diff --git a/orbisrpc/daemon.c b/orbisrpc/daemon.c
index fe9f2cf..1d463ac 100644
--- a/orbisrpc/daemon.c
+++ b/orbisrpc/daemon.c
@@ -168,12 +168,17 @@ int daemon_run(const char *fixed_game_name){
         static char cand_title[16] = "";
         static int cand_hits = 0, miss_hits = 0;
         int64_t last_poll = 0;
+        int64_t last_alive = 0;
         /* re-post after every (re)connect so Discord never sticks on stale */
         int need_post = active && last[0];
         while(!s_stop){ /* inner: live session, serviced every second */
             int64_t now = orbis_mono_s();
             if(now != last_poll){
                 last_poll = now;
+                if(now - last_alive >= 60){
+                    last_alive = now;
+                    log_msg("alive: %s", active ? last : "idle");
+                }
                 char name[128] = "";
                 if(fixed_game_name){
                     strncpy(name, fixed_game_name, sizeof name-1);
diff --git a/orbisrpc/ws.c b/orbisrpc/ws.c
index 0a3ac34..60ffa87 100644
--- a/orbisrpc/ws.c
+++ b/orbisrpc/ws.c
@@ -113,8 +113,13 @@ int ws_connect(ws_t *w, const char *host, int port, const char *resource, const
     }
     freeaddrinfo(res);
     {
-        struct timeval tv0 = { .tv_sec = 0, .tv_usec = 0 };
+        /* Both timeouts stay armed for the socket's whole life (plus
+         * NBIO below): a stuck peer can never wedge the daemon silently —
+         * the failure observed on hardware was a frozen process with zero
+         * output and no timeout to break it. */
+        struct timeval tv0 = { .tv_sec = 15, .tv_usec = 0 };
         setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, &tv0, sizeof tv0);
+        setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &tv0, sizeof tv0);
     }
     {
         int fl = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL, 0);