Added rtdb changes

Author: maneesht

packages/database/src/api/Database.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ import {
   deepEqual,
   EmulatorMockTokenOptions,
   getDefaultEmulatorHostnameAndPort,
-  isCloudWorkstation
+  isCloudWorkstation,
+  pingServer
 } from '@firebase/util';
 
 import { AppCheckTokenProvider } from '../core/AppCheckTokenProvider';
@@ -389,6 +390,10 @@ export function connectDatabaseEmulator(
     tokenProvider = new EmulatorTokenProvider(token);
   }
 
+  if (isCloudWorkstation(host)) {
+    void pingServer(host);
+  }
+
   // Modify the repo to apply emulator settings
   repoManagerApplyEmulatorSettings(repo, hostAndPort, options, tokenProvider);
 }