+                handleHealthCheckFailure();
+            }
+        }
+        
+        function handleHealthCheckFailure(): void {
+            consecutiveFailures++;
+            console.warn(`Health check failed (${consecutiveFailures}/${maxConsecutiveFailures})`);
+            
+            if (consecutiveFailures >= maxConsecutiveFailures) {
+                showHealthWarning();
+                
+                // Attempt auto-recovery
+                attemptAutoRecovery();
+            }
+        }
+        
+        function showHealthWarning(): void {
+            let healthWarning = document.getElementById('healthWarning');
+            if (!healthWarning) {
+                healthWarning = document.createElement('div');
+                healthWarning.id = 'healthWarning';
+                healthWarning.className = 'alert alert-warning alert-dismissible fade show position-fixed top-0 start-50 translate-middle-x mt-3';
+                healthWarning.style.zIndex = '9999';
+                healthWarning.innerHTML = `
+                    <i class="fas fa-exclamation-triangle"></i> Service health check failed. 
+                    Some features may be unavailable. 
+                    <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="alert"></button>
+                `;
+                document.body.appendChild(healthWarning);
+            }
+            healthWarning.style.display = 'block';
+        }
+        
+        async function attemptAutoRecovery(): Promise<void> {
+            console.log('Attempting auto-recovery...');
+            
+            // Clear any stuck requests in the queue
+            const queue = RequestQueueManager.getInstance();
+            queue.clearStuckRequests();
+            
+            // Re-check TTS server
+            checkTtsServer();
+            
+            // Try to reload service worker if available
+            if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
+                try {
+                    const registration = await navigator.serviceWorker.getRegistration();
+                    if (registration) {
+                        await registration.update();
+                        console.log('Service worker updated');
+                    }
+                } catch (error) {
+                    console.error('Failed to update service worker:', error);
+                }
+            }
+            
+            // Reset failure counter after recovery attempt
+            setTimeout(() => {
+                consecutiveFailures = 0;
+            }, 30000); // Wait 30 seconds before resetting
+        }
+        
+        // Check health every 30 seconds
+        setInterval(checkHealth, 30000);
+        
+        // Initial health check after 5 seconds
+        setTimeout(checkHealth, 5000);
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/static/js/src/requestQueue.ts b/static/js/src/requestQueue.ts
index 0ddcc5c..03f5b84 100644
--- a/static/js/src/requestQueue.ts
+++ b/static/js/src/requestQueue.ts
@@ -216,6 +216,31 @@ export class RequestQueueManager {
         });
         this.queue = [];
     }
+    
+    // Clear stuck requests (requests older than 60 seconds)
+    clearStuckRequests(): void {
+        const now = Date.now();
+        const stuckThreshold = 60000; // 60 seconds
+        
+        // Clear stuck active requests
+        this.activeRequests.forEach((request, id) => {
+            if (now - request.timestamp > stuckThreshold) {
+                console.warn(`Clearing stuck active request: ${request.type}`);
+                request.reject(new Error('Request timeout - cleared by recovery'));
+                this.activeRequests.delete(id);
+            }
+        });
+        
+        // Clear old queued requests
+        this.queue = this.queue.filter(request => {
+            if (now - request.timestamp > stuckThreshold) {
+                console.warn(`Clearing stuck queued request: ${request.type}`);
+                request.reject(new Error('Request timeout - cleared by recovery'));
+                return false;
+            }
+            return true;
+        });
+    }
 
     // Update settings
     updateSettings(settings: {
diff --git a/static/js/src/types.ts b/static/js/src/types.ts
index 096565d..aa76546 100644
--- a/static/js/src/types.ts
+++ b/static/js/src/types.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export interface TranscriptionResponse {
   success: boolean;
   text?: string;
   error?: string;
+  detected_language?: string;
 }
 
 export interface TranslationResponse {
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index c7391df..c8b0e4a 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
                     </div>
                     <div class="card-body">
                         <select id="sourceLanguage" class="form-select language-select mb-3">
+                            <option value="auto">Auto-detect</option>
                             {% for language in languages %}
                             <option value="{{ language }}">{{ language }}</option>
                             {% endfor %}