// something first, we expect to get an os.ErrDeadlineExceeded error
			// here if the connection is still alive.
			// note that unlike tcp connections, reading is a good enough test here.
			_, err := conn.readMessage(time.Second / 100)
			switch {
			case !errors.Is(err, os.ErrDeadlineExceeded):
				log.Debugf("ztunnel keepalive failed: %v", err)
				if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {