diff --git a/packages/sdk/browser/src/BrowserClient.ts b/packages/sdk/browser/src/BrowserClient.ts
index 8b8417c38..a8c2aab1d 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/browser/src/BrowserClient.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/browser/src/BrowserClient.ts
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export class BrowserClient extends LDClientImpl implements LDClient {
               return `/sdk/evalx/${clientSideId}/context`;
             },
             pathPing(_encoding: Encoding, _plainContextString: string): string {
-              return `/ping/${clientSideId}`;
+              throw new Error('Ping for polling unsupported.');
             },
           }),
           () => ({
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export class BrowserClient extends LDClientImpl implements LDClient {
               return `/eval/${clientSideId}`;
             },
             pathPing(_encoding: Encoding, _plainContextString: string): string {
-              throw new Error('Ping for polling unsupported.'); // TODO: come back to think on this case more
+              return `/ping/${clientSideId}`;
             },
           }),
           baseHeaders,
diff --git a/packages/sdk/browser/src/BrowserDataManager.ts b/packages/sdk/browser/src/BrowserDataManager.ts
index 400944abf..d97b79918 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/browser/src/BrowserDataManager.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/browser/src/BrowserDataManager.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export default class BrowserDataManager extends BaseDataManager {
       this.dataSourceStatusManager.requestStateUpdate(DataSourceState.Initializing);
 
       const plainContextString = JSON.stringify(Context.toLDContext(context));
-      const requestor = makeRequestor(
+      const pollingRequestor = makeRequestor(
         plainContextString,
         this.config.serviceEndpoints,
         this.getPollingPaths(),
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export default class BrowserDataManager extends BaseDataManager {
         this._secureModeHash,
       );
 
-      const payload = await requestor.requestPayload();
+      const payload = await pollingRequestor.requestPayload();
       try {
         const listeners = this.createStreamListeners(context, identifyResolve);
         const putListener = listeners.get('put');
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ export default class BrowserDataManager extends BaseDataManager {
     this.updateProcessor?.close();
 
     const plainContextString = JSON.stringify(Context.toLDContext(context));
-    const requestor = makeRequestor(
+    const pollingRequestor = makeRequestor(
       plainContextString,
       this.config.serviceEndpoints,
       this.getPollingPaths(), // note: this is the polling path because the requestor is only used to make polling requests.
@@ -222,7 +222,13 @@ export default class BrowserDataManager extends BaseDataManager {
       this._secureModeHash,
     );
 
-    this.createStreamingProcessor(rawContext, context, requestor, identifyResolve, identifyReject);
+    this.createStreamingProcessor(
+      rawContext,
+      context,
+      pollingRequestor,
+      identifyResolve,
+      identifyReject,
+    );
 
     this.updateProcessor!.start();
   }
diff --git a/packages/sdk/react-native/__tests__/MobileDataManager.test.ts b/packages/sdk/react-native/__tests__/MobileDataManager.test.ts
index b2c80f5c7..88da353ac 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/react-native/__tests__/MobileDataManager.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/react-native/__tests__/MobileDataManager.test.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ describe('given a MobileDataManager with mocked dependencies', () => {
           return `/msdk/evalx/context`;
         },
         pathPing(_encoding: Encoding, _plainContextString: string): string {
-          return `/mping`; // TODO: test this out
+          throw new Error('Ping for polling unsupported.');
         },
       }),
       () => ({
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ describe('given a MobileDataManager with mocked dependencies', () => {
           return `/meval`;
         },
         pathPing(_encoding: Encoding, _plainContextString: string): string {
-          throw new Error('Ping for polling unsupported.'); // TODO: come back to think on this case more
+          return `/mping`;
         },
       }),
       baseHeaders,
diff --git a/packages/sdk/react-native/src/ReactNativeLDClient.ts b/packages/sdk/react-native/src/ReactNativeLDClient.ts
index b980db220..1d22949bd 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/react-native/src/ReactNativeLDClient.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/react-native/src/ReactNativeLDClient.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export default class ReactNativeLDClient extends LDClientImpl {
               return `/msdk/evalx/context`;
             },
             pathPing(_encoding: Encoding, _plainContextString: string): string {
-              return `/mping`; // TODO: test this out
+              throw new Error('Ping for polling unsupported.');
             },
           }),
           () => ({
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export default class ReactNativeLDClient extends LDClientImpl {
               return `/meval`;
             },
             pathPing(_encoding: Encoding, _plainContextString: string): string {
-              throw new Error('Ping for polling unsupported.'); // TODO: come back to think on this case more
+              return `/mping`;
             },
           }),
           baseHeaders,
diff --git a/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/DataManager.ts b/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/DataManager.ts
index fb2067164..14b9e866a 100644
--- a/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/DataManager.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/DataManager.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ export abstract class BaseDataManager implements DataManager {
         this._dataSourceEventHandler.handlePollingError(err);
         identifyReject?.(err);
       },
+      this.logger,
     );
 
     this.updateProcessor = this._decorateProcessorWithStatusReporting(
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ export abstract class BaseDataManager implements DataManager {
         this._dataSourceEventHandler.handleStreamingError(e);
         identifyReject?.(e);
       },
+      this.logger,
     );
 
     this.updateProcessor = this._decorateProcessorWithStatusReporting(
diff --git a/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/streaming/StreamingProcessor.ts b/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/streaming/StreamingProcessor.ts
index 162a6f25f..f6aad31af 100644
--- a/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/streaming/StreamingProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/sdk-client/src/streaming/StreamingProcessor.ts
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ class StreamingProcessor implements subsystem.LDStreamProcessor {
 
     // here we set up a listener that will poll when ping is received
     eventSource.addEventListener('ping', async () => {
-      this._pollingRequestor.requestPayload();
       this._logger?.debug('Got PING, going to poll LaunchDarkly for feature flag updates');
       try {
         const res = await this._pollingRequestor.requestPayload();