Hi @ricmoo,

I'm using WebSocketProvider server-side to listen to blockchain events and performing calls to smart contracts.
Sometimes the websocket pipe got broken and I need to reconnect it.

I use this code to detect ws close and reconnect but it would be nice to not have to rely on _websocket to do it:

let wsProvider;

init = async () => {
  wsProvider = new ethers.providers.WebSocketProvider(wsHost);
  wsProvider._websocket.on('close', async (code) => {
    console.log('ws closed', code);
    wsProvider._websocket.terminate();
    await sleep(3000); // wait before reconnect
    init();
  });
  wsProvider.on('block', doStuff);
};

I also noticed when the websocket is broken Promise call don't reject wich is not super intuitive.