App keeps pinging clients3.google.com/generate_204

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Any ideas why my app keeps pinging this url: http://clients3.google.com/generate_204 ?

I don't do anything in the app, just keep it open and it keeps pinging that link every second or so. I doesn't matter in what screen I'm in, it keeps doing it.

Any ideas on where this comes from, why and how to stop it?

maybe something from here : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1989214/google-com-and-clients1-google-com-generate-204 — a_local_nobody, Aug 20 '19 at 08:59
That is the way it checks the internet connection. Are you using any google libraries? (firebase, play services, etc.) — Vladyslav Matviienko, Aug 20 '19 at 09:16
Yeah, all of the above :). But still ... that's a ton of pings aren't there? I've checked one of my other apps, they don't do this. — AndreiBogdan, Aug 20 '19 at 09:19
it *probably* uses other set of google services, or other version of them. — Vladyslav Matviienko, Aug 20 '19 at 09:21

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '22 at 10:37

It generally means you are using some library that is checking the Internet connectivity and this URL is the best option to ping as it should work 24/7 without maintenance pause. It doesn't have to be only Google libraries. For example here React Native NetInfo library, the reachabilityUrl URL here: https://github.com/react-native-netinfo/react-native-netinfo/blob/2f0c8b9e5c09d23472e5d9f7d9bd1d8555698202/README.md#netinfoconfiguration

App keeps pinging clients3.google.com/generate_204

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