HA WebSocket API - Ping/Pong

Third party integrations
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The HA WebSocket API documentation talks about periodically sending a ping and receiving a pong in response to keep the connection alive between an external system and HA. However, there isn’t any guidance included in the documentation on how often a ping needs to be sent.

So, how often should a ping be sent to keep the connection alive between an external system and HA when using the WebSocket API?

Thanks in advance for the help

2

Looking at the debug log of one of my add-ons, it seems to be every 20 seconds. I believe network idle timeouts are usually around 60 seconds.

3

Thanks @jackjourneyman !

I’ve been running mine at 5 minutes and haven’t seen a disconnect (yet :grinning:). I’m just not sure what HA is really looking for.
Thanks again.

4

I don’t think it’s looking for anything - just trying to prevent a timeout by the external system.

5

Thanks @jackjourneyman . Sorry I wasn’t being clear. What I meant to say was that I’m not sure how often HA expects to receive a PING to keep the connection alive.
Thanks again