diff --git a/apier/v1/config_it_test.go b/apier/v1/config_it_test.go
index 4a8ab3e55..fe7b7d157 100644
--- a/apier/v1/config_it_test.go
+++ b/apier/v1/config_it_test.go
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ var (
 		testConfigSReloadConfigCoreSDryRun,
 		testConfigSReloadConfigCoreS,
 		testConfigSKillEngine,
+		testConfigSStartEngineCAPSAllocated,
+		testConfigSCAPSPeak,
+		testConfigSKillEngine,
 		testConfigStartEngineWithConfigs,
 		testConfigStartEngineFromHTTP,
 		testConfigSKillEngine,
@@ -566,3 +569,62 @@ func testConfigSReloadConfigCoreS(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %q , received: %q", cfgStr, rpl)
 	}
 }
+
+func testConfigSStartEngineCAPSAllocated(t *testing.T) {
+	var err error
+	configCfgPath = path.Join(*dataDir, "conf", "samples", "caps_peak")
+	configCfg, err = config.NewCGRConfigFromPath(configCfgPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := engine.StopStartEngine(configCfgPath, *waitRater); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	configRPC, err = newRPCClient(configCfg.ListenCfg()) // We connect over JSON so we can also troubleshoot if needed
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var rply map[string]any
+	if err := configRPC.Call(context.Background(), utils.CoreSv1Status, &utils.TenantWithAPIOpts{}, &rply); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if rply[utils.NodeID] != "CAPSPeakEngine" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %+v , received: %+v ", "CAPSPeakEngine", rply)
+	}
+
+	if _, has := rply[utils.CAPSAllocated]; !has {
+		t.Errorf("Expected reply to contain CAPSAllocated , received <%+v>", rply)
+	}
+}
+
+func testConfigSCAPSPeak(t *testing.T) {
+	cfgStr := `{"cores":{"caps":2,"caps_stats_interval":"100ms","caps_strategy":"*queue","shutdown_timeout":"1s"}}`
+	var reply string
+	if err := configRPC.Call(context.Background(), utils.ConfigSv1ReloadConfig, &config.ReloadArgs{
+		Tenant:  "cgrates.org",
+		Path:    path.Join(*dataDir, "conf", "samples", "caps_peak"),
+		Section: config.CoreSCfgJson,
+	}, &reply); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if reply != utils.OK {
+		t.Errorf("Expected OK received: %s", reply)
+	}
+
+	var rpl string
+	if err := configRPC.Call(context.Background(), utils.ConfigSv1GetConfigAsJSON, &config.SectionWithAPIOpts{
+		Tenant:  "cgrates.org",
+		Section: config.CoreSCfgJson,
+	}, &rpl); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if cfgStr != rpl {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %q , received: %q", cfgStr, rpl)
+	}
+
+	var rply map[string]any
+	if err := configRPC.Call(context.Background(), utils.CoreSv1Status, &utils.TenantWithAPIOpts{}, &rply); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if _, has := rply[utils.CAPSPeak]; !has {
+		t.Errorf("Expected reply to contain CAPSPeak , received <%+v>", rply)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/config/config_defaults.go b/config/config_defaults.go
index 26d821f02..7cce03a18 100644
--- a/config/config_defaults.go
+++ b/config/config_defaults.go
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ const CGRATES_CFG_JSON = `
 
 "cores": {
 	"caps": 0,							// maximum concurrent request allowed ( 0 to disabled )
-	"caps_strategy": "*busy",			// strategy in case in case of concurrent requests reached	
-	"caps_stats_interval": "0",			// the interval we sample for caps stats ( 0 to disabled )
+	"caps_strategy": "*busy",			// strategy in case of concurrent requests reached	
+	"caps_stats_interval": "0",			// the interval duration we sample for caps stats ( 0 to disabled )
 	"shutdown_timeout": "1s"			// the duration to wait until all services are stopped
 },
 
diff --git a/cores/core.go b/cores/core.go
index cda07e0f8..43c396208 100644
--- a/cores/core.go
+++ b/cores/core.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func NewCoreService(cfg *config.CGRConfig, caps *engine.Caps, fileCPU io.Closer,
 		CapsStats:  st,
 		fileCPU:    fileCPU,
 		fileMEM:    fileMem,
+		caps:       caps,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ type CoreService struct {
 	fileMEM    string
 	fileCPU    io.Closer
 	fileMx     sync.Mutex
+	caps       *engine.Caps
 }
 
 // Shutdown is called to shutdown the service
@@ -141,6 +143,12 @@ func (cS *CoreService) V1Status(_ *context.Context, _ *utils.TenantWithAPIOpts,
 	}
 	response[utils.RunningSince] = utils.GetStartTime()
 	response[utils.GoVersion] = runtime.Version()
+	if cS.cfg.CoreSCfg().Caps != 0 {
+		response[utils.CAPSAllocated] = cS.caps.Allocated()
+		if cS.cfg.CoreSCfg().CapsStatsInterval != 0 {
+			response[utils.CAPSPeak] = cS.CapsStats.GetPeak()
+		}
+	}
 	*reply = response
 	return
 }
diff --git a/cores/core_test.go b/cores/core_test.go
index 91bb1c9ec..d7ecc9d87 100644
--- a/cores/core_test.go
+++ b/cores/core_test.go
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@ func TestNewCoreService(t *testing.T) {
 		stopMemPrf: stopMemPrf,
 		cfg:        cfgDflt,
 		CapsStats:  sts,
+		caps:       caps,
 	}
 
 	rcv := NewCoreService(cfgDflt, caps, nil, "/tmp", stopchan, shdWg, stopMemPrf, shdChan)
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, rcv) {
-		t.Errorf("Expected %+v, received %+v", utils.ToJSON(expected), utils.ToJSON(rcv))
+		t.Errorf("Expected %+v, received %+v", expected, rcv)
 	}
 	close(stopchan)
 	//shut down the service
diff --git a/data/ansible/roles/kafka/defaults/main.yaml b/data/ansible/roles/kafka/defaults/main.yaml
index 67d93bd48..c39738eea 100644
--- a/data/ansible/roles/kafka/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/data/ansible/roles/kafka/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 kafka_download_base_url: https://downloads.apache.org/kafka
 kafka_download_validate_certs: yes
-kafka_version: 3.6.0
+kafka_version: 3.7.0
 kafka_scala_version: 2.13
 
 # The kafka user and group to create files/dirs with and for running the kafka service
diff --git a/data/conf/samples/caps_peak/cgrates.json b/data/conf/samples/caps_peak/cgrates.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df3444efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/conf/samples/caps_peak/cgrates.json
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{
+
+    "general": {
+        "log_level": 7,
+        "node_id": "CAPSPeakEngine",
+        "reply_timeout": "50s",
+    },
+    
+    
+    "cores": {
+        "caps": 2,							
+        "caps_strategy": "*queue",
+        "caps_stats_interval":"100ms"
+    },
+    
+    
+    "listen": {
+        "rpc_json": ":2012",
+        "rpc_gob": ":2013",
+        "http": ":2080"
+    },
+    
+    
+    "data_db": {								// database used to store runtime data (eg: accounts, cdr stats)
+        "db_type": "redis",						// data_db type: <redis|mongo>
+        "db_port": 6379, 						// data_db port to reach the database
+        "db_name": "10" 						// data_db database name to connect to
+    },
+    
+    
+    "stor_db": {
+        "db_password": "CGRateS.org"
+    },
+    
+    
+    "apiers": {
+        "enabled": true
+    },
+    
+    
+    "sessions": {
+        "enabled": true,
+        "listen_bijson": "127.0.0.1:2014"
+    },
+    
+    
+    }
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data/storage/mongo/setup_cgr_db.sh b/data/storage/mongo/setup_cgr_db.sh
index fb9062e01..c4f26710c 100755
--- a/data/storage/mongo/setup_cgr_db.sh
+++ b/data/storage/mongo/setup_cgr_db.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 
-mongo --quiet create_user.js
+mongosh --quiet create_user.js
 cu=$?
 
 if [ $cu = 0 ]; then
diff --git a/utils/consts.go b/utils/consts.go
index ca27af31f..f7e9d68d8 100644
--- a/utils/consts.go
+++ b/utils/consts.go
@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ const (
 	UpdatedAt                = "UpdatedAt"
 	NodeID                   = "NodeID"
 	ActiveGoroutines         = "ActiveGoroutines"
+	CAPSAllocated            = "CAPSAllocated"
+	CAPSPeak                 = "CAPSPeak"
 	MemoryUsage              = "MemoryUsage"
 	RunningSince             = "RunningSince"
 	GoVersion                = "GoVersion"