diff --git a/api/src/app.instance.ts b/api/src/app.instance.ts
index 0447bb09..ec39b20e 100644
--- a/api/src/app.instance.ts
+++ b/api/src/app.instance.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ export class AppInstance {
     return this.app;
   }
 
+  /**
+ * Checks whether the application context is initialized.
+ * This may return `false` in environments where the app instance is not set,
+ * such as when running in test env or CLI mode without a full application bootstrap.
+ */
   static isReady(): boolean {
     return this.app !== null;
   }