diff --git a/src/modules/coreHttpApi/CoreHttpApiModule.ts b/src/modules/coreHttpApi/CoreHttpApiModule.ts
index ab594c69..da64fc26 100644
--- a/src/modules/coreHttpApi/CoreHttpApiModule.ts
+++ b/src/modules/coreHttpApi/CoreHttpApiModule.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ export default class CoreHttpApiModule extends ConnectorRuntimeModule<CoreHttpAp
         }
 
         this.runtime.infrastructure.httpServer.addControllers(["controllers/*.js", "controllers/*.ts", "!controllers/*.d.ts"], this.baseDirectory);
+
+        if (this.connectorMode === "debug") {
+            this.runtime.infrastructure.httpServer.addControllers(["debug-controllers/*.js", "debug-controllers/*.ts", "!debug-controllers/*.d.ts"], this.baseDirectory);
+        }
     }
 
     private addDocumentation() {
diff --git a/src/modules/coreHttpApi/debug-controllers/IdentityDeletionController.ts b/src/modules/coreHttpApi/debug-controllers/IdentityDeletionController.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a267e4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/coreHttpApi/debug-controllers/IdentityDeletionController.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { TransportServices } from "@nmshd/runtime";
+import { Inject } from "@nmshd/typescript-ioc";
+import { Accept, DELETE, GET, Path, POST } from "@nmshd/typescript-rest";
+import { Envelope } from "../../../infrastructure";
+import { BaseController } from "../common/BaseController";
+
+@Path("/api/v2/IdentityDeletionProcess")
+export class IdentityDeletionProcessController extends BaseController {
+    public constructor(@Inject private readonly transportServices: TransportServices) {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    @POST
+    @Accept("application/json")
+    public async initiateIdentityDeletionProcess(): Promise<Envelope> {
+        const result = await this.transportServices.identityDeletionProcesses.initiateIdentityDeletionProcess();
+        return this.ok(result);
+    }
+
+    @GET
+    @Accept("application/json")
+    public async getActiveIdentityDeletionProcess(): Promise<Envelope> {
+        const result = await this.transportServices.identityDeletionProcesses.getActiveIdentityDeletionProcess();
+        return this.ok(result);
+    }
+
+    @DELETE
+    @Accept("application/json")
+    public async cancelIdentityDeletionProcess(): Promise<Envelope> {
+        const result = await this.transportServices.identityDeletionProcesses.cancelIdentityDeletionProcess();
+        return this.ok(result);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/debug/identityDeletionProcess.test.ts b/test/debug/identityDeletionProcess.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..657569d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/debug/identityDeletionProcess.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { ConnectorClient } from "@nmshd/connector-sdk";
+import { AxiosInstance } from "axios";
+import { DateTime } from "luxon";
+import { Launcher } from "../lib/Launcher";
+import { getTimeout } from "../lib/setTimeout";
+
+const launcher = new Launcher();
+let client: ConnectorClient;
+let axiosInstance: AxiosInstance;
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+    [client] = await launcher.launch(1);
+
+    axiosInstance = (client.account as any).httpClient;
+}, getTimeout(30000));
+afterAll(() => launcher.stop());
+
+interface IdentityDeletionProcess {
+    id: string;
+    status: "WaitingForApproval" | "Rejected" | "Approved" | "Cancelled";
+    createdAt?: string;
+    createdByDevice?: string;
+    approvalPeriodEndsAt?: string;
+    rejectedAt?: string;
+    rejectedByDevice?: string;
+    approvedAt?: string;
+    approvedByDevice?: string;
+    gracePeriodEndsAt?: string;
+    cancelledAt?: string;
+    cancelledByDevice?: string;
+}
+
+describe("Identity Deletion Process", () => {
+    afterEach(async () => await axiosInstance.delete("/api/v2/IdentityDeletionProcess"));
+
+    test("should return 400 when no identity deletion process is active", async () => {
+        const getResult = await axiosInstance.get("/api/v2/IdentityDeletionProcess");
+        expect(getResult.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+
+    test("should start an identity deletion and get its status", async () => {
+        const response = await axiosInstance.post<{ result: IdentityDeletionProcess }>("/api/v2/IdentityDeletionProcess");
+
+        expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+        const identityDeletionProcess = response.data.result;
+        expect(identityDeletionProcess.status).toBe("Approved");
+        expect(DateTime.fromISO(identityDeletionProcess.gracePeriodEndsAt!).toMillis()).toBeGreaterThan(DateTime.now().toMillis());
+    });
+
+    test("should get the active identity deletion process", async () => {
+        const initiateResult = await axiosInstance.post<{ result: IdentityDeletionProcess }>("/api/v2/IdentityDeletionProcess");
+        expect(initiateResult.status).toBe(200);
+        const identityDeletionProcess = initiateResult.data.result;
+
+        const getResult = await axiosInstance.get<{ result: IdentityDeletionProcess }>("/api/v2/IdentityDeletionProcess");
+        expect(getResult.status).toBe(200);
+        expect(getResult.data.result.status).toBe(identityDeletionProcess.status);
+        expect(getResult.data.result.gracePeriodEndsAt).toBe(identityDeletionProcess.gracePeriodEndsAt);
+    });
+
+    test("should return 400 when trying to start a new identity deletion process", async () => {
+        const initiateResult = await axiosInstance.post<{ result: IdentityDeletionProcess }>("/api/v2/IdentityDeletionProcess");
+        expect(initiateResult.status).toBe(200);
+
+        const initiateResult2 = await axiosInstance.post("/api/v2/IdentityDeletionProcess");
+        expect(initiateResult2.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+
+    test("should cancel an identity deletion", async () => {
+        const initiateResult = await axiosInstance.post<{ result: IdentityDeletionProcess }>("/api/v2/IdentityDeletionProcess");
+        expect(initiateResult.status).toBe(200);
+
+        const cancelResult = await axiosInstance.delete("/api/v2/IdentityDeletionProcess");
+        expect(cancelResult.status).toBe(200);
+        expect(cancelResult.data.result.status).toBe("Cancelled");
+
+        const getResult = await axiosInstance.get("/api/v2/IdentityDeletionProcess");
+        expect(getResult.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/test/lib/Launcher.ts b/test/lib/Launcher.ts
index 15fc1bda..dafa80c4 100644
--- a/test/lib/Launcher.ts
+++ b/test/lib/Launcher.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,6 @@ export class Launcher {
 
     public stopClient(connector: ChildProcess, webhookServer: Server | undefined): void {
         connector.kill();
-        webhookServer?.close();
+        connector.on("exit", () => webhookServer?.close());
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/spec.test.ts b/test/spec.test.ts
index 1e680994..32e0f5c5 100644
--- a/test/spec.test.ts
+++ b/test/spec.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe("test openapi spec against routes", () => {
     beforeAll(async () => {
         manualOpenApiSpec = yamljs.load("src/modules/coreHttpApi/openapi.yml");
 
-        const files = "src/modules/**/*.ts";
+        const files = "src/modules/coreHttpApi/controllers/**/*.ts";
         const metadata = new MetadataGenerator([files], "tsconfig.json").generate();
         const defaultOptions = {
             basePath: "/",