provider ethers.providers.WebSocketProvider losing connection over time

[proficy]

Let's say I have the following pseudo code:

let provider = new ethers.providers.WebSocketProvider('geth node websocket URL');

let testProvider = async () => { 
  let testContract= new Contract(contractAddress, contractAbi, provider);
  let startTime = tomorrow;
  while (true) {
    if (new Date() > startTime) { 
      break;
    }
  }
  let testFunction= await testContract.testFunction();
}

It appears that waiting a day for my time condition to be true causing the provider connection on my testContract to be lost. Is there a way to automatically refresh the connection or do I have to add something like:
testContract= new Contract(contractAddress, contractAbi, provider);
after the break to manually refresh the connection in instances like this? Also an FYI, I'm using a private geth node so my connection to the websocket should be stable.

[proficy]

After some pretty extensive testing the only solution seems to be something like this:

let provider = new ethers.providers.WebSocketProvider('geth node websocket URL');

let testProvider = async () => { 
  let testContract= new Contract(contractAddress, contractAbi, provider);
  let startTime = tomorrow;
  while (true) {
    if (new Date() > startTime) { 
      break;
    }
  }
  provider = new ethers.providers.WebSocketProvider('geth node websocket URL');
  testContract= new Contract(contractAddress, contractAbi, provider);
  let testFunction= await testContract.testFunction();
}

This doesn't seem like intended functionality and I'd like to create an issue for this.

[thugzook]

@proficy any update on this being fixed on ethers' side?

Or has your bandaid solution fixed your issues?