# Is ZMQ Socket still open?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-zmq-socket-still-open/2655>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, zmq\
**Created:** [March 14, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-zmq-socket-still-open/2655 "2017-03-14T08:18:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-zmq-socket-still-open/2655/1 "2017-03-14T08:18:12Z")

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How could I check whether a ZMQ Socket is still open/available/working?

Sometimes a ZMQ.send just does not come back for me  
This can be after the socket and context have been created a long time ago

I guess a timeout on the send could also help - is there a way to do that?

Thanks