diff --git a/facefusion/apis/api_helper.py b/facefusion/apis/api_helper.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65047146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/facefusion/apis/api_helper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
+from starlette.datastructures import Headers
+from starlette.types import Scope
+
+
+def get_sec_websocket_protocol(scope : Scope) -> Optional[str]:
+	protocol_header = Headers(scope = scope).get('Sec-WebSocket-Protocol')
+
+	if protocol_header:
+		protocol, _, _ = protocol_header.partition(',')
+		return protocol.strip()
+
+	return None
+
diff --git a/facefusion/apis/core.py b/facefusion/apis/core.py
index 67a08502..10541ba9 100644
--- a/facefusion/apis/core.py
+++ b/facefusion/apis/core.py
@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
 from starlette.applications import Starlette
 from starlette.middleware import Middleware
 from starlette.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
-from starlette.routing import Route
+from starlette.routing import Route, WebSocketRoute
 
-from facefusion.apis.session import create_session
-from facefusion.apis.session import create_session_guard
-from facefusion.apis.session import destroy_session
-from facefusion.apis.session import get_session
-from facefusion.apis.session import refresh_session
-from facefusion.apis.state import get_state
-from facefusion.apis.state import set_state
+from facefusion.apis.ping import websocket_ping
+from facefusion.apis.session import create_session, create_session_guard, destroy_session, get_session, refresh_session
+from facefusion.apis.state import get_state, set_state
 
 
 def create_api() -> Starlette:
 	session_guard = Middleware(create_session_guard)
 	routes =\
-	[
-		Route('/session', create_session, methods = [ 'POST' ]),
-		Route('/session', get_session, methods = [ 'GET' ], middleware = [ session_guard ]),
-		Route('/session', refresh_session, methods = [ 'PUT' ]),
-		Route('/session', destroy_session, methods = [ 'DELETE' ], middleware = [ session_guard ]),
-		Route('/state', get_state, methods = [ 'GET' ], middleware = [ session_guard ]),
-		Route('/state', set_state, methods = [ 'PUT' ], middleware = [ session_guard ])
-	]
+		[
+			Route('/session', create_session, methods = [ 'POST' ]),
+			Route('/session', get_session, methods = [ 'GET' ], middleware = [ session_guard ]),
+			Route('/session', refresh_session, methods = [ 'PUT' ]),
+			Route('/session', destroy_session, methods = [ 'DELETE' ], middleware = [ session_guard ]),
+			Route('/state', get_state, methods = [ 'GET' ], middleware = [ session_guard ]),
+			Route('/state', set_state, methods = [ 'PUT' ], middleware = [ session_guard ]),
+			WebSocketRoute('/ping', websocket_ping, middleware = [ session_guard ])
+		]
 
 	api = Starlette(routes = routes)
 	api.add_middleware(CORSMiddleware, allow_origins = [ '*' ], allow_methods = [ '*' ], allow_headers = [ '*' ])
diff --git a/facefusion/apis/ping.py b/facefusion/apis/ping.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f508c851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/facefusion/apis/ping.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from starlette.websockets import WebSocket
+
+from facefusion.apis.api_helper import get_sec_websocket_protocol
+
+
+async def websocket_ping(websocket : WebSocket) -> None:
+	subprotocol = get_sec_websocket_protocol(websocket.scope)
+
+	await websocket.accept(subprotocol = subprotocol)
+
+	try:
+		while True:
+			await websocket.receive()
+
+	except Exception:
+		pass
diff --git a/facefusion/apis/session.py b/facefusion/apis/session.py
index 52636dd0..59b24b38 100644
--- a/facefusion/apis/session.py
+++ b/facefusion/apis/session.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from starlette.status import HTTP_200_OK, HTTP_201_CREATED, HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZE
 from starlette.types import ASGIApp, Receive, Scope, Send
 
 from facefusion import session_context, session_manager, translator
+from facefusion.apis.api_helper import get_sec_websocket_protocol
 from facefusion.types import Token
 
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ async def create_session(request : Request) -> JSONResponse:
 
 
 async def get_session(request : Request) -> JSONResponse:
-	access_token = extract_access_token(request.headers)
+	access_token = extract_access_token(request.scope)
 
 	if access_token:
 		session_id = session_manager.find_session_id(access_token)
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ async def refresh_session(request : Request) -> JSONResponse:
 
 
 async def destroy_session(request : Request) -> JSONResponse:
-	access_token = extract_access_token(request.headers)
+	access_token = extract_access_token(request.scope)
 
 	if access_token:
 		session_id = session_manager.find_session_id(access_token)
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ async def destroy_session(request : Request) -> JSONResponse:
 
 def create_session_guard(app : ASGIApp) -> ASGIApp:
 	async def middleware(scope : Scope, receive : Receive, send : Send) -> None:
-		access_token = extract_access_token(Headers(scope = scope))
+		access_token = extract_access_token(scope)
 
 		if access_token:
 			session_id = session_manager.find_session_id(access_token)
@@ -124,13 +125,23 @@ def create_session_guard(app : ASGIApp) -> ASGIApp:
 	return middleware
 
 
-def extract_access_token(headers : Headers) -> Optional[Token]:
-	auth_header = headers.get('Authorization')
+def extract_access_token(scope : Scope) -> Optional[Token]:
+	if scope.get('type') == 'http':
+		auth_header = Headers(scope = scope).get('Authorization')
 
-	if auth_header:
-		auth_prefix, _, access_token = auth_header.partition(' ')
+		if auth_header:
+			auth_prefix, _, access_token = auth_header.partition(' ')
 
-		if auth_prefix.lower() == 'bearer' and access_token:
-			return access_token
+			if auth_prefix.lower() == 'bearer' and access_token:
+				return access_token
+
+	if scope.get('type') == 'websocket':
+		subprotocol = get_sec_websocket_protocol(scope)
+
+		if subprotocol:
+			protocol_prefix, _, access_token = subprotocol.partition('.')
+
+			if protocol_prefix == 'access_token' and access_token:
+				return access_token
 
 	return None
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 26369c79..7184307b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ tqdm==4.67.3
 scipy==1.17.1
 starlette==0.50.0
 uvicorn==0.34.0
+websockets==15.0.1
diff --git a/tests/test_api_ping.py b/tests/test_api_ping.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..138da435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_api_ping.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from typing import Iterator
+
+import pytest
+from starlette.testclient import TestClient
+
+from facefusion import metadata, session_manager
+from facefusion.apis.core import create_api
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope = 'module')
+def test_client() -> Iterator[TestClient]:
+	with TestClient(create_api()) as test_client:
+		yield test_client
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope = 'function', autouse = True)
+def before_each() -> None:
+	session_manager.SESSIONS.clear()
+
+
+def test_ping(test_client : TestClient) -> None:
+	create_session_response = test_client.post('/session', json =
+	{
+		'client_version': metadata.get('version')
+	})
+	create_session_body = create_session_response.json()
+
+	with test_client.websocket_connect('/ping', subprotocols =
+	[
+		'access_token.' + create_session_body.get('access_token')
+	]) as websocket:
+		assert websocket