diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/json-rpc-gateway-heartbeat.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/json-rpc-gateway-heartbeat.test.ts
index 549334b027..949d99eb00 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/json-rpc-gateway-heartbeat.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/json-rpc-gateway-heartbeat.test.ts
@@ -131,4 +131,45 @@ describe('JsonRpcGatewayClient heartbeat recovery', () => {
 
     expect(methods).toEqual(['client.capabilities'])
   })
+
+  // A hidden window's intensive wake-up throttling fires the 15 s heartbeat
+  // once a minute; the backend answers each ping at once, so the newest pong
+  // is ~60 s old at every tick. Only an UNANSWERED ping is peer silence.
+  it('keeps an answered socket open across throttled 60 s ticks and drops it once a ping goes unanswered', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    vi.stubGlobal('WebSocket', { OPEN: FakeSocket.OPEN })
+    const socket = new FakeSocket()
+
+    const client = new JsonRpcGatewayClient({
+      heartbeatDeadlineMs: 45,
+      heartbeatIntervalMs: 15,
+      socketFactory: () => socket as unknown as WebSocket
+    })
+
+    const connected = client.connect('ws://gateway.test/api/ws')
+    socket.emit('open')
+    await connected
+    socket.message({ jsonrpc: '2.0', method: 'event', params: { type: 'gateway.ready', payload: { heartbeat: true } } })
+
+    const pings = () =>
+      socket.sent.map(text => JSON.parse(text) as { id: string; method: string }).filter(f => f.method === 'gateway.ping')
+
+    // One throttled tick: the clock moves 60 with only the last interval run.
+    const throttledTick = async () => {
+      vi.setSystemTime(Date.now() + 45)
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(15)
+    }
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+      await throttledTick()
+      socket.message({ id: pings().at(-1)!.id, jsonrpc: '2.0', result: { ok: true } })
+    }
+
+    expect(pings()).toHaveLength(5)
+    expect(client.connectionState).toBe('open')
+
+    await throttledTick()
+    await throttledTick()
+    expect(client.connectionState).toBe('closed')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/apps/shared/src/json-rpc-channel.ts b/apps/shared/src/json-rpc-channel.ts
index ecc3a7627a..3dc139784a 100644
--- a/apps/shared/src/json-rpc-channel.ts
+++ b/apps/shared/src/json-rpc-channel.ts
@@ -533,12 +533,20 @@ export class JsonRpcRequestChannel {
       return
     }
 
+    // Silence is judged against the last ping we actually sent. A hidden
+    // Chromium window spaces these ticks 60 s apart (intensive wake-up
+    // throttling), so the previous ping's pong is ~60 s old at every tick;
+    // a deadline on its age alone dropped every idle hidden socket.
+    let lastPingAt = 0
+
     this.heartbeatTimer = setInterval(() => {
       if (this.transport !== transport) {
         return
       }
 
-      if (Date.now() - this.lastLivenessAt >= this.options.heartbeatDeadlineMs) {
+      const now = Date.now()
+
+      if (lastPingAt > this.lastLivenessAt && now - this.lastLivenessAt >= this.options.heartbeatDeadlineMs) {
         this.failHeartbeat(new Error('WebSocket heartbeat acknowledgement timed out'))
 
         return
@@ -554,6 +562,8 @@ export class JsonRpcRequestChannel {
         this.outstandingPings.delete(this.outstandingPings.values().next().value as string)
       }
 
+      lastPingAt = now
+
       try {
         transport.send(JSON.stringify({ jsonrpc: '2.0', id, method: 'gateway.ping', params: {} }))
       } catch (error) {