diff --git a/bin/solid.pill b/bin/solid.pill
index b39f11d31f..e96fc120c5 100644
--- a/bin/solid.pill
+++ b/bin/solid.pill
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:32b97380977dffc356523d3fc769d14f86c972e195e9ae1feae4707f0a5dd037
-size 16381088
+oid sha256:00546a20f2e1a2f0cc51f6b11f6ac429b6f29ea54270b806649659a4bc33cad4
+size 16465119
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/sys/vane/eyre.hoon b/pkg/arvo/sys/vane/eyre.hoon
index 5ae8577af2..e4c1cd8b4a 100755
--- a/pkg/arvo/sys/vane/eyre.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/sys/vane/eyre.hoon
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 ++  axle
   $:  ::  date: date at which http-server's state was updated to this data structure
       ::
-      date=%~2019.1.7
+      date=%~2019.10.6
       ::  server-state: state of inbound requests
       ::
       =server-state
@@ -216,8 +216,6 @@
 ::    'Last-Event-Id: ' header to the server; the server then resends all
 ::    events since then.
 ::
-::    TODO: Send \n as a heartbeat every 20 seconds.
-::
 +$  channel
   $:  ::  channel-state: expiration time or the duct currently listening
       ::
@@ -246,6 +244,9 @@
       ::    can cancel all the subscriptions we've made.
       ::
       subscriptions=(map wire [ship=@p app=term =path duc=duct])
+      ::  heartbeat: sse heartbeat timer
+      ::
+      heartbeat=(unit timer)
   ==
 ::  channel-request: an action requested on a channel
 ::
@@ -1182,7 +1183,7 @@
         %_    ..update-timeout-timer-for
             session.channel-state.state
           %+  ~(put by session.channel-state.state)  channel-id
-          [[%& expiration-time duct] 0 ~ ~]
+          [[%& expiration-time duct] 0 ~ ~ ~]
         ::
             moves
           [(set-timeout-move channel-id expiration-time) moves]
@@ -1206,6 +1207,18 @@
         ==
       ==
     ::
+    ++  set-heartbeat-move
+      |=  [channel-id=@t heartbeat-time=@da]
+      ^-  move
+      :^  duct  %pass  /channel/heartbeat/[channel-id]
+      [%b %wait heartbeat-time]
+    ::
+    ++  cancel-heartbeat-move
+      |=  [channel-id=@t heartbeat-time=@da =^duct]
+      ^-  move
+      :^  duct  %pass  /channel/heartbeat/[channel-id]
+      [%b %rest heartbeat-time]
+    ::
     ++  set-timeout-move
       |=  [channel-id=@t expiration-time=@da]
       ^-  move
@@ -1278,14 +1291,19 @@
       ::
       =.  duct-to-key.channel-state.state
         (~(put by duct-to-key.channel-state.state) duct channel-id)
-      ::  clear the event queue and record the duct for future output
+      ::  initialize sse heartbeat
+      ::
+      =/  heartbeat-time=@da  (add now ~s20)
+      =/  heartbeat  (set-heartbeat-move channel-id heartbeat-time)
+      ::  clear the event queue, record the duct for future output and
+      ::  record heartbeat-time for possible future cancel
       ::
       =.  session.channel-state.state
         %+  ~(jab by session.channel-state.state)  channel-id
         |=  =channel
-        channel(events ~, state [%| duct])
+        channel(events ~, state [%| duct], heartbeat (some [heartbeat-time duct]))
       ::
-      [(weld http-moves moves) state]
+      [[heartbeat (weld http-moves moves)] state]
     ::  +acknowledge-events: removes events before :last-event-id on :channel-id
     ::
     ++  acknowledge-events
@@ -1464,6 +1482,14 @@
         =.  duct-to-key.channel-state.state
           (~(del by duct-to-key.channel-state.state) p.state.session)
         ::
+        ?~  heartbeat.session  $(requests t.requests)
+        =.  gall-moves
+          %+  snoc  gall-moves
+          %^    cancel-heartbeat-move
+              channel-id
+            date.u.heartbeat.session
+          duct.u.heartbeat.session
+        ::
         $(requests t.requests)
       ::
       ==
@@ -1582,7 +1608,28 @@
           events  (~(put to events.channel) [event-id event-stream-lines])
         ==
       ==
-    ::  +on-channel-timeout: we received a wake to clear an old session
+    ::
+    ++  on-channel-heartbeat
+      |=  channel-id=@t
+      ^-  [(list move) server-state]
+      ::
+      =/  res
+        %-  handle-response
+        :*  %continue
+            data=(some (as-octs:mimes:html '\0a'))
+            complete=%.n
+        ==
+      =/  http-moves  -.res
+      =/  new-state  +.res
+      =/  heartbeat-time=@da  (add now ~s20)
+      :_  %_    new-state
+              session.channel-state
+            %+  ~(jab by session.channel-state.state)  channel-id
+            |=  =channel
+            channel(heartbeat (some [heartbeat-time duct]))
+          ==
+      (snoc http-moves (set-heartbeat-move channel-id heartbeat-time))
+    :: +on-channel-timeout: we received a wake to clear an old session
     ::
     ++  on-channel-timeout
       |=  channel-id=@t
@@ -2158,6 +2205,13 @@
       =^  moves  server-state.ax
         (on-channel-timeout i.t.t.wire)
       [moves http-server-gate]
+    ::
+        %heartbeat
+      =/  on-channel-heartbeat
+        on-channel-heartbeat:by-channel:(per-server-event event-args)
+      =^  moves  server-state.ax
+        (on-channel-heartbeat i.t.t.wire)
+      [moves http-server-gate]
     ::
         ?(%poke %subscription)
       ?>  ?=([%g %unto *] sign)
@@ -2187,11 +2241,45 @@
 ::  +load: migrate old state to new state (called on vane reload)
 ::
 ++  load
-  |=  old=axle
+  =>  |%
+    +$  channel-old
+      $:  state=(each timer duct)
+          next-id=@ud
+          events=(qeu [id=@ud lines=wall])
+          subscriptions=(map wire [ship=@p app=term =path duc=duct])
+      ==
+    +$  channel-state-old
+      $:  session=(map @t channel-old)
+          duct-to-key=(map duct @t)
+      ==
+    ++  axle-old
+      %+  cork
+        axle
+      |=  =axle
+      axle(date %~2019.1.7, channel-state.server-state (channel-state-old))
+  --
+  |=  old=$%(axle axle-old)
   ^+  ..^$
   ::
   ~!  %loading
-  ..^$(ax old)
+  ?-  -.old
+    %~2019.1.7
+      =/  add-heartbeat
+      %-  ~(run by session.channel-state.server-state.old)
+      |=  [c=channel-old]
+      ^-  channel
+      [state.c next-id.c events.c subscriptions.c ~]
+      ::
+      =/  new
+      %=  old
+        date  %~2019.10.6
+        session.channel-state.server-state  add-heartbeat
+      ==
+      $(old new)
+    ::
+    %~2019.10.6  ..^$(ax old)
+  ==
+
 ::  +stay: produce current state
 ::
 ++  stay  `axle`ax
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/tests/sys/vane/eyre.hoon b/pkg/arvo/tests/sys/vane/eyre.hoon
index aee11eba75..0e61f2325a 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/tests/sys/vane/eyre.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/tests/sys/vane/eyre.hoon
@@ -991,6 +991,11 @@
       ^=  expected-moves
         ^-  (list move:http-server-gate)
         :~  :*  duct=~[/http-get-open]
+                %pass
+                /channel/heartbeat/'0123456789abcdef'
+                [%b %wait ~1111.1.2..00.03.20]
+                ==
+            :*  duct=~[/http-get-open]
                 %give
                 %response
                 %start
@@ -1370,6 +1375,11 @@
       ^=  expected-moves
         ^-  (list move:http-server-gate)
         :~  :*  duct=~[/http-get-open]
+                %pass
+                /channel/heartbeat/'0123456789abcdef'
+                [%b %wait ~1111.1.2..00.03.20]
+                ==
+            :*  duct=~[/http-get-open]
                 %give
                 %response
                 %start
@@ -1562,6 +1572,11 @@
       ^=  expected-moves
         ^-  (list move:http-server-gate)
         :~  :*  duct=~[/http-get-open]
+                %pass
+                /channel/heartbeat/'0123456789abcdef'
+                [%b %wait ~1111.1.2..00.03.20]
+                ==
+            :*  duct=~[/http-get-open]
                 %give
                 %response
                 %start
@@ -1712,6 +1727,11 @@
       ^=  expected-moves
         ^-  (list move:http-server-gate)
         :~  :*  duct=~[/http-get-open]
+                %pass
+                /channel/heartbeat/'0123456789abcdef'
+                [%b %wait ~1111.1.2..00.08.20]
+                ==
+            :*  duct=~[/http-get-open]
                 %give
                 %response
                 %start