this.writerTask = WriterTask()
      if (pingIntervalMillis != 0L) {
        val pingIntervalNanos = MILLISECONDS.toNanos(pingIntervalMillis)
        taskQueue.schedule("$name ping", pingIntervalNanos) {
          writePingFrame()
          return@schedule pingIntervalNanos
        }
      }
      if (messageAndCloseQueue.isNotEmpty()) {
        runWriter() // Send messages that were enqueued before we were connected.
      }
    }