diff --git a/shared/grpc_clients/src/identity/unauthenticated/client.rs b/shared/grpc_clients/src/identity/unauthenticated/client.rs
index 6f0fb6806..9b9f098e7 100644
--- a/shared/grpc_clients/src/identity/unauthenticated/client.rs
+++ b/shared/grpc_clients/src/identity/unauthenticated/client.rs
@@ -1,30 +1,44 @@
-/// This file is meant to contain commonly used RPC calls
+/// This file is meant to contain commonly used RPCs
 use crate::error::Error;
 
 use super::get_unauthenticated_client;
-use crate::identity::protos::unauthenticated::VerifyUserAccessTokenRequest;
+use crate::identity::protos::unauthenticated::{
+  Empty, VerifyUserAccessTokenRequest,
+};
 
 use tonic::Request;
 
 /// Returns true if access token is valid
 pub async fn verify_user_access_token(
   identity_url: &str,
   user_id: &str,
   device_id: &str,
   access_token: &str,
   code_version: u64,
   device_type: String,
 ) -> Result<bool, Error> {
   let mut grpc_client =
     get_unauthenticated_client(identity_url, code_version, device_type).await?;
 
   let message = VerifyUserAccessTokenRequest {
     user_id: user_id.to_string(),
     signing_public_key: device_id.to_string(),
     access_token: access_token.to_string(),
   };
 
   let request = Request::new(message);
   let response = grpc_client.verify_user_access_token(request).await?;
   Ok(response.into_inner().token_valid)
 }
+
+pub async fn ping(
+  identity_url: &str,
+  code_version: u64,
+  device_type: String,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+  let mut grpc_client =
+    get_unauthenticated_client(identity_url, code_version, device_type).await?;
+  let request = Request::new(Empty {});
+  grpc_client.ping(request).await?;
+  Ok(())
+}