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# Test Request

> Probe whether the counterparty is still alive

<div className="api-banner">
  <span className="api-protocol fix">FIX</span>
  <span className="api-detail">session: drop copy</span>
  <span className="api-tag">35=1</span>
</div>

Probes whether the counterparty is still alive when nothing has arrived within the heartbeat interval. The counterparty must answer with a Heartbeat echoing TestReqID, which is how the probe is matched to its answer.

**Direction:** Either direction

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<ResponseField name="header" type="" required>35=`1`</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="112 - TestReqID" type="string" required>
  Token identifying a test request. A Heartbeat answering a Test Request must echo the value the request carried.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="trailer" type="" required />