diff --git a/.changeset/whole-bears-rescue.md b/.changeset/whole-bears-rescue.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f0585df45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/whole-bears-rescue.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"gradio": patch
+---
+
+fix:Send more than one heartbeat message
diff --git a/gradio/routes.py b/gradio/routes.py
index d87007c1c8..d0598de2e1 100644
--- a/gradio/routes.py
+++ b/gradio/routes.py
@@ -642,7 +642,10 @@ class App(FastAPI):
                             await asyncio.sleep(check_rate)
                             if time.perf_counter() - last_heartbeat > heartbeat_rate:
                                 message = {"msg": "heartbeat"}
-                                last_heartbeat = time.time()
+                                # Need to reset last_heartbeat with perf_counter
+                                # otherwise only a single hearbeat msg will be sent
+                                # and then the stream will retry leading to infinite queue 😬
+                                last_heartbeat = time.perf_counter()
 
                         if message:
                             yield f"data: {json.dumps(message)}\n\n"