diff --git a/ocp/rpc/messaging/server.go b/ocp/rpc/messaging/server.go
index f625779..a7fc008 100644
--- a/ocp/rpc/messaging/server.go
+++ b/ocp/rpc/messaging/server.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	messagingpb "github.com/code-payments/ocp-protobuf-api/generated/go/messaging/v1"
 
 	"github.com/code-payments/ocp-server/grpc/client"
+	"github.com/code-payments/ocp-server/protoutil"
 	"github.com/code-payments/ocp-server/retry"
 	"github.com/code-payments/ocp-server/retry/backoff"
 
@@ -224,7 +225,9 @@ func (s *server) OpenMessageStreamWithKeepAlive(streamer messagingpb.Messaging_O
 	go s.flush(ctx, req.GetRequest().RendezvousKey, ms)
 
 	sendPingCh := time.After(0)
-	streamHealthCh := s.monitorOpenMessageStreamHealth(ctx, log, ssRef, streamer)
+	streamHealthCh := protoutil.MonitorStreamHealth(ctx, log, streamer, func(t *messagingpb.OpenMessageStreamWithKeepAliveRequest) bool {
+		return t.GetPong() != nil
+	})
 	updateRendezvousRecordCh := time.After(rendezvousRecordRefreshInterval)
 
 	for {
@@ -315,35 +318,6 @@ func (s *server) boundedRecv(
 	}
 }
 
-// Very naive implementation to start
-func (s *server) monitorOpenMessageStreamHealth(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	log *zap.Logger,
-	ssRef string,
-	streamer messagingpb.Messaging_OpenMessageStreamWithKeepAliveServer,
-) <-chan struct{} {
-	streamHealthChan := make(chan struct{})
-	go func() {
-		defer close(streamHealthChan)
-
-		for {
-			req, err := s.boundedRecv(ctx, streamer, messageStreamKeepAliveRecvTimeout)
-			if err != nil {
-				return
-			}
-
-			switch req.RequestOrPong.(type) {
-			case *messagingpb.OpenMessageStreamWithKeepAliveRequest_Pong:
-				log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("received pong from client (stream=%s)", ssRef))
-			default:
-				// Client sent something unexpected. Terminate the stream
-				return
-			}
-		}
-	}()
-	return streamHealthChan
-}
-
 // OpenMessageStream implements messagingpb.MessagingServer.OpenMessageStream.
 //
 // Note: This variant is more suitable for short-lived streams, and is coded as
diff --git a/protoutil/compare.go b/protoutil/compare.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23f8b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protoutil/compare.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package protoutil
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+)
+
+func SliceEqualError[T proto.Message](a, b []T) error {
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("len(%d) != len(%d)", len(a), len(b))
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(a); i++ {
+		if err := ProtoEqualError(a[i], b[i]); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("mismatch[%d]: %w", i, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func SetEqualError[T proto.Message](a, b []T) error {
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("len(%d) != len(%d)", len(a), len(b))
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(a); i++ {
+		found := false
+		for j := 0; j < len(b); j++ {
+			if proto.Equal(a[i], b[j]) {
+				found = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !found {
+			return fmt.Errorf("missing[%d]: %v", i, a[i])
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func ProtoEqualError(a, b proto.Message) error {
+	if !proto.Equal(a, b) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected: %v\nactual: %v\n", a, b)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func SliceClone[T proto.Message](src []T) []T {
+	cloned := make([]T, len(src))
+	for i := range src {
+		cloned[i] = proto.Clone(src[i]).(T)
+	}
+	return cloned
+}
diff --git a/protoutil/stream.go b/protoutil/stream.go
index c984bc2..0058bff 100644
--- a/protoutil/stream.go
+++ b/protoutil/stream.go
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"time"
 
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
+const streamKeepAliveRecvTimeout = 10 * time.Second
+
 type Ptr[T any] interface {
 	proto.Message
 	*T
@@ -38,3 +41,29 @@ func BoundedReceive[Req any](
 		return req, status.Error(codes.DeadlineExceeded, "timeout receiving message")
 	}
 }
+
+func MonitorStreamHealth[Req any](
+	ctx context.Context,
+	log *zap.Logger,
+	streamer grpc.ServerStream,
+	validFn func(*Req) bool,
+) <-chan struct{} {
+	healthCh := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(healthCh)
+
+		for {
+			req, err := BoundedReceive[Req](ctx, streamer, streamKeepAliveRecvTimeout)
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+
+			if !validFn(req) {
+				return
+			}
+
+			log.Debug("receiving pong from client")
+		}
+	}()
+	return healthCh
+}