The Heartbeat <0> monitors the status of the communication link and identifies when the last of a string of messages was not received. The only supported heartbeat interval, as specified by the Logon <A> message, is 30 seconds.

When either end of a FIX connection has not sent any data for HeartBtInt <108> seconds, it will transmit a Heartbeat <0> message. When either end of the connection has not received any data for (HeartBtInt <108> + "some reasonable transmission time") seconds, it will transmit a Test Request <1> message. If there is still no Heartbeat <0> message received after (HeartBtInt <108> + "some reasonable transmission time") seconds then the connection should be considered lost and corrective action be initiated.

Note that a Test Request <1> message can still be sent independent of the value of the HeartBtInt <108>, which will force a Heartbeat <0> message.

Heartbeats issued as the result of Test Request <1> must contain the TestReqID <112> transmitted in the Test Request <1> message. This is useful to verify that the Heartbeat <0> is the result of the Test Request <1> and not as the result of a regular timeout.

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