ethersjs disconnects websocker after a while

Question

I'm using ethers.js to handle functions and listen events on ethereum for both mainnet and sepolia. I'm also using Alchemy as RPC provider.

I have created a service:

import { Injectable } from "@nestjs/common";
import { ethers } from "ethers";
import { LoggerService } from "src/logger/logger.service";
@Injectable()
export class RpcService {
 private readonly RPC_URL:any = process.env.ETH_RPC_WS_URL!;
 public provider:any;
 constructor(
 private readonly logger: LoggerService,
 ) {
 this.initializeProvider();
 }
 private initializeProvider() {
 this.provider = new ethers.WebSocketProvider(this.RPC_URL);
 // Keep the connection alive
 this.provider.websocket.on("open", () => {
 this.logger.log("RPC provider websocket connected");
 console.log("####################")
 console.log("----------- RPC provider websocket connected -----------");
 console.log("####################")
 setInterval(() => {
 this.provider.websocket.send("ping");
 }, 30000); // Send a ping every 30 seconds
 });
 // Reconnect on error or close
 this.provider.websocket.on("close", () => {
 this.logger.error("RPC provider websocket closed. Attempting to reconnect...");
 this.initializeProvider();
 });
 this.provider.websocket.on("error", (error:any) => {
 this.logger.error("RPC provider websocket error:", error);
 this.initializeProvider();
 });
 }
 
}

As you see I'm listening close and error messages on RPC websocket. I'm also sending "ping" message on every 30 seconds.

Sometimes I get error and shutdown messages from Alchemy. There is no problem with this. Because in these cases the websocket connection is reestablished anyway. However, sometimes the connection goes without receiving any message and the service I wrote above cannot listen to events and cannot call functions.

I don't think it is an error caused by Alchemy. Because I do not get an error when the same service is running simultaneously in my local.

I am not sure, but I think the ping message is not configured correctly. Also, I think ethersjs does not check if the connection is stable. When I restart the application, the error disappears completely.

At this point, how can I send the ping message to Alchemy properly and test the connection?

• johnny 5: Why arent you checking the response from the ping? You're just sending it but if it fails you probably wanna do something