def METHOD_NAME(self):
    if self._remote_client():
        try:
            response = self._remote_client().client_heartbeat()
            if response.status_code == 200:
                self._heartbeat_responses['success'] += 1
            else:
                self._heartbeat_responses['fail'] += 1
        except Exception:
            # at the moment we don't care about failures for heartbeats
            self._heartbeat_responses['fail'] += 1