diff --git a/eureka-server/src/main/java/com/xtrmetl/eureka/EurekaServerApplication.java b/eureka-server/src/main/java/com/xtrmetl/eureka/EurekaServerApplication.java
index 67c6a24d..c2cee065 100644
--- a/eureka-server/src/main/java/com/xtrmetl/eureka/EurekaServerApplication.java
+++ b/eureka-server/src/main/java/com/xtrmetl/eureka/EurekaServerApplication.java
@@ -4,9 +4,22 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.eureka.server.EnableEurekaServer;
 
+/**
+ * Starts the standalone mightyETL Eureka service registry.
+ *
+ * <p>The registry provides service discovery for deployment profiles that explicitly include
+ * Eureka. Authentication and production service-identity policy are separate security controls;
+ * this bootstrap class only owns starting the Spring Cloud Netflix server.</p>
+ */
 @SpringBootApplication
 @EnableEurekaServer
 public class EurekaServerApplication {
+
+    /**
+     * Launches the Eureka registry through Spring Boot.
+     *
+     * @param args command-line arguments passed to Spring Boot
+     */
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         SpringApplication.run(EurekaServerApplication.class, args);
     }
diff --git a/eureka-server/src/test/java/com/xtrmetl/eureka/EurekaServerApplicationContractTest.java b/eureka-server/src/test/java/com/xtrmetl/eureka/EurekaServerApplicationContractTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89f4bd7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eureka-server/src/test/java/com/xtrmetl/eureka/EurekaServerApplicationContractTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package com.xtrmetl.eureka;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.eureka.server.EnableEurekaServer;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * Verifies the standalone Eureka bootstrap contract and its beginner-readable public documentation.
+ */
+class EurekaServerApplicationContractTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void bootstrapClassKeepsTheRequiredServerAnnotations() {
+        assertNotNull(EurekaServerApplication.class.getAnnotation(SpringBootApplication.class));
+        assertNotNull(EurekaServerApplication.class.getAnnotation(EnableEurekaServer.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void mainEntryPointRemainsPublicStatic() throws NoSuchMethodException {
+        Method main = EurekaServerApplication.class.getDeclaredMethod("main", String[].class);
+
+        assertTrue(Modifier.isPublic(main.getModifiers()));
+        assertTrue(Modifier.isStatic(main.getModifiers()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void publicBootstrapApiHasBeginnerReadableJavadoc() throws IOException {
+        String source = Files.readString(
+                Path.of("src/main/java/com/xtrmetl/eureka/EurekaServerApplication.java"),
+                StandardCharsets.UTF_8
+        );
+
+        assertTrue(source.contains("Starts the standalone mightyETL Eureka service registry"));
+        assertTrue(source.contains("Launches the Eureka registry through Spring Boot"));
+        assertTrue(source.contains("@param args command-line arguments passed to Spring Boot"));
+    }
+}