diff --git a/backend/open_webui/env.py b/backend/open_webui/env.py
index 00b2ef55ae..288b08dd16 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/env.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/env.py
@@ -598,6 +598,19 @@ ENABLE_WEBSOCKET_SUPPORT = (
 
 WEBSOCKET_MANAGER = os.environ.get("WEBSOCKET_MANAGER", "")
 
+WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS = os.environ.get("WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS", "")
+if WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS == "":
+    log.debug("No WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS provided, defaulting to None")
+    WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS = None
+else:
+    try:
+        WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS = json.loads(
+            WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        log.warning("Invalid WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS, defaulting to None")
+        WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS = None 
+
 WEBSOCKET_REDIS_URL = os.environ.get("WEBSOCKET_REDIS_URL", REDIS_URL)
 WEBSOCKET_REDIS_CLUSTER = (
     os.environ.get("WEBSOCKET_REDIS_CLUSTER", str(REDIS_CLUSTER)).lower() == "true"
@@ -612,6 +625,19 @@ except ValueError:
 
 WEBSOCKET_SENTINEL_HOSTS = os.environ.get("WEBSOCKET_SENTINEL_HOSTS", "")
 WEBSOCKET_SENTINEL_PORT = os.environ.get("WEBSOCKET_SENTINEL_PORT", "26379")
+WEBSOCKET_SERVER_LOGGING = os.environ.get("WEBSOCKET_SERVER_LOGGING", "False").lower() == "true"
+WEBSOCKET_SERVER_ENGINEIO_LOGGING = os.environ.get("WEBSOCKET_SERVER_LOGGING", "False").lower() == "true"
+WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_TIMEOUT = os.environ.get("WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_TIMEOUT", "20")
+try:
+    WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_TIMEOUT = int(WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_TIMEOUT)
+except ValueError:
+    WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_TIMEOUT = 20
+    
+WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_INTERVAL = os.environ.get("WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_INTERVAL", "25")
+try:
+    WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_INTERVAL = int(WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_INTERVAL)
+except ValueError:
+    WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_INTERVAL = 25
 
 
 AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT = os.environ.get("AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT", "")
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/socket/main.py b/backend/open_webui/socket/main.py
index 5c365f76ac..2ef556f987 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/socket/main.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/socket/main.py
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ from open_webui.env import (
     WEBSOCKET_SENTINEL_PORT,
     WEBSOCKET_SENTINEL_HOSTS,
     REDIS_KEY_PREFIX,
+    WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS,
+    WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_TIMEOUT,
+    WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_INTERVAL,
+    WEBSOCKET_SERVER_LOGGING,
+    WEBSOCKET_SERVER_ENGINEIO_LOGGING,
 )
 from open_webui.utils.auth import decode_token
 from open_webui.socket.utils import RedisDict, RedisLock, YdocManager
@@ -61,10 +66,11 @@ if WEBSOCKET_MANAGER == "redis":
         mgr = socketio.AsyncRedisManager(
             get_sentinel_url_from_env(
                 WEBSOCKET_REDIS_URL, WEBSOCKET_SENTINEL_HOSTS, WEBSOCKET_SENTINEL_PORT
-            )
+            ),
+            redis_options=WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS,
         )
     else:
-        mgr = socketio.AsyncRedisManager(WEBSOCKET_REDIS_URL)
+        mgr = socketio.AsyncRedisManager(WEBSOCKET_REDIS_URL, redis_options=WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS)
     sio = socketio.AsyncServer(
         cors_allowed_origins=SOCKETIO_CORS_ORIGINS,
         async_mode="asgi",
@@ -72,6 +78,10 @@ if WEBSOCKET_MANAGER == "redis":
         allow_upgrades=ENABLE_WEBSOCKET_SUPPORT,
         always_connect=True,
         client_manager=mgr,
+        logger=WEBSOCKET_SERVER_LOGGING,
+        ping_interval=WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_INTERVAL,
+        ping_timeout=WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_TIMEOUT,
+        engineio_logger=WEBSOCKET_SERVER_ENGINEIO_LOGGING,        
     )
 else:
     sio = socketio.AsyncServer(
@@ -80,6 +90,10 @@ else:
         transports=(["websocket"] if ENABLE_WEBSOCKET_SUPPORT else ["polling"]),
         allow_upgrades=ENABLE_WEBSOCKET_SUPPORT,
         always_connect=True,
+        logger=WEBSOCKET_SERVER_LOGGING,
+        ping_interval=WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_INTERVAL,
+        ping_timeout=WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_TIMEOUT,
+        engineio_logger=WEBSOCKET_SERVER_ENGINEIO_LOGGING,        
     )