diff --git a/frontend/sync-client/src/services/types/PingResponse.ts b/frontend/sync-client/src/services/types/ServerConfigResponse.ts
similarity index 85%
rename from frontend/sync-client/src/services/types/PingResponse.ts
rename to frontend/sync-client/src/services/types/ServerConfigResponse.ts
index 1bd35bb5..5850ae09 100644
--- a/frontend/sync-client/src/services/types/PingResponse.ts
+++ b/frontend/sync-client/src/services/types/ServerConfigResponse.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // This file was generated by [ts-rs](https://github.com/Aleph-Alpha/ts-rs). Do not edit this file manually.
 
 /**
- * Response to a ping request.
+ * Server configuration and authentication status.
  */
-export type PingResponse = { 
+export type ServerConfigResponse = { 
 /**
  * Semantic version of the server.
  */
diff --git a/sync-server/src/server/endpoints.rs b/sync-server/src/server/endpoints.rs
index 70724dc0..85bda642 100644
--- a/sync-server/src/server/endpoints.rs
+++ b/sync-server/src/server/endpoints.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ pub mod fetch_document_version_content;
 pub mod fetch_latest_document_metadata;
 pub mod fetch_latest_document_version;
 pub mod get_file_manifest;
+pub mod get_server_config;
 pub mod index;
 pub mod method_not_allowed;
 pub mod not_found;
-pub mod ping;
 pub mod put_file_content;
 pub mod put_file_manifest;
 mod utils;
diff --git a/sync-server/src/server/endpoints/ping.rs b/sync-server/src/server/endpoints/get_server_config.rs
similarity index 76%
rename from sync-server/src/server/endpoints/ping.rs
rename to sync-server/src/server/endpoints/get_server_config.rs
index a49c25a0..5a5db56c 100644
--- a/sync-server/src/server/endpoints/ping.rs
+++ b/sync-server/src/server/endpoints/get_server_config.rs
@@ -9,22 +9,22 @@ use axum_extra::{
 use log::debug;
 
 use super::VaultPath;
-use crate::server::{auth::authenticate_user, responses::PingResponse};
+use crate::server::{auth::authenticate_user, responses::ServerConfigResponse};
 use crate::{app_state::AppState, consts::SUPPORTED_API_VERSION, errors::SyncServerError};
 
 #[axum::debug_handler]
-pub async fn ping(
+pub async fn get_server_config(
     maybe_auth_header: Option<TypedHeader<Authorization<Bearer>>>,
     Path(VaultPath(vault_id)): Path<VaultPath>,
     State(state): State<AppState>,
-) -> Result<Json<PingResponse>, SyncServerError> {
-    debug!("Pinging vault `{vault_id}`");
+) -> Result<Json<ServerConfigResponse>, SyncServerError> {
+    debug!("Fetching configuration for vault `{vault_id}`");
 
     let is_authenticated = maybe_auth_header.is_some_and(|auth_header| {
         authenticate_user(&state, auth_header.token(), &vault_id).is_ok()
     });
 
-    Ok(Json(PingResponse {
+    Ok(Json(ServerConfigResponse {
         server_version: env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_owned(),
         is_authenticated,
         mergeable_file_extensions: state.config.server.mergeable_file_extensions.clone(),