diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/Moltbot/GatewayConnection.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/Moltbot/GatewayConnection.swift
index d733c9c86..fbfeda855 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Sources/Moltbot/GatewayConnection.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/Moltbot/GatewayConnection.swift
@@ -367,7 +367,8 @@ actor GatewayConnection {
             session: self.sessionBox,
             pushHandler: { [weak self] push in
                 await self?.handle(push: push)
-            })
+            },
+            loggerCategory: "gateway.control")
         self.configuredURL = url
         self.configuredToken = token
         self.configuredPassword = password
diff --git a/apps/shared/MoltbotKit/Sources/MoltbotKit/GatewayChannel.swift b/apps/shared/MoltbotKit/Sources/MoltbotKit/GatewayChannel.swift
index 0ead3021c..accd53eee 100644
--- a/apps/shared/MoltbotKit/Sources/MoltbotKit/GatewayChannel.swift
+++ b/apps/shared/MoltbotKit/Sources/MoltbotKit/GatewayChannel.swift
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ private enum ConnectChallengeError: Error {
 }
 
 public actor GatewayChannelActor {
-    private let logger = Logger(subsystem: "bot.molt", category: "gateway")
+    private let logger: Logger
     private var task: WebSocketTaskBox?
     private var pending: [String: CheckedContinuation<GatewayFrame, Error>] = [:]
     private var connected = false
@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ public actor GatewayChannelActor {
         session: WebSocketSessionBox? = nil,
         pushHandler: (@Sendable (GatewayPush) async -> Void)? = nil,
         connectOptions: GatewayConnectOptions? = nil,
+        loggerCategory: String = "gateway",
         disconnectHandler: (@Sendable (String) async -> Void)? = nil)
     {
+        self.logger = Logger(subsystem: "bot.molt", category: loggerCategory)
         self.url = url
         self.token = token
         self.password = password
@@ -211,7 +213,22 @@ public actor GatewayChannelActor {
     }
 
     public func connect() async throws {
-        if self.connected, self.task?.state == .running { return }
+        if self.connected, self.task?.state == .running {
+            let staleStatus = self.staleConnectionStatus()
+            if staleStatus.isStale {
+                if let deltaMs = staleStatus.deltaMs {
+                    self.logger.error(
+                        "gateway ws stale; reconnecting deltaMs=\(Int(deltaMs)) thresholdMs=\(Int(staleStatus.thresholdMs))")
+                } else {
+                    self.logger.error(
+                        "gateway ws stale; reconnecting lastTick=missing thresholdMs=\(Int(staleStatus.thresholdMs))")
+                }
+                self.connected = false
+                self.task?.cancel(with: .goingAway, reason: nil)
+            } else {
+                return
+            }
+        }
         if self.isConnecting {
             try await withCheckedThrowingContinuation { cont in
                 self.connectWaiters.append(cont)
@@ -328,8 +345,8 @@ public actor GatewayChannelActor {
         } else if let password = self.password {
             params["auth"] = ProtoAnyCodable(["password": ProtoAnyCodable(password)])
         }
-        let signedAtMs = Int(Date().timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000)
         let connectNonce = try await self.waitForConnectChallenge()
+        let signedAtMs = Int(Date().timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000)
         let scopesValue = scopes.joined(separator: ",")
         var payloadParts = [
             connectNonce == nil ? "v1" : "v2",
@@ -554,6 +571,15 @@ public actor GatewayChannelActor {
         }
     }
 
+    private func staleConnectionStatus() -> (isStale: Bool, deltaMs: Double?, thresholdMs: Double) {
+        let thresholdMs = self.tickIntervalMs * 2
+        guard let lastTick else {
+            return (true, nil, thresholdMs)
+        }
+        let deltaMs = Date().timeIntervalSince(lastTick) * 1000
+        return (deltaMs > thresholdMs, deltaMs, thresholdMs)
+    }
+
     private func scheduleReconnect() async {
         guard self.shouldReconnect else { return }
         let delay = self.backoffMs / 1000
diff --git a/apps/shared/MoltbotKit/Sources/MoltbotKit/GatewayNodeSession.swift b/apps/shared/MoltbotKit/Sources/MoltbotKit/GatewayNodeSession.swift
index 570342ce4..9bfb66f38 100644
--- a/apps/shared/MoltbotKit/Sources/MoltbotKit/GatewayNodeSession.swift
+++ b/apps/shared/MoltbotKit/Sources/MoltbotKit/GatewayNodeSession.swift
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ public actor GatewayNodeSession {
                     await self?.handlePush(push)
                 },
                 connectOptions: connectOptions,
+                loggerCategory: "gateway.node",
                 disconnectHandler: { [weak self] reason in
                     await self?.onDisconnected?(reason)
                 })
@@ -107,7 +108,6 @@ public actor GatewayNodeSession {
 
         do {
             try await channel.connect()
-            await onConnected()
         } catch {
             await onDisconnected(error.localizedDescription)
             throw error