How do I store websocket connections for later use?

Hey there, I just got started with Durable objects and thought I would be able to use them to store long lived websocket connections, but it seems I was mistaken. It works when I don't put the Connections in storage, but if I don't do that, the list of connected clients disappears after about 30 seconds even if the websocket connection stays active, which breaks my route that checks if the list of clients is empty and sends a mesasge to all of them if it isn't.

Edit: After I thought about it for a bit with my sleep deprived brain I noticed that you of course can't store Websocket connections in Durable objects for obvious reasons, but is there any other way to keep the same list of Clients globally and be able to send messages from the worker they are connected to? As this is needed for my program

Am I understanding something about Durable objects wrong? I could really need some help