diff --git a/src/streaming.rs b/src/streaming.rs
index 4e3cb1f..2975ede 100644
--- a/src/streaming.rs
+++ b/src/streaming.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ macro_rules! emit_event {
 
 const WS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
 
+/// Keepalive ping interval (client -> server).
+const WS_PING_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
+
+/// If no inbound frame (including the Pong replying to our keepalive ping)
+/// arrives within this window, the connection is treated as half-open
+/// (a "zombie" socket where the OS still reports ESTABLISHED but the peer
+/// is silently gone) and we force a reconnect. 3x the ping interval, so a
+/// live connection tolerates losing two consecutive pongs before tripping.
+const WS_READ_IDLE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(90);
+
 fn ws_config() -> WebSocketConfig {
     let mut config = WebSocketConfig::default();
     config.max_message_size = Some(10 * 1024 * 1024); // 10 MB
@@ -873,6 +883,14 @@ enum WsExitReason {
 
 const MAX_BACKOFF_SECS: u64 = 30;
 
+/// Equal Jitter: returns a randomized backoff duration in `[backoff/2, backoff]`.
+/// The floor (backoff/2) prevents a fast-failing connect from busy-looping,
+/// while the randomization de-synchronizes reconnects across accounts.
+fn backoff_with_jitter(backoff_secs: u64) -> Duration {
+    let half = backoff_secs as f64 / 2.0;
+    Duration::from_secs_f64(half + half * rand::random::<f64>())
+}
+
 /// Top-level task that handles reconnection with exponential backoff.
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 async fn connection_task(
@@ -919,8 +937,11 @@ async fn connection_task(
             }
         );
 
-        // Wait with backoff, but listen for Shutdown during the wait
-        let sleep = tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(backoff_secs));
+        // Wait with backoff, but listen for Shutdown during the wait.
+        // Equal Jitter (sleep in [backoff/2, backoff]) de-syncs reconnects
+        // across accounts while keeping a floor, so a fast-failing connect
+        // (immediate TCP RST) can't spin into a hot retry loop.
+        let sleep = tokio::time::sleep(backoff_with_jitter(backoff_secs));
         tokio::pin!(sleep);
 
         let shutdown_during_wait = loop {
@@ -1062,12 +1083,21 @@ async fn ws_loop(
     cmd_rx: &mut mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<WsCommand>,
     subscriptions: &Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, SubscriptionInfo>>>,
 ) -> WsExitReason {
-    let mut ping_interval = tokio::time::interval(Duration::from_secs(30));
+    let mut ping_interval = tokio::time::interval(WS_PING_INTERVAL);
     ping_interval.tick().await; // skip the first immediate tick
 
+    // Read-idle watchdog: any inbound frame (data, server Ping, or the Pong
+    // replying to our keepalive ping) proves the link is alive and resets the
+    // deadline. If it elapses, the connection is half-open and we reconnect.
+    let idle = tokio::time::sleep(WS_READ_IDLE_TIMEOUT);
+    tokio::pin!(idle);
+
     loop {
         tokio::select! {
             msg = read.next() => {
+                if matches!(msg, Some(Ok(_))) {
+                    idle.as_mut().reset(tokio::time::Instant::now() + WS_READ_IDLE_TIMEOUT);
+                }
                 match msg {
                     Some(Ok(Message::Text(text))) => {
                         let emitter_c = emitter.clone();
@@ -1146,6 +1176,10 @@ async fn ws_loop(
                     return WsExitReason::Disconnected;
                 }
             }
+            _ = &mut idle => {
+                tracing::warn!(account_id, "read idle timeout: half-open connection detected, reconnecting");
+                return WsExitReason::Disconnected;
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1681,3 +1715,33 @@ async fn polling_loop(
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn backoff_jitter_stays_within_equal_jitter_bounds() {
+        // Equal Jitter must always land in [backoff/2, backoff] and never panic
+        // (from_secs_f64 panics on negative/NaN). Sample across the backoff range.
+        for backoff_secs in [1u64, 2, 4, 8, 16, MAX_BACKOFF_SECS] {
+            let lo = backoff_secs as f64 / 2.0;
+            let hi = backoff_secs as f64;
+            for _ in 0..1000 {
+                let d = backoff_with_jitter(backoff_secs).as_secs_f64();
+                assert!(
+                    d >= lo && d <= hi,
+                    "backoff {backoff_secs}s jittered to {d}s, outside [{lo}, {hi}]"
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn read_idle_timeout_exceeds_ping_interval() {
+        // The watchdog must outlast the ping cadence, otherwise a live but quiet
+        // connection (only kept alive by ping/pong) would be falsely torn down.
+        // 3x gives margin for two consecutive lost pongs.
+        assert!(WS_READ_IDLE_TIMEOUT >= WS_PING_INTERVAL * 3);
+    }
+}