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+// ********************************************************************************
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+//
+// See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+// information regarding copyright ownership.
+//
+// This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+// terms of the Apache License Version 2.0 which is available at
+// https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// ********************************************************************************
+
+namespace score.mw.health.config;
+
+file_identifier "HMCF";
+file_extension "bin";
+
+/// Scheduler policy for the monitoring thread.
+enum SchedulerPolicy : byte {
+  Other = 0,
+  Fifo = 1,
+  RoundRobin = 2
+}
+
+/// Scheduler parameters: policy and priority.
+table SchedulerParameters {
+  policy: SchedulerPolicy = Other;
+  priority: int32;
+}
+
+/// Thread parameters for the monitoring thread.
+table ThreadParameters {
+  scheduler_parameters: SchedulerParameters;
+  affinity: [uint32];
+  stack_size: uint32 = null;
+}
+
+/// A time range with minimum and maximum durations in milliseconds.
+table TimeRange {
+  min_ms: uint32;
+  max_ms: uint32;
+}
+
+/// A single deadline entry within a deadline monitor.
+table DeadlineEntry {
+  deadline_tag: string (required);
+  range: TimeRange (required);
+}
+
+/// Configuration for a deadline monitor.
+table DeadlineMonitor {
+  monitor_tag: string (required);
+  deadlines: [DeadlineEntry] (required);
+}
+
+/// Configuration for a heartbeat monitor.
+table HeartbeatMonitor {
+  monitor_tag: string (required);
+  range: TimeRange (required);
+}
+
+/// A state and its allowed transitions in a logic monitor.
+table StateNode {
+  state: string (required);
+  allowed_transitions: [string] (required);
+}
+
+/// Configuration for a logic monitor.
+table LogicMonitor {
+  monitor_tag: string (required);
+  initial_state: string (required);
+  states: [StateNode] (required);
+}
+
+/// Root configuration for a HealthMonitor instance.
+table HealthMonitorConfig {
+  schema_version: uint32 = 1;
+  supervisor_api_cycle_ms: uint32;
+  internal_processing_cycle_ms: uint32;
+  thread_parameters: ThreadParameters;
+  deadline_monitors: [DeadlineMonitor];
+  heartbeat_monitors: [HeartbeatMonitor];
+  logic_monitors: [LogicMonitor];
+}
+
+root_type HealthMonitorConfig;
diff --git a/score/health_monitor/configuration/health_monitor_config.schema.json b/score/health_monitor/configuration/health_monitor_config.schema.json
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+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "$id": "health_monitor_config.schema.json",
+  "title": "HealthMonitorConfig",
+  "description": "Configuration schema for HealthMonitor (compatible with health_monitor_config.fbs)",
+  "type": "object",
+  "required": ["supervisor_api_cycle_ms", "internal_processing_cycle_ms"],
+  "properties": {
+    "schema_version": {
+      "type": "integer",
+      "minimum": 1,
+      "default": 1,
+      "description": "Schema version"
+    },
+    "supervisor_api_cycle_ms": {
+      "type": "integer",
+      "minimum": 1,
+      "description": "Cycle duration in ms for supervisor API notifications"
+    },
+    "internal_processing_cycle_ms": {
+      "type": "integer",
+      "minimum": 1,
+      "description": "Cycle duration in ms for internal deadline checks"
+    },
+    "thread_parameters": {
+      "$ref": "#/definitions/ThreadParameters"
+    },
+    "deadline_monitors": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": { "$ref": "#/definitions/DeadlineMonitor" },
+      "description": "List of deadline monitors"
+    },
+    "heartbeat_monitors": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": { "$ref": "#/definitions/HeartbeatMonitor" },
+      "description": "List of heartbeat monitors"
+    },
+    "logic_monitors": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": { "$ref": "#/definitions/LogicMonitor" },
+      "description": "List of logic monitors"
+    }
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "definitions": {
+    "SchedulerPolicy": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "enum": ["Other", "Fifo", "RoundRobin"],
+      "description": "Scheduler policy for the monitoring thread"
+    },
+    "SchedulerParameters": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "policy": { "$ref": "#/definitions/SchedulerPolicy" },
+        "priority": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "description": "Thread priority"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": ["policy", "priority"],
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    },
+    "ThreadParameters": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "scheduler_parameters": { "$ref": "#/definitions/SchedulerParameters" },
+        "affinity": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 },
+          "description": "CPU core IDs the thread can run on"
+        },
+        "stack_size": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "minimum": 0,
+          "description": "Stack size in bytes"
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    },
+    "TimeRange": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": ["min_ms", "max_ms"],
+      "properties": {
+        "min_ms": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "minimum": 0,
+          "description": "Minimum duration in milliseconds"
+        },
+        "max_ms": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "minimum": 0,
+          "description": "Maximum duration in milliseconds"
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    },
+    "DeadlineEntry": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": ["deadline_tag", "range"],
+      "properties": {
+        "deadline_tag": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "minLength": 1,
+          "description": "Unique identifier for the deadline"
+        },
+        "range": { "$ref": "#/definitions/TimeRange" }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    },
+    "DeadlineMonitor": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": ["monitor_tag", "deadlines"],
+      "properties": {
+        "monitor_tag": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "minLength": 1,
+          "description": "Unique identifier for the deadline monitor"
+        },
+        "deadlines": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": { "$ref": "#/definitions/DeadlineEntry" },
+          "minItems": 1
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    },
+    "HeartbeatMonitor": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": ["monitor_tag", "range"],
+      "properties": {
+        "monitor_tag": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "minLength": 1,
+          "description": "Unique identifier for the heartbeat monitor"
+        },
+        "range": { "$ref": "#/definitions/TimeRange" }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    },
+    "StateNode": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": ["state", "allowed_transitions"],
+      "properties": {
+        "state": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "minLength": 1,
+          "description": "State identifier"
+        },
+        "allowed_transitions": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 },
+          "description": "List of states reachable from this state"
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    },
+    "LogicMonitor": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": ["monitor_tag", "initial_state", "states"],
+      "properties": {
+        "monitor_tag": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "minLength": 1,
+          "description": "Unique identifier for the logic monitor"
+        },
+        "initial_state": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "minLength": 1,
+          "description": "Starting state of the logic monitor"
+        },
+        "states": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": { "$ref": "#/definitions/StateNode" },
+          "minItems": 1
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    }
+  }
+}