diff --git a/include/MonitorHealthDecision.h b/include/MonitorHealthDecision.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b186fec87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/MonitorHealthDecision.h
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/**
+ * @file MonitorHealthDecision.h
+ * @brief Pure decision functions for monitor health state transitions.
+ *
+ * Extracted from MySQL_Monitor, MySrvC, and MyHGC for unit testability.
+ * These functions have no global state dependencies — all inputs are
+ * passed as parameters.
+ *
+ * @see Phase 3.3 (GitHub issue #5491)
+ */
+
+#ifndef MONITOR_HEALTH_DECISION_H
+#define MONITOR_HEALTH_DECISION_H
+
+#include <ctime>
+
+/**
+ * @brief Determine if a server should be shunned based on connect errors.
+ *
+ * Mirrors the logic in MySrvC::connect_error() — a server is shunned
+ * when errors in the current second reach min(shun_on_failures,
+ * connect_retries_on_failure + 1).
+ *
+ * @param errors_this_second   Number of connect errors in the current second.
+ * @param shun_on_failures     Config: mysql-shun_on_failures.
+ * @param connect_retries      Config: mysql-connect_retries_on_failure.
+ * @return true if the error count meets or exceeds the shunning threshold.
+ */
+bool should_shun_on_connect_errors(
+	unsigned int errors_this_second,
+	int shun_on_failures,
+	int connect_retries
+);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Determine if a shunned server can be brought back online.
+ *
+ * Mirrors the recovery logic in MyHGC's server scan loop. A server
+ * can be unshunned when:
+ *   1. Enough time has elapsed since the last detected error.
+ *   2. If shunned_and_kill_all_connections is true, all connections
+ *      (both used and free) must be fully drained first.
+ *
+ * @param time_last_error          Timestamp of the last detected error.
+ * @param current_time             Current time.
+ * @param shun_recovery_time_sec   Config: mysql-shun_recovery_time_sec.
+ * @param connect_timeout_max_ms   Config: mysql-connect_timeout_server_max (milliseconds).
+ * @param kill_all_conns           Whether shunned_and_kill_all_connections is set.
+ * @param connections_used         Number of in-use connections.
+ * @param connections_free         Number of idle connections.
+ * @return true if the server can be unshunned.
+ */
+bool can_unshun_server(
+	time_t time_last_error,
+	time_t current_time,
+	int shun_recovery_time_sec,
+	int connect_timeout_max_ms,
+	bool kill_all_conns,
+	unsigned int connections_used,
+	unsigned int connections_free
+);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Determine if a server should be shunned for replication lag.
+ *
+ * Mirrors the replication lag check in MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.
+ * A server is shunned when its replication lag exceeds max_replication_lag
+ * for N consecutive checks (where N = monitor_replication_lag_count).
+ *
+ * @param current_lag          Measured replication lag in seconds (-1 = unknown).
+ * @param max_replication_lag  Configured max lag threshold (0 = disabled).
+ * @param consecutive_count    Number of consecutive checks exceeding threshold.
+ * @param count_threshold      Config: mysql-monitor_replication_lag_count.
+ * @return true if the server should be shunned for replication lag.
+ */
+bool should_shun_on_replication_lag(
+	int current_lag,
+	unsigned int max_replication_lag,
+	unsigned int consecutive_count,
+	int count_threshold
+);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Determine if a server shunned for replication lag can be recovered.
+ *
+ * @param current_lag          Measured replication lag in seconds.
+ * @param max_replication_lag  Configured max lag threshold.
+ * @return true if the server's lag is now within acceptable bounds.
+ */
+bool can_recover_from_replication_lag(
+	int current_lag,
+	unsigned int max_replication_lag
+);
+
+#endif // MONITOR_HEALTH_DECISION_H
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 932cc386e..f7f24075c 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ _OBJ_CXX := ProxySQL_GloVars.oo network.oo debug.oo configfile.oo Query_Cache.oo
 	PgSQL_Variables_Validator.oo PgSQL_ExplicitTxnStateMgr.oo \
 	PgSQL_PreparedStatement.oo PgSQL_Extended_Query_Message.oo \
 	pgsql_tokenizer.oo \
+	MonitorHealthDecision.oo \
 	proxy_sqlite3_symbols.oo
 
 # TSDB object files
diff --git a/lib/MonitorHealthDecision.cpp b/lib/MonitorHealthDecision.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..451537e30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/MonitorHealthDecision.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/**
+ * @file MonitorHealthDecision.cpp
+ * @brief Implementation of pure monitor health decision functions.
+ *
+ * These functions extract the decision logic from MySrvC::connect_error(),
+ * MyHGC's unshun recovery loop, and MySQL_HostGroups_Manager's replication
+ * lag check. They are intentionally free of global state and I/O.
+ *
+ * @see MonitorHealthDecision.h
+ * @see Phase 3.3 (GitHub issue #5491)
+ */
+
+#include "MonitorHealthDecision.h"
+
+bool should_shun_on_connect_errors(
+	unsigned int errors_this_second,
+	int shun_on_failures,
+	int connect_retries)
+{
+	// Mirror MySrvC::connect_error() threshold logic:
+	// max_failures = min(shun_on_failures, connect_retries + 1)
+	int connect_retries_plus_1 = connect_retries + 1;
+	int max_failures = (shun_on_failures > connect_retries_plus_1)
+		? connect_retries_plus_1
+		: shun_on_failures;
+
+	return (errors_this_second >= (unsigned int)max_failures);
+}
+
+bool can_unshun_server(
+	time_t time_last_error,
+	time_t current_time,
+	int shun_recovery_time_sec,
+	int connect_timeout_max_ms,
+	bool kill_all_conns,
+	unsigned int connections_used,
+	unsigned int connections_free)
+{
+	if (shun_recovery_time_sec == 0) {
+		return false;  // recovery disabled
+	}
+
+	// Mirror MyHGC recovery: compute max_wait_sec with timeout cap
+	int max_wait_sec;
+	if (shun_recovery_time_sec * 1000 >= connect_timeout_max_ms) {
+		max_wait_sec = connect_timeout_max_ms / 1000 - 1;
+	} else {
+		max_wait_sec = shun_recovery_time_sec;
+	}
+	if (max_wait_sec < 1) {
+		max_wait_sec = 1;
+	}
+
+	// Time check
+	if (current_time <= time_last_error) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	if ((current_time - time_last_error) <= max_wait_sec) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	// Connection drain check for kill-all mode
+	if (kill_all_conns) {
+		if (connections_used != 0 || connections_free != 0) {
+			return false;  // connections still draining
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool should_shun_on_replication_lag(
+	int current_lag,
+	unsigned int max_replication_lag,
+	unsigned int consecutive_count,
+	int count_threshold)
+{
+	// Mirror MySQL_HostGroups_Manager replication lag logic
+	if (current_lag < 0) {
+		return false;  // lag unknown, don't shun
+	}
+	if (max_replication_lag == 0) {
+		return false;  // lag check disabled
+	}
+	if (current_lag <= (int)max_replication_lag) {
+		return false;  // within threshold
+	}
+
+	// Lag exceeds threshold — check consecutive count
+	// The caller is expected to have incremented consecutive_count
+	// before calling this function
+	return (consecutive_count >= (unsigned int)count_threshold);
+}
+
+bool can_recover_from_replication_lag(
+	int current_lag,
+	unsigned int max_replication_lag)
+{
+	// Mirror MySQL_HostGroups_Manager unshun for replication lag:
+	// recover when lag drops to <= max_replication_lag
+	if (current_lag < 0) {
+		return false;  // unknown lag, don't recover
+	}
+	return (current_lag <= (int)max_replication_lag);
+}