diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a754a9..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-
-jobs:
-  check-release-tag:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-      - name: Prepare tag
-        id: prepare_tag
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          npm install --location=global podspec-bump
-          export TAG=$(podspec-bump --dump-version -p NWWebSocket.podspec)
-          echo "TAG=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          export CHECK_TAG=$(git tag | grep $TAG)
-          if [[ $CHECK_TAG ]]; then
-            echo "Skipping because release tag already exists"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-      - name: Output
-        id: release_output
-        if: ${{ steps.prepare_tag.outcome == 'success' }}
-        run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=tag::${{ env.TAG }}"
-    outputs:
-      tag: ${{ steps.release_output.outputs.tag }}
-
-  build:
-    runs-on: macos-latest
-    needs: check-release-tag
-    if: ${{ needs.check-release-tag.outputs.tag }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Build
-        run: swift build -v
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: swift test -v
-    outputs:
-      tag: ${{ needs.check-release-tag.outputs.tag }}
-
-  publish-cocoapods:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build
-    if: ${{ needs.build.outputs.tag }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-        with:
-          ruby-version: '3.2.2'
-      - run: |
-          gem install cocoapods
-
-          git config user.email "pusher-ci@pusher.com"
-          git config user.name "Pusher CI"
-          
-          git tag -a ${{ needs.build.outputs.tag }} -m "${{ needs.build.outputs.tag }}"
-          git push origin ${{ needs.build.outputs.tag }}
-
-          pod trunk push NWWebSocket.podspec
-        env:
-          COCOAPODS_TRUNK_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PUSHER_CI_COCOAPODS_TOKEN }}
-    outputs:
-      release_version: ${{ needs.build.outputs.tag }}
-
-  create-github-release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: publish-cocoapods
-    if: ${{ needs.publish-cocoapods.outputs.release_version }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Prepare tag
-        run: |
-          export TAG=${{ needs.publish-cocoapods.outputs.release_version }}
-          echo "TAG=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Setup git
-        run: |
-          git config user.email "pusher-ci@pusher.com"
-          git config user.name "Pusher CI"
-      - name: Create Release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ env.TAG }}
-          release_name: ${{ env.TAG }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-
-  
diff --git a/.github/workflows/swift.yml b/.github/workflows/swift.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7501428..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/swift.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-name: CI
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-
-    runs-on: macos-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Build
-      run: swift build -v
-    - name: Run tests
-      run: swift test -v
diff --git a/Sources/NWWebSocket/Model/Client/NWWebSocket.swift b/Sources/NWWebSocket/Model/Client/NWWebSocket.swift
index 2eb1643..6768e12 100644
--- a/Sources/NWWebSocket/Model/Client/NWWebSocket.swift
+++ b/Sources/NWWebSocket/Model/Client/NWWebSocket.swift
@@ -526,6 +526,8 @@ open class NWWebSocket: WebSocketConnection {
         // Only schedule disconnection if we haven't already scheduled one
         if isDisconnectionNWError(error) && disconnectionWorkItem == nil {
             let reasonData = "The websocket disconnected unexpectedly".data(using: .utf8)
+            // Cancel the zombie connection to ensure reconnect creates a fresh NWConnection
+            connection?.cancel()
             scheduleDisconnectionReporting(closeCode: .protocolCode(.goingAway),
                                            reason: reasonData)
         }
@@ -548,19 +550,17 @@ open class NWWebSocket: WebSocketConnection {
         }
     }
 
+
     /// Determine if a Network error represents an unexpected disconnection event.
     /// - Parameter error: The `NWError` to inspect.
     /// - Returns: `true` if the error represents an unexpected disconnection event.
+    /// - Note: Any POSIX error from the read loop indicates the connection is dead.
+    ///   The previous selective list (ETIMEDOUT, ENOTCONN, ECANCELED, ENETDOWN, ECONNABORTED)
+    ///   missed errors like ENODATA (96) which also indicate a dead connection.
     private func isDisconnectionNWError(_ error: NWError) -> Bool {
-        if case let .posix(code) = error,
-           code == .ETIMEDOUT
-            || code == .ENOTCONN
-            || code == .ECANCELED
-            || code == .ENETDOWN
-            || code == .ECONNABORTED {
+        if case .posix(_) = error {
             return true
-        } else {
-            return false
         }
+        return false
     }
 }