diff --git a/src/handlers/wallet.handlers.spec.ts b/src/handlers/wallet.handlers.spec.ts
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+import {retryRequestStatus} from './wallet.handlers';
+
+describe('Wallet handlers', () => {
+  const testId = '1234_test';
+
+  let popup: Window;
+  let isReady: () => boolean;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+
+    popup = {
+      postMessage: vi.fn()
+    } as unknown as Window;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  describe('Success', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      let counter = 0;
+      isReady = vi.fn(() => {
+        counter++;
+        return counter > 1;
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should call icrc29_status postMessage and returns ready', async () =>
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/return-await
+      new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
+        retryRequestStatus({popup, isReady, id: testId}).then((result) => {
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/unbound-method
+          expect(popup.postMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            {
+              id: testId,
+              jsonrpc: '2.0',
+              method: 'icrc29_status'
+            },
+            '*'
+          );
+
+          expect(result).toEqual('ready');
+
+          resolve();
+        });
+
+        vi.advanceTimersByTime(1000);
+      }));
+  });
+
+  describe('Failure', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      isReady = vi.fn(() => false);
+    });
+
+    it('should timeout after 30 seconds', async () =>
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/return-await, no-async-promise-executor, @typescript-eslint/no-misused-promises
+      new Promise<void>(async (resolve) => {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
+        retryRequestStatus({popup, isReady, id: testId}).then((result) => {
+          expect(result).toEqual('timeout');
+
+          resolve();
+        });
+
+        await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(60 * 500);
+      }));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/handlers/wallet.handlers.ts b/src/handlers/wallet.handlers.ts
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+++ b/src/handlers/wallet.handlers.ts
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+import {ICRC29_STATUS} from '../types/icrc';
+import type {IcrcWalletStatusRequestType} from '../types/icrc-requests';
+import {JSON_RPC_VERSION_2, type RpcIdType} from '../types/rpc';
+import {retryUntilReady} from '../utils/timeout.utils';
+
+export const retryRequestStatus = async ({
+  popup,
+  isReady,
+  id
+}: {
+  popup: Window;
+  isReady: () => boolean;
+  id: RpcIdType;
+}): Promise<'ready' | 'timeout'> => {
+  const requestStatus = (): void => {
+    const msg: IcrcWalletStatusRequestType = {
+      jsonrpc: JSON_RPC_VERSION_2,
+      id,
+      method: ICRC29_STATUS
+    };
+
+    popup.postMessage(msg, '*');
+  };
+
+  return await retryUntilReady({
+    // TODO: extract a variable and default value for the Wallet
+    retries: 60, // 30 seconds
+    isReady,
+    fn: requestStatus
+  });
+};