diff --git a/addons/loki/scripts/check-index-gateway-ring.sh b/addons/loki/scripts/check-index-gateway-ring.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..32c087a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/loki/scripts/check-index-gateway-ring.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# check-index-gateway-ring.sh
+# Check if index gateway ring has ACTIVE instances
+# This script is used in startupProbe and readinessProbe
+# Uses curl from tools volume (copied by initContainer)
+
+LOCAL_PORT="${SERVER_HTTP_PORT:-3100}"
+CURL="/kb-tools/curl"
+
+# Check if curl is available
+if [ ! -x "$CURL" ]; then
+    echo "curl not found at $CURL"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if Loki service is ready
+if ! "$CURL" -sf "http://localhost:${LOCAL_PORT}/ready" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Loki service not ready"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check index gateway ring for ACTIVE instances
+RING_HTML=$("$CURL" -sf "http://localhost:${LOCAL_PORT}/indexgateway/ring" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+if [ -z "$RING_HTML" ]; then
+    echo "Cannot access index gateway ring endpoint"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check HTML for ACTIVE status instances
+ACTIVE_COUNT=$(echo "$RING_HTML" | grep -o '<td>ACTIVE</td>' | wc -l || echo "0")
+if [ "$ACTIVE_COUNT" -eq "0" ]; then
+    echo "Index gateway ring is empty, no ACTIVE instances found"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Index gateway ring is ready with $ACTIVE_COUNT ACTIVE instance(s)"
+exit 0
diff --git a/addons/loki/scripts/wait-index-gateway-ring.sh b/addons/loki/scripts/wait-index-gateway-ring.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..55e3e3765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/loki/scripts/wait-index-gateway-ring.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# wait-index-gateway-ring.sh
+# Wait for at least one index gateway instance to be ACTIVE in the ring
+# This script is used as an init container for read/write components
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+BACKEND_SVC="${KB_CLUSTER_NAME}-backend"
+BACKEND_PORT="${SERVER_HTTP_PORT:-3100}"
+MAX_WAIT="${MAX_WAIT:-300}"  # 5 minutes default
+ELAPSED=0
+
+echo "Waiting for index gateway ring to be ready..."
+echo "Backend service: ${BACKEND_SVC}.${KB_NAMESPACE}.svc.${CLUSTER_DOMAIN}:${BACKEND_PORT}"
+echo "Max wait time: ${MAX_WAIT} seconds"
+
+while [ $ELAPSED -lt $MAX_WAIT ]; do
+    # Check if backend service is accessible
+    if curl -sf "http://${BACKEND_SVC}.${KB_NAMESPACE}.svc.${CLUSTER_DOMAIN}:${BACKEND_PORT}/ready" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+        # Check ring for ACTIVE instances (parse HTML)
+        RING_HTML=$(curl -sf "http://${BACKEND_SVC}.${KB_NAMESPACE}.svc.${CLUSTER_DOMAIN}:${BACKEND_PORT}/indexgateway/ring" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+        if [ -n "$RING_HTML" ]; then
+            ACTIVE_COUNT=$(echo "$RING_HTML" | grep -o '<td>ACTIVE</td>' | wc -l || echo "0")
+            if [ "$ACTIVE_COUNT" -gt "0" ]; then
+                echo "Index gateway ring is ready with $ACTIVE_COUNT ACTIVE instance(s)"
+                exit 0
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+    echo "Waiting for index gateway ring... ($ELAPSED/$MAX_WAIT seconds)"
+    sleep 5
+    ELAPSED=$((ELAPSED + 5))
+done
+
+echo "Timeout waiting for index gateway ring after $MAX_WAIT seconds"
+exit 1
diff --git a/addons/loki/templates/_helpers.tpl b/addons/loki/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 66917afa7..66b676816 100644
--- a/addons/loki/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/addons/loki/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ Docker image name
 {{- if .Values.enterprise.enabled -}}{{- include "loki.enterpriseImage" . -}}{{- else -}}{{- include "loki.lokiImage" . -}}{{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
+
 {{/*
 write fullname
 */}}
@@ -275,6 +276,23 @@ Define loki write component definition regular expression name prefix
 ^loki-write-
 {{- end -}}
 
+{{/*
+Define loki scripts configMap template name
+*/}}
+{{- define "loki.scriptsTemplate" -}}
+loki-scripts-{{ .Chart.Version }}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Generate loki scripts configmap
+*/}}
+{{- define "loki.extend.scripts" -}}
+{{- range $path, $_ :=  $.Files.Glob "scripts/**" }}
+{{ $path | base }}: |-
+{{- $.Files.Get $path | nindent 2 }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
 {{/*
 object storage serviceRef declarations
 */}}
diff --git a/addons/loki/templates/cmpd-read.yaml b/addons/loki/templates/cmpd-read.yaml
index de4532863..6024f0f86 100644
--- a/addons/loki/templates/cmpd-read.yaml
+++ b/addons/loki/templates/cmpd-read.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,26 @@ spec:
             topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
     securityContext:
       fsGroup: 10001
+    initContainers:
+      - name: wait-index-gateway
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.images.curl.pullPolicy }}
+        command:
+          - /bin/sh
+          - -c
+          - |
+            # Copy curl to tools volume for use in probes
+            cp /bin/curl /kb-tools/curl
+
+            # Execute wait script
+            /kb-scripts/wait-index-gateway-ring.sh
+        env:
+          - name: MAX_WAIT
+            value: "300"
+        volumeMounts:
+          - name: scripts
+            mountPath: /kb-scripts
+          - name: tools
+            mountPath: /kb-tools
     containers:
       - name: read
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.images.pullPolicy }}
@@ -69,18 +89,26 @@ spec:
           - containerPort: {{ .Values.server.httpMemberlistPort }}
             name: http-memberlist
             protocol: TCP
+        startupProbe:
+          exec:
+            command:
+              - /kb-scripts/check-index-gateway-ring.sh
+          initialDelaySeconds: 10
+          periodSeconds: 5
+          timeoutSeconds: 3
+          successThreshold: 1
+          failureThreshold: 60
         readinessProbe:
-          failureThreshold: 3
-          httpGet:
-            path: /ready
-            port: http-metrics
-            scheme: HTTP
+          exec:
+            command:
+              - /kb-scripts/check-index-gateway-ring.sh
           initialDelaySeconds: 15
           periodSeconds: 10
+          timeoutSeconds: 3
           successThreshold: 1
-          timeoutSeconds: 1
+          failureThreshold: 3
         volumeMounts:
-          - mountPath: /etc/loki/config          
+          - mountPath: /etc/loki/config
             name: config
           - mountPath: /etc/loki/runtime-config
             name: runtime-config
@@ -88,6 +116,13 @@ spec:
             name: tmp
           - mountPath: /var/loki
             name: data
+          - mountPath: /kb-scripts
+            name: scripts
+          - mountPath: /kb-tools
+            name: tools
+    volumes:
+      - emptyDir: {}
+        name: tools
   configs:
     - name: loki-config
       template: loki-tpl
@@ -99,6 +134,12 @@ spec:
       volumeName: runtime-config
       namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
       restartOnFileChange: true
+  scripts:
+    - name: loki-scripts
+      template: {{ include "loki.scriptsTemplate" . }}
+      namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+      volumeName: scripts
+      defaultMode: 0555
   vars:
     - name: SERVER_HTTP_PORT
       value: {{ .Values.server.httpMetricsPort | quote }}
diff --git a/addons/loki/templates/cmpd-write.yaml b/addons/loki/templates/cmpd-write.yaml
index a3873e41d..173f9b698 100644
--- a/addons/loki/templates/cmpd-write.yaml
+++ b/addons/loki/templates/cmpd-write.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,26 @@ spec:
             topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
     securityContext:
       fsGroup: 10001
+    initContainers:
+      - name: wait-index-gateway
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.images.curl.pullPolicy }}
+        command:
+          - /bin/sh
+          - -c
+          - |
+            # Copy curl to tools volume for use in probes
+            cp /bin/curl /kb-tools/curl
+
+            # Execute wait script
+            /kb-scripts/wait-index-gateway-ring.sh
+        env:
+          - name: MAX_WAIT
+            value: "300"
+        volumeMounts:
+          - name: scripts
+            mountPath: /kb-scripts
+          - name: tools
+            mountPath: /kb-tools
     containers:
       - name: write
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.images.pullPolicy }}
@@ -66,18 +86,26 @@ spec:
           - containerPort: {{ .Values.server.httpMemberlistPort }}
             name: http-memberlist
             protocol: TCP
+        startupProbe:
+          exec:
+            command:
+              - /kb-scripts/check-index-gateway-ring.sh
+          initialDelaySeconds: 10
+          periodSeconds: 5
+          timeoutSeconds: 3
+          successThreshold: 1
+          failureThreshold: 60
         readinessProbe:
-          failureThreshold: 3
-          httpGet:
-            path: /ready
-            port: http-metrics
-            scheme: HTTP
+          exec:
+            command:
+              - /kb-scripts/check-index-gateway-ring.sh
           initialDelaySeconds: 15
           periodSeconds: 10
+          timeoutSeconds: 3
           successThreshold: 1
-          timeoutSeconds: 1
+          failureThreshold: 3
         volumeMounts:
-          - mountPath: /etc/loki/config          
+          - mountPath: /etc/loki/config
             name: config
           - mountPath: /etc/loki/runtime-config
             name: runtime-config
@@ -85,6 +113,13 @@ spec:
             name: tmp
           - mountPath: /var/loki
             name: data
+          - mountPath: /kb-scripts
+            name: scripts
+          - mountPath: /kb-tools
+            name: tools
+    volumes:
+      - emptyDir: {}
+        name: tools
   configs:
     - name: loki-config
       template: loki-tpl
@@ -96,6 +131,12 @@ spec:
       volumeName: runtime-config
       namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
       restartOnFileChange: true
+  scripts:
+    - name: loki-scripts
+      template: {{ include "loki.scriptsTemplate" . }}
+      namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+      volumeName: scripts
+      defaultMode: 0555
   vars:
     - name: SERVER_HTTP_PORT
       value: {{ .Values.server.httpMetricsPort | quote }}
diff --git a/addons/loki/templates/cmpv.yaml b/addons/loki/templates/cmpv.yaml
index b8ff86f48..d869864a8 100644
--- a/addons/loki/templates/cmpv.yaml
+++ b/addons/loki/templates/cmpv.yaml
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ spec:
       serviceVersion: 1.0.0
       images:
         write: {{ .Values.images.registry | default "docker.io" }}/{{ .Values.images.repository }}:{{ .Values.images.tag }}
+        wait-index-gateway: {{ .Values.images.registry | default "docker.io" }}/{{ .Values.images.curl.repository }}:{{ .Values.images.curl.tag }}
     - name: read-1.0.0
       serviceVersion: 1.0.0
       images:
         read: {{ .Values.images.registry | default "docker.io" }}/{{ .Values.images.repository }}:{{ .Values.images.tag }}
+        wait-index-gateway: {{ .Values.images.registry | default "docker.io" }}/{{ .Values.images.curl.repository }}:{{ .Values.images.curl.tag }}
     - name: backend-1.0.0
       serviceVersion: 1.0.0
       images:
diff --git a/addons/loki/templates/scripts.yaml b/addons/loki/templates/scripts.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bcad142e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/loki/templates/scripts.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "loki.scriptsTemplate" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "loki.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- include "loki.annotations" . | nindent 4 }}
+data:
+  {{- with include "loki.extend.scripts" . }}
+  {{- . | nindent 2 }}
+  {{- end }}
diff --git a/addons/loki/values.yaml b/addons/loki/values.yaml
index a13ea5698..600e33118 100644
--- a/addons/loki/values.yaml
+++ b/addons/loki/values.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ images:
     tag: 1.24-alpine
     repository: nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  # Curl image for init container
+  curl:
+    repository: apecloud/curl-jq
+    tag: 0.1.0
+    pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 nameOverride: ""
 fullnameOverride: ""