diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Inspector/RCTCxxInspectorPackagerConnectionDelegate.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Inspector/RCTCxxInspectorPackagerConnectionDelegate.mm
index d6fb7b32d11..b7bf705b289 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Inspector/RCTCxxInspectorPackagerConnectionDelegate.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Inspector/RCTCxxInspectorPackagerConnectionDelegate.mm
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ std::unique_ptr<IWebSocket> RCTCxxInspectorPackagerConnectionDelegate::connectWe
     std::weak_ptr<IWebSocketDelegate> delegate)
 {
   auto *adapter = [[RCTCxxInspectorWebSocketAdapter alloc] initWithURL:url delegate:delegate];
+  if (!adapter) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
   return std::make_unique<WebSocket>(adapter);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Inspector/RCTCxxInspectorWebSocketAdapter.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Inspector/RCTCxxInspectorWebSocketAdapter.mm
index a7a2fcbd9f7..1535020e1bb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Inspector/RCTCxxInspectorWebSocketAdapter.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Inspector/RCTCxxInspectorWebSocketAdapter.mm
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 using namespace facebook::react::jsinspector_modern;
 
+static const uint64_t MAX_CONNECTING_TIME_NS = 2 * 1000000000L;
+
 namespace {
 NSString *NSStringFromUTF8StringView(std::string_view view)
 {
@@ -39,6 +41,15 @@ NSString *NSStringFromUTF8StringView(std::string_view view)
     _webSocket = [[SRWebSocket alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:NSStringFromUTF8StringView(url)]];
     _webSocket.delegate = self;
     [_webSocket open];
+    uint64_t startTime = clock_gettime_nsec_np(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW);
+    while ([_webSocket readyState] == SR_CONNECTING) {
+      if ((clock_gettime_nsec_np(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW) - startTime) > MAX_CONNECTING_TIME_NS) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if ([_webSocket readyState] != SR_OPEN) {
+      return nil;
+    }
   }
   return self;
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/InspectorPackagerConnection.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/InspectorPackagerConnection.cpp
index 6c0d2875d80..edbe59a73c2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/InspectorPackagerConnection.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/InspectorPackagerConnection.cpp
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ void InspectorPackagerConnection::Impl::didFailWithError(
   if (webSocket_) {
     abort(posixCode, "WebSocket exception", error);
   }
-  if (!closed_ && posixCode != ECONNREFUSED) {
+  if (!closed_) {
     reconnect();
   }
 }
@@ -249,6 +249,10 @@ void InspectorPackagerConnection::Impl::reconnect() {
         if (strongSelf && !strongSelf->closed_) {
           strongSelf->reconnectPending_ = false;
           strongSelf->connect();
+
+          if (!strongSelf->isConnected()) {
+            strongSelf->reconnect();
+          }
         }
       },
       RECONNECT_DELAY);
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/InspectorPackagerConnectionTest.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/InspectorPackagerConnectionTest.cpp
index a4c59d9735d..0823d66beee 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/InspectorPackagerConnectionTest.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/InspectorPackagerConnectionTest.cpp
@@ -846,17 +846,6 @@ TEST_F(InspectorPackagerConnectionTest, TestReconnectOnSocketErrorWithNoCode) {
   packagerConnection_->closeQuietly();
 }
 
-TEST_F(InspectorPackagerConnectionTest, TestNoReconnectOnConnectionRefused) {
-  // Configure gmock to expect calls in a specific order.
-  InSequence mockCallsMustBeInSequence;
-
-  packagerConnection_->connect();
-  ASSERT_TRUE(webSockets_[0]);
-  webSockets_[0]->getDelegate().didFailWithError(ECONNREFUSED, "Test error");
-  EXPECT_FALSE(webSockets_[0]);
-  EXPECT_FALSE(packagerConnection_->isConnected());
-}
-
 TEST_F(InspectorPackagerConnectionTest, TestUnknownEvent) {
   packagerConnection_->connect();
   ASSERT_TRUE(webSockets_[0]);