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(tinkerpop) branch master updated: Support Streaming in .NET (#3403)

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     new 30129ad373 Support Streaming in .NET (#3403)
30129ad373 is described below

commit 30129ad3733650ba363caf0ef4a06e71bc6ed971
Author: Yang Xia <55...@users.noreply.github.com>
AuthorDate: Wed May 6 15:41:56 2026 -0700

    Support Streaming in .NET (#3403)
    
    Added streaming deserialization in `gremlin-dotnet`, moved minimal target to `.net8.0`.
    Assisted-by: Kiro:claude-opus-4-6
---
 CHANGELOG.asciidoc                                 |   2 +
 docs/src/reference/gremlin-variants.asciidoc       |   6 +-
 docs/src/upgrade/release-4.x.x.asciidoc            |  56 ++
 .../src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Connection.cs           | 194 +++---
 .../Gremlin.Net/Driver/GremlinClientExtensions.cs  |  29 +-
 .../src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/IMessageSerializer.cs   |  12 +-
 .../Gremlin.Net/Driver/Messages/ResponseMessage.cs |  75 ---
 .../Driver/Remote/DriverRemoteTraversal.cs         |  10 +-
 gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/ResultSet.cs | 121 +++-
 .../Gremlin.Net/Driver/StreamingResponseContext.cs |  71 +++
 gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Gremlin.Net.csproj  |  13 +-
 .../Process/Traversal/DefaultTraversal.cs          | 252 ++++----
 .../Gremlin.Net/Process/Traversal/ITraversal.cs    |  39 +-
 gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Process/Utils.cs    |  21 +
 .../GraphBinary4/GraphBinary4MessageSerializer.cs  |   8 +-
 ...eMessageSerializer.cs => ResponseSerializer.cs} |  65 +-
 .../Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/StreamExtensions.cs  |  87 +--
 .../IO/GraphBinary4/Types/SingleTypeSerializer.cs  |   4 +-
 .../MessageSerializerBenchmarks.cs                 |  29 +-
 .../Driver/GremlinClientTests.cs                   |  30 +-
 .../Driver/MessagesTests.cs                        |  12 +-
 .../Gherkin/CommonSteps.cs                         |  54 +-
 .../Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Gherkin/Gremlin.cs |   4 +-
 .../Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/ConnectionTests.cs | 140 ++++-
 .../Driver/DriverRemoteConnectionTests.cs          |   5 +-
 .../Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/ResultSetTests.cs  | 328 ++++++++++
 .../Process/Traversal/TestTraversal.cs             |  19 +-
 .../Process/Traversal/TestTraversalStrategy.cs     |   4 +-
 .../Process/Traversal/TraversalTests.cs            | 141 ++++-
 .../GraphBinary4MessageSerializerTests.cs          |   8 +-
 ...rializerTests.cs => ResponseSerializerTests.cs} | 102 +++-
 .../IO/GraphBinary4/StreamExtensionsTests.cs       | 382 ++++++++++++
 .../StreamingDeserializerRoundTripTests.cs         | 669 +++++++++++++++++++++
 33 files changed, 2456 insertions(+), 536 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index f895ea2657..193d9c5587 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ image::https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/tinkerpop/master/docs/static/ima
 * Replace `WebSocket` with `HTTP` (non-streaming) in `gremlin-dotnet`.
 * Added `MimeType` to `IMessageSerializer` and split client option to allow separate request and response serialization in `gremlin-dotnet`.
 * Added `RequestInterceptor` to `gremlin-dotnet` with `auth` reference implementations.
+* Added streaming deserialization to `gremlin-dotnet`, results are now deserialized incrementally from the HTTP response stream via `IAsyncEnumerable<T>`. 
+* Target framework for `gremlin-dotnet` updated to `net8.0`.
 * Bumped minimum Node.js version for `gremlin-javascript` from 20 to 22.
 * Removed `mimeType` connection option in `gremlin-javascript` in favor of direct use of `reader` and `writer` options.
 * Bumped ANTLR to 4.13.2
diff --git a/docs/src/reference/gremlin-variants.asciidoc b/docs/src/reference/gremlin-variants.asciidoc
index ee12ef6409..ee94b0ecd2 100644
--- a/docs/src/reference/gremlin-variants.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/src/reference/gremlin-variants.asciidoc
@@ -2053,13 +2053,14 @@ anchor:gremlin-DotNet[]
 == Gremlin.Net
 
 image:gremlin-dotnet-logo.png[width=371,float=right] Apache TinkerPop's Gremlin.Net implements Gremlin within the C#
-language. It targets .NET Standard and can therefore be used on different operating systems and with different .NET
-frameworks, such as .NET Framework and link:https://www.microsoft.com/net/core[.NET Core]. Since the C# syntax is very
+language. It targets .NET 8.0 and can therefore be used on different operating systems. Since the C# syntax is very
 similar to that of Java, it should be easy to switch between Gremlin-Java and Gremlin.Net. The only major syntactical
 difference is that all method names in Gremlin.Net use PascalCase as opposed to camelCase in Gremlin-Java in order
 to comply with .NET conventions.
 
 The Gremlin.Net driver communicates with Gremlin Server over HTTP using the GraphBinary 4.0 serialization format.
+Response deserialization is streaming — results are yielded incrementally as they arrive from the server, rather than
+buffered entirely before processing.
 
 [source,powershell]
 nuget install Gremlin.Net
@@ -2075,6 +2076,7 @@ The following table outlines recommended runtime versions by the release in whic
 |3.6.0 |.NET Standard 2.0; .NET 6.0
 |3.7.0 |.NET Standard 2.0; .NET6.0
 |3.8.0 |.NET Standard 2.0; .NET6.0
+|4.0.0 |.NET 8.0
 |===
 
 [[gremlin-dotnet-connecting]]
diff --git a/docs/src/upgrade/release-4.x.x.asciidoc b/docs/src/upgrade/release-4.x.x.asciidoc
index 547f153b10..f632a61c77 100644
--- a/docs/src/upgrade/release-4.x.x.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/src/upgrade/release-4.x.x.asciidoc
@@ -215,6 +215,62 @@ Connection(url, traversal_source, executor, pool,
 
 Custom transport implementations are no longer supported. The driver uses `AiohttpHTTPTransport` directly.
 
+==== Runtime Upgrades
+
+The minimum target framework is now `net8.0` (previously `netstandard2.0;net6.0`). .NET 6 reached end-of-life in
+November 2024; .NET 8 is the current LTS release.
+
+==== .NET HTTP Streaming Response Support
+
+The .NET driver (`Gremlin.Net`) now uses streaming deserialization, results are deserialized incrementally from the
+HTTP response stream as bytes arrive over the network, rather than buffering the entire response before processing.
+This reduces memory usage and latency for large result sets.
+
+The traversal API (`Next()`, `ToList()`, `HasNext()`, `ToSet()`, `Iterate()`) is unchanged — these methods block
+internally on the async stream, so existing traversal code works without modification.
+
+`ResultSet<T>` no longer implements `IReadOnlyCollection<T>`. It now implements `IAsyncEnumerable<T>`, backed by a
+`Channel<T>` that receives items from a background deserialization task. Users who access `ResultSet<T>` directly
+via `GremlinClient.SubmitAsync<T>()` will need to update their code:
+
+[source,csharp]
+----
+// 3.x — ResultSet was IReadOnlyCollection<T>
+var resultSet = await client.SubmitAsync<int>("g.inject(1,2,3)");
+var count = resultSet.Count;              // no longer available
+foreach (var item in resultSet) { }       // no longer available
+
+// 4.0 — ResultSet is IAsyncEnumerable<T>
+var resultSet = await client.SubmitAsync<int>("g.inject(1,2,3)");
+var list = await resultSet.ToListAsync(); // materialize if you need Count
+await foreach (var item in resultSet) { } // async iteration
+----
+
+The `IMessageSerializer` interface has also changed: `DeserializeMessageAsync` now accepts a `Stream` and returns
+`IAsyncEnumerable<object>` instead of accepting `byte[]` and returning `Task<ResponseMessage<List<object>>>`.
+Custom serializer implementations will need to be updated. The `ResponseMessage<T>` type has been removed.
+
+With streaming, server errors (`ResponseException`) are now thrown during result iteration rather than during
+`SubmitAsync`. Code that catches `ResponseException` around `SubmitAsync` should be updated to catch around the
+result consumption instead:
+
+[source,csharp]
+----
+// 3.x — exception thrown during SubmitAsync
+try {
+    var resultSet = await client.SubmitAsync<int>("invalid");
+} catch (ResponseException ex) { ... }
+
+// 4.0 — exception thrown during iteration
+var resultSet = await client.SubmitAsync<int>("invalid");
+try {
+    var list = await resultSet.ToListAsync();
+} catch (ResponseException ex) { ... }
+----
+
+The traversal API is not affected — `Next()`, `ToList()`, etc. still throw `ResponseException` directly since they
+block on the async stream internally.
+
 === Upgrading for Providers
 
 ==== Graph System Providers
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Connection.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Connection.cs
index 415513918c..e0b0e30b78 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Connection.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Connection.cs
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Compression;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Channels;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Gremlin.Net.Driver.Messages;
 using Gremlin.Net.Process;
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
             _settings = settings;
             _interceptors = interceptors ?? Array.Empty<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>();
 
-#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
             var handler = new SocketsHttpHandler
             {
                 PooledConnectionIdleTimeout = settings.IdleConnectionTimeout,
@@ -93,10 +92,6 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
                 };
             }
             _httpClient = new HttpClient(handler);
-#else
-            _httpClient = new HttpClient();
-            _httpClient.Timeout = settings.ConnectionTimeout;
-#endif
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -115,10 +110,17 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
             _interceptors = interceptors ?? Array.Empty<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Submits a <see cref="RequestMessage"/> to the server and returns a streaming
+        ///     <see cref="ResultSet{T}"/> whose background task owns the HTTP response lifetime.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the expected result elements.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="requestMessage">The request to send.</param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to cancel the operation.</param>
+        /// <returns>A <see cref="ResultSet{T}"/> that streams results as they arrive.</returns>
         public async Task<ResultSet<T>> SubmitAsync<T>(RequestMessage requestMessage,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            // Build HttpRequestContext with default headers
             var headers = new Dictionary<string, string>();
             headers["Accept"] = _responseSerializer.MimeType;
 
@@ -140,7 +142,6 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
             object body;
             if (_requestSerializer != null)
             {
-                // Default path: serialize before interceptors
                 var requestBytes = await _requestSerializer.SerializeMessageAsync(requestMessage, cancellationToken)
                     .ConfigureAwait(false);
                 body = requestBytes;
@@ -148,103 +149,146 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
             }
             else
             {
-                // Interceptor-managed path: body is RequestMessage, interceptor must serialize
                 body = requestMessage;
             }
 
             var context = new HttpRequestContext("POST", _uri, headers, body);
 
-            // Apply interceptors in order
             foreach (var interceptor in _interceptors)
             {
                 await interceptor(context).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
 
-            // Convert HttpRequestContext to HttpRequestMessage
-            using var httpRequest = new HttpRequestMessage(new HttpMethod(context.Method), context.Uri);
-
-            if (context.Body is byte[] bodyBytes)
-            {
-                httpRequest.Content = new ByteArrayContent(bodyBytes);
-            }
-            else if (context.Body is HttpContent httpContent)
-            {
-                httpRequest.Content = httpContent;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                throw new InvalidOperationException(
-                    "Request body must be byte[] or HttpContent after all interceptors complete, " +
-                    "but found " + (context.Body?.GetType().Name ?? "null") +
-                    ". Either provide a requestSerializer or add an interceptor " +
-                    "that serializes the RequestMessage.");
-            }
-
-            foreach (var header in context.Headers)
+            // The HttpResponseMessage is NOT disposed here — ownership transfers to
+            // StreamingResponseContext via the background task.
+            HttpResponseMessage response;
+            using (var httpRequest = new HttpRequestMessage(new HttpMethod(context.Method), context.Uri))
             {
-                // Content-Type must be set on the content headers, not the request headers
-                if (string.Equals(header.Key, "Content-Type", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                if (context.Body is byte[] bodyBytes)
                 {
-                    httpRequest.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue(header.Value);
+                    httpRequest.Content = new ByteArrayContent(bodyBytes);
+                }
+                else if (context.Body is HttpContent httpContent)
+                {
+                    httpRequest.Content = httpContent;
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    httpRequest.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation(header.Key, header.Value);
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                        "Request body must be byte[] or HttpContent after all interceptors complete, " +
+                        "but found " + (context.Body?.GetType().Name ?? "null") +
+                        ". Either provide a requestSerializer or add an interceptor " +
+                        "that serializes the RequestMessage.");
+                }
+
+                foreach (var header in context.Headers)
+                {
+                    if (string.Equals(header.Key, "Content-Type", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    {
+                        httpRequest.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue(header.Value);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        httpRequest.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation(header.Key, header.Value);
+                    }
                 }
-            }
 
-            using var response = await _httpClient.SendAsync(httpRequest, cancellationToken)
-                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+                response = await _httpClient.SendAsync(httpRequest,
+                    HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead, cancellationToken)
+                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
 
-            // If the HTTP status indicates an error and the response is not GraphBinary,
-            // attempt to read the body as a text error message. The server may respond with
-            // a JSON body containing an error field, or plain text. Only when the Content-Type
-            // is GraphBinary do we fall through to normal deserialization so the status footer
-            // in the GB4 response can surface the application-level error.
             if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode &&
                 response.Content.Headers.ContentType?.MediaType != _responseSerializer.MimeType)
             {
-                var errorBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                using (response)
+                {
+                    var errorBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                // Try to extract the "message" field from a JSON error response
-                var errorMessage = TryExtractJsonError(errorBody)
-                    ?? $"Gremlin Server returned HTTP {(int)response.StatusCode}: {errorBody}";
+                    // Try to extract the "message" field from a JSON error response
+                    var errorMessage = TryExtractJsonError(errorBody)
+                        ?? $"Gremlin Server returned HTTP {(int)response.StatusCode}: {errorBody}";
 
-                throw new HttpRequestException(errorMessage);
+                    throw new HttpRequestException(errorMessage);
+                }
             }
 
-            var responseBytes = await ReadResponseBytesAsync(response).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            StreamingResponseContext? streamingContext = null;
+            CancellationTokenSource? disposeCts = null;
+            CancellationTokenSource? linkedCts = null;
+            try
+            {
+                var contentStream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync()
+                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
+                DeflateStream? deflateStream = null;
+                if (response.Content.Headers.ContentEncoding.Contains("deflate"))
+                {
+                    deflateStream = new DeflateStream(contentStream, CompressionMode.Decompress);
+                }
+                streamingContext = new StreamingResponseContext(
+                    response, contentStream, deflateStream);
 
-            var responseMessage = await _responseSerializer.DeserializeMessageAsync(responseBytes, cancellationToken)
-                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+                var resultStream = _responseSerializer.DeserializeMessageAsync(
+                    streamingContext.Stream, cancellationToken);
 
-            return BuildResultSet<T>(responseMessage);
-        }
+                var channel = Channel.CreateUnbounded<object>(
+                    new UnboundedChannelOptions { SingleWriter = true });
+                disposeCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+                linkedCts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(
+                    cancellationToken, disposeCts.Token);
 
-        private static async Task<byte[]> ReadResponseBytesAsync(HttpResponseMessage response)
-        {
-            using var stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-            if (response.Content.Headers.ContentEncoding.Contains("deflate"))
+                var capturedLinkedCts = linkedCts;
+                var capturedStreamingContext = streamingContext;
+
+                var backgroundTask = Task.Run(async () =>
+                {
+                    // Note: ResponseException from the status footer is propagated after
+                    // all result items have been yielded, so consumers will see all results
+                    // before the exception if the status code is non-200.
+                    try
+                    {
+                        await foreach (var item in resultStream
+                            .WithCancellation(capturedLinkedCts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false))
+                        {
+                            await channel.Writer.WriteAsync(item, capturedLinkedCts.Token)
+                                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        }
+                        channel.Writer.Complete();
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        channel.Writer.Complete(ex);
+                    }
+                    finally
+                    {
+                        capturedLinkedCts.Dispose();
+                        capturedStreamingContext.Dispose();
+                    }
+                }, CancellationToken.None);
+
+                // Ownership transferred to background task — prevent catch block from
+                // double-disposing.
+                linkedCts = null;
+                streamingContext = null;
+
+                return new ResultSet<T>(channel.Reader, disposeCts, backgroundTask);
+            }
+            catch
             {
-                using var deflateStream = new DeflateStream(stream, CompressionMode.Decompress);
-                using var ms = new MemoryStream();
-                await deflateStream.CopyToAsync(ms).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                return ms.ToArray();
+                linkedCts?.Dispose();
+                // If streamingContext was not yet created, the response is not yet owned
+                // by it and must be disposed separately.
+                if (streamingContext == null)
+                {
+                    response.Dispose();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    streamingContext.Dispose();
+                }
+                disposeCts?.Dispose();
+                throw;
             }
-            using var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
-            await stream.CopyToAsync(memoryStream).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return memoryStream.ToArray();
-        }
-
-        private static ResultSet<T> BuildResultSet<T>(ResponseMessage<List<object>> responseMessage)
-        {
-            var results = typeof(T) == typeof(Traverser)
-                ? responseMessage.Result
-                    .Select(item => item is Traverser ? item : (object)new Traverser(item))
-                    .Cast<T>().ToList()
-                : responseMessage.Result.Cast<T>().ToList();
-
-            return new ResultSet<T>(results, new Dictionary<string, object>());
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/GremlinClientExtensions.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/GremlinClientExtensions.cs
index 176def707f..66927c5b17 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/GremlinClientExtensions.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/GremlinClientExtensions.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #endregion
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Gremlin.Net.Driver.Messages;
@@ -57,9 +56,13 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
             Dictionary<string, object>? bindings = null,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            var resultCollection = await gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<T>(requestScript, bindings, cancellationToken)
+            await using var resultSet = await gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<T>(requestScript, bindings, cancellationToken)
                 .ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return resultCollection.FirstOrDefault();
+            await foreach (var item in resultSet.WithCancellation(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
+            {
+                return item;
+            }
+            return default;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -81,9 +84,13 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
         public static async Task<T?> SubmitWithSingleResultAsync<T>(this IGremlinClient gremlinClient,
             RequestMessage requestMessage, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            var resultCollection =
+            await using var resultSet =
                 await gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<T>(requestMessage, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return resultCollection.FirstOrDefault();
+            await foreach (var item in resultSet.WithCancellation(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
+            {
+                return item;
+            }
+            return default;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -102,7 +109,11 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
         public static async Task SubmitAsync(this IGremlinClient gremlinClient, string requestScript,
             Dictionary<string, object>? bindings = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            await gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<object>(requestScript, bindings, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await using var resultSet = await gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<object>(requestScript, bindings, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            // Drain the stream to ensure the background task completes and resources are released.
+            await foreach (var _ in resultSet.WithCancellation(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
+            {
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -120,7 +131,11 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
         public static async Task SubmitAsync(this IGremlinClient gremlinClient, RequestMessage requestMessage,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            await gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<object>(requestMessage, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await using var resultSet = await gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<object>(requestMessage, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            // Drain the stream to ensure the background task completes and resources are released.
+            await foreach (var _ in resultSet.WithCancellation(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
+            {
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/IMessageSerializer.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/IMessageSerializer.cs
index 81fb5fd6b1..9abb59dc66 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/IMessageSerializer.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/IMessageSerializer.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #endregion
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Gremlin.Net.Driver.Messages;
@@ -50,12 +51,15 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 
         /// <summary>
-        ///     Deserializes a <see cref="ResponseMessage{T}"/> from a byte array.
+        ///     Deserializes result objects from a <see cref="Stream"/>, yielding each
+        ///     object as it is deserialized. The stream is expected to contain a
+        ///     GraphBinary 4.0 response including the version byte, result data, marker,
+        ///     and status footer.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="message">The serialized message to deserialize.</param>
+        /// <param name="stream">The response stream to deserialize from.</param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to cancel the operation. The default value is None.</param>
-        /// <returns>The deserialized <see cref="ResponseMessage{T}"/>.</returns>
-        Task<ResponseMessage<List<object>>> DeserializeMessageAsync(byte[] message,
+        /// <returns>An async sequence of deserialized result objects.</returns>
+        IAsyncEnumerable<object> DeserializeMessageAsync(Stream stream,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Messages/ResponseMessage.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Messages/ResponseMessage.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index f05e5c56a1..0000000000
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Messages/ResponseMessage.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-#region License
-
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-#endregion
-
-namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver.Messages
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     The 4.0 response message returned from the server.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the result data.</typeparam>
-    public record ResponseMessage<T>
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ResponseMessage{T}" /> record.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="bulked">Whether the response contains bulked results.</param>
-        /// <param name="result">The deserialized result data.</param>
-        /// <param name="statusCode">The status code from the GraphBinary response status (after the end-of-stream marker).</param>
-        /// <param name="statusMessage">Optional status message from the GraphBinary response status.</param>
-        /// <param name="exception">Optional exception string from the GraphBinary response status.</param>
-        public ResponseMessage(bool bulked, T result, int statusCode,
-            string? statusMessage, string? exception)
-        {
-            Bulked = bulked;
-            Result = result;
-            StatusCode = statusCode;
-            StatusMessage = statusMessage;
-            Exception = exception;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     Gets whether the response contains bulked results.
-        /// </summary>
-        public bool Bulked { get; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     Gets the deserialized result data.
-        /// </summary>
-        public T Result { get; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     Gets the status code from the GraphBinary response status (200 = success).
-        /// </summary>
-        public int StatusCode { get; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     Gets the optional status message from the GraphBinary response status.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string? StatusMessage { get; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     Gets the optional exception string from the GraphBinary response status.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string? Exception { get; }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Remote/DriverRemoteTraversal.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Remote/DriverRemoteTraversal.cs
index 9cebc8180e..e4ff99563a 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Remote/DriverRemoteTraversal.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Remote/DriverRemoteTraversal.cs
@@ -22,18 +22,22 @@
 #endregion
 
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal;
 
 namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver.Remote
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     A traversal returned from a remote Gremlin Server submission, wrapping a
+    ///     <see cref="ResultSet{T}"/> of <see cref="Traverser"/> instances.
+    /// </summary>
     internal class DriverRemoteTraversal<TStart, TEnd> : DefaultTraversal<TStart, TEnd>
     {
-        public DriverRemoteTraversal(IEnumerable<Traverser> traversers)
+        public DriverRemoteTraversal(ResultSet<Traverser> resultSet)
         {
-            Traversers = traversers;
+            Traversers = resultSet;
         }
 
+        /// <inheritdoc />
         public override GremlinLang GremlinLang => throw new NotSupportedException("Remote traversals do not have GremlinLang");
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/ResultSet.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/ResultSet.cs
index 83a5184ba3..710066cce0 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/ResultSet.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/ResultSet.cs
@@ -21,49 +21,128 @@
 
 #endregion
 
-using System.Collections;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Channels;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
 {
     /// <summary>
-    ///     A ResultSet is returned from the submission of a Gremlin script to the server and represents the results
-    ///     provided by the server. ResultSet includes enumerable data and status attributes.
+    ///     A streaming ResultSet returned from the submission of a Gremlin request.
+    ///     Implements <see cref="IAsyncEnumerable{T}"/>; so consumers can iterate results as they
+    ///     arrive from the server via <c>await foreach</c>.
+    ///     Single-consumer only — calling GetAsyncEnumerator a second time throws
+    ///     InvalidOperationException.
     /// </summary>
     /// <typeparam name="T">Type of the result elements</typeparam>
-    public sealed class ResultSet<T> : IReadOnlyCollection<T>
+    public sealed class ResultSet<T> : IAsyncEnumerable<T>, IAsyncDisposable, IDisposable
     {
-        private readonly IReadOnlyCollection<T> _data;
+        private readonly ChannelReader<object> _channelReader;
+        private readonly CancellationTokenSource _disposeCts;
+        private readonly Task _backgroundTask;
+        // int rather than bool because Interlocked.CompareExchange does not support bool
+        private int _enumerated;
+        private int _disposed;
 
         /// <summary>
-        ///     Gets or sets the status attributes from the gremlin response
+        ///     Initializes a new <see cref="ResultSet{T}"/> backed by a channel, a cancellation
+        ///     source for disposal, and a background task that writes items into the channel.
         /// </summary>
-        public IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object> StatusAttributes { get; }
+        internal ResultSet(ChannelReader<object> channelReader,
+            CancellationTokenSource disposeCts, Task backgroundTask)
+        {
+            _channelReader = channelReader;
+            _disposeCts = disposeCts;
+            _backgroundTask = backgroundTask;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public IAsyncEnumerator<T> GetAsyncEnumerator(
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        {
+            if (Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _enumerated, 1, 0) != 0)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                    "ResultSet can only be enumerated once. Use ToListAsync() if you need " +
+                    "to iterate the results multiple times.");
+            }
+
+            return EnumerateChannel(cancellationToken);
+        }
+
+        private async IAsyncEnumerator<T> EnumerateChannel(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            using var linked = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(
+                cancellationToken, _disposeCts.Token);
+
+            await foreach (var item in _channelReader.ReadAllAsync(linked.Token)
+                .ConfigureAwait(false))
+            {
+                yield return (T)item;
+            }
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
-        ///     Initializes a new instance of the ResultSet class for the specified data and status attributes.
+        ///     Materializes all results into a List&lt;T&gt;.
+        ///     This is a convenience method for consumers that need the complete collection.
+        ///     Consumes the stream — cannot be called after GetAsyncEnumerator.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="data"></param>
-        /// <param name="attributes"></param>
-        public ResultSet(IReadOnlyCollection<T> data, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object> attributes)
+        public async Task<List<T>> ToListAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            _data = data;
-            this.StatusAttributes = attributes;
+            var results = new List<T>();
+            await foreach (var item in this.WithCancellation(cancellationToken)
+                .ConfigureAwait(false))
+            {
+                results.Add(item);
+            }
+            return results;
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator()
+        public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
         {
-            return _data.GetEnumerator();
+            if (Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _disposed, 1, 0) != 0)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _disposeCts.Cancel();
+            try
+            {
+                await _backgroundTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // Background task may throw OperationCanceledException or other
+                // exceptions — swallow them during disposal.
+            }
+            _disposeCts.Dispose();
         }
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Synchronous disposal fallback. Prefer <see cref="DisposeAsync"/> in async contexts
+        ///     to avoid blocking the calling thread.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void Dispose()
         {
-            return _data.GetEnumerator();
-        }
+            if (Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _disposed, 1, 0) != 0)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public int Count => _data.Count;
+            _disposeCts.Cancel();
+            try
+            {
+                _backgroundTask.GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // Background task may throw OperationCanceledException or other
+                // exceptions — swallow them during disposal.
+            }
+            _disposeCts.Dispose();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/StreamingResponseContext.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/StreamingResponseContext.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d40e1f39f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/StreamingResponseContext.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#region License
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.IO.Compression;
+using System.Net.Http;
+
+namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Holds the HTTP response resources that must remain alive during streaming
+    ///     deserialization. Disposed when the stream is fully consumed, faulted, or cancelled.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal sealed class StreamingResponseContext : IDisposable
+    {
+        private readonly HttpResponseMessage _response;
+        private readonly Stream _contentStream;
+        private readonly DeflateStream? _deflateStream;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets the stream to read from — the decompression stream if present,
+        ///     otherwise the raw content stream.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Stream Stream => (Stream?)_deflateStream ?? _contentStream;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="StreamingResponseContext"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="response">The HTTP response message.</param>
+        /// <param name="contentStream">The raw content stream from the response.</param>
+        /// <param name="deflateStream">An optional deflate decompression stream wrapping the content stream.</param>
+        public StreamingResponseContext(HttpResponseMessage response, Stream contentStream,
+            DeflateStream? deflateStream = null)
+        {
+            _response = response;
+            _contentStream = contentStream;
+            _deflateStream = deflateStream;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Disposes the decompression stream (if any), the content stream, and the HTTP response.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            _deflateStream?.Dispose();
+            _contentStream.Dispose();
+            _response.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Gremlin.Net.csproj b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Gremlin.Net.csproj
index c1c53ae69d..2d85e673b3 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Gremlin.Net.csproj
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Gremlin.Net.csproj
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup Label="Build">
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
-    <LangVersion>9</LangVersion>
+    <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -77,15 +77,6 @@ NOTE that versions suffixed with "-rc" are considered release candidates (i.e. p
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="8.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
     <PackageReference Include="Polly" Version="8.5.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
-    
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" Version="4.7.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Nullable" Version="1.3.1">
-      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
-    </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="8.0.5" />
-  </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="../../LICENSE" Pack="true" PackagePath="" />
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Process/Traversal/DefaultTraversal.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Process/Traversal/DefaultTraversal.cs
index 27d8b4d5ef..5bcd7ff9a6 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Process/Traversal/DefaultTraversal.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Process/Traversal/DefaultTraversal.cs
@@ -36,13 +36,15 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal
     /// </summary>
     public abstract class DefaultTraversal<TStart, TEnd> : ITraversal<TStart, TEnd>
     {
-        private IEnumerator<Traverser>? _traverserEnumerator;
+        private IAsyncEnumerator<Traverser>? _traverserEnumerator;
+        private bool _nextAvailable;
+        private bool _fetchedNext;
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     Gets the <see cref="Traversal.GremlinLang" /> representation of this traversal.
         /// </summary>
         public abstract GremlinLang GremlinLang { get; }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Determines if this traversal was spawned anonymously or not.
         /// </summary>
@@ -51,73 +53,162 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal
         /// <summary>
         ///     Gets or sets the <see cref="Traverser" />'s of this traversal that hold the results of the traversal.
         /// </summary>
-        public IEnumerable<Traverser>? Traversers { get; set; }
-
-        ITraversal ITraversal.Iterate()
-        {
-            return Iterate();
-        }
+        public IAsyncEnumerable<Traverser>? Traversers { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     Gets or sets the <see cref="ITraversalStrategy" /> strategies of this traversal.
         /// </summary>
         protected ICollection<ITraversalStrategy> TraversalStrategies { get; set; } = new List<ITraversalStrategy>();
 
-        private IEnumerator<Traverser> TraverserEnumerator
+        private IAsyncEnumerator<Traverser> TraverserEnumerator
             => _traverserEnumerator ??= GetTraverserEnumerator();
 
-        private bool _nextAvailable;
-        private bool _fetchedNext;
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public TEnd? Current => GetCurrent<TEnd>();
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public void Dispose()
-        {
-        }
+        public object? CurrentObject => GetValue();
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public bool MoveNext()
+        public async ValueTask<bool> MoveNextAsync()
         {
-            var more = MoveNextInternal();            
+            var more = await MoveNextInternalAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
             _fetchedNext = false;
             return more;
         }
-        
-        private bool MoveNextInternal()
+
+        private async ValueTask<bool> MoveNextInternalAsync()
         {
             if (_fetchedNext) return _nextAvailable;
 
             if (!_nextAvailable || TraverserEnumerator.Current?.Bulk == 0)
             {
-                _nextAvailable = TraverserEnumerator.MoveNext();
+                _nextAvailable = await TraverserEnumerator.MoveNextAsync()
+                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
             if (!_nextAvailable) return false;
-            
+
             var currentTraverser = TraverserEnumerator.Current;
             if (currentTraverser?.Bulk >= 1)
             {
                 currentTraverser.Bulk--;
             }
-
             return true;
         }
 
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public bool HasNext()
+        {
+            var more = MoveNextInternalAsync().AsTask().WaitUnwrap();
+            _fetchedNext = true;
+            return more;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
-        ///     Reset is not supported.
+        ///     Gets the next result from the traversal.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">Thrown always as this operation is not supported.</exception>
-        public void Reset()
+        /// <returns>The result.</returns>
+        public TEnd? Next()
         {
-            throw new NotSupportedException();
+            MoveNextAsync().AsTask().WaitUnwrap();
+            return Current;
         }
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public TEnd? Current => GetCurrent<TEnd>();
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets the next n-number of results from the traversal.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="amount">The number of results to get.</param>
+        /// <returns>The n-results.</returns>
+        public IEnumerable<TEnd?> Next(int amount)
+        {
+            for (var i = 0; i < amount; i++)
+                yield return Next();
+        }
 
-        object? IEnumerator.Current => GetCurrent();
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Puts all the results into a <see cref="IList{T}" />.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The results in a list.</returns>
+        public IList<TEnd?> ToList()
+        {
+            var objs = new List<TEnd?>();
+            while (MoveNextAsync().AsTask().WaitUnwrap())
+                objs.Add(Current);
+            return objs;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Puts all the results into a <see cref="HashSet{T}" />.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The results in a set.</returns>
+        public ISet<TEnd?> ToSet()
+        {
+            var objs = new HashSet<TEnd?>();
+            while (MoveNextAsync().AsTask().WaitUnwrap())
+                objs.Add(Current);
+            return objs;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Iterates all <see cref="Traverser" /> instances in the traversal.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The fully drained traversal.</returns>
+        public ITraversal<TStart, TEnd> Iterate()
+        {
+            GremlinLang.AddStep("discard");
+            IterateAsync().WaitUnwrap();
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Iterates all <see cref="Traverser" /> instances in the traversal asynchronously.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to cancel the operation. The default value is None.</param>
+        /// <returns>The fully drained traversal.</returns>
+        public async Task<ITraversal<TStart, TEnd>> IterateAsync(
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        {
+            while (await MoveNextAsync().ConfigureAwait(false)) { }
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        ITraversal ITraversal.Iterate() => Iterate();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets the next <see cref="Traverser" />.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The next <see cref="Traverser" />.</returns>
+        public Traverser NextTraverser()
+        {
+            TraverserEnumerator.MoveNextAsync().AsTask().WaitUnwrap();
+            return TraverserEnumerator.Current;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Starts a promise to execute a function on the current traversal that will be completed in the future.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="TReturn">The return type of the <paramref name="callback" />.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="callback">The function to execute on the current traversal.</param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to cancel the operation. The default value is None.</param>
+        /// <returns>The result of the executed <paramref name="callback" />.</returns>
+        public async Task<TReturn> Promise<TReturn>(Func<ITraversal<TStart, TEnd>, TReturn> callback,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        {
+            await ApplyStrategiesAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return callback(this);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Disposes the async enumerator used by this traversal.
+        /// </summary>
+        public ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+        {
+            return _traverserEnumerator?.DisposeAsync() ?? ValueTask.CompletedTask;
+        }
 
         private TReturn? GetCurrent<TReturn>()
         {
-            var value = GetCurrent();
+            var value = GetValue();
             var returnType = typeof(TReturn);
             if (value == null || value.GetType() == returnType)
             {
@@ -127,14 +218,13 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal
             return (TReturn) GetValue(returnType, value);
         }
 
-        private object? GetCurrent()
+        private object? GetValue()
         {
-            // Use dynamic to object to prevent runtime dynamic conversion evaluation
             return TraverserEnumerator.Current?.Object;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the value, converting to the expected type when necessary and supported. 
+        ///     Converts a value to the expected type when necessary and supported.
         /// </summary>
         [return: NotNullIfNotNull("value")]
         private static object? GetValue(Type type, object? value)
@@ -170,16 +260,16 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal
             return value;
         }
 
-        private IEnumerator<Traverser> GetTraverserEnumerator()
+        private IAsyncEnumerator<Traverser> GetTraverserEnumerator()
         {
             if (Traversers == null)
                 ApplyStrategies();
             if (Traversers == null)
             {
                 throw new InvalidOperationException(
-                    $"Cannot enumerate the traversal as there are no {nameof(Traversers)}. Maybe a strategy needs to be added.");
+                    $"Cannot enumerate the traversal as there are no {nameof(Traversers)}.");
             }
-            return Traversers.GetEnumerator();
+            return Traversers.GetAsyncEnumerator();
         }
 
         private void ApplyStrategies()
@@ -193,95 +283,5 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal
             foreach (var strategy in TraversalStrategies)
                 await strategy.ApplyAsync(this, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public bool HasNext()
-        {
-            var more = MoveNextInternal();            
-            _fetchedNext = true;
-            return more;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     Gets the next result from the traversal.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>The result.</returns>
-        public TEnd? Next()
-        {
-            MoveNext();
-            return Current;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     Gets the next n-number of results from the traversal.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="amount">The number of results to get.</param>
-        /// <returns>The n-results.</returns>
-        public IEnumerable<TEnd?> Next(int amount)
-        {
-            for (var i = 0; i < amount; i++)
-                yield return Next();
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     Iterates all <see cref="Traverser" /> instances in the traversal.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>The fully drained traversal.</returns>
-        public ITraversal<TStart, TEnd> Iterate()
-        {
-            GremlinLang.AddStep("discard");
-            while (MoveNext())
-            {
-            }
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     Gets the next <see cref="Traverser" />.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>The next <see cref="Traverser" />.</returns>
-        public Traverser NextTraverser()
-        {
-            TraverserEnumerator.MoveNext();
-            return TraverserEnumerator.Current;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     Puts all the results into a <see cref="List{T}" />.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>The results in a list.</returns>
-        public IList<TEnd?> ToList()
-        {
-            var objs = new List<TEnd?>();
-            while (MoveNext())
-                objs.Add(Current);
-            return objs;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     Puts all the results into a <see cref="HashSet{T}" />.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>The results in a set.</returns>
-        public ISet<TEnd?> ToSet()
-        {
-            var objs = new HashSet<TEnd?>();
-            while (MoveNext())
-                objs.Add(Current);
-            return objs;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     Starts a promise to execute a function on the current traversal that will be completed in the future.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <typeparam name="TReturn">The return type of the <paramref name="callback" />.</typeparam>
-        /// <param name="callback">The function to execute on the current traversal.</param>
-        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to cancel the operation. The default value is None.</param>
-        /// <returns>The result of the executed <paramref name="callback" />.</returns>
-        public async Task<TReturn> Promise<TReturn>(Func<ITraversal<TStart, TEnd>, TReturn> callback,
-            CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
-        {
-            await ApplyStrategiesAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return callback(this);
-        }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Process/Traversal/ITraversal.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Process/Traversal/ITraversal.cs
index cbddf30969..b4999336cd 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Process/Traversal/ITraversal.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Process/Traversal/ITraversal.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #endregion
 
 using System;
-using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -30,25 +29,36 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 namespace Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Represents the basic information for a walk over a graph.
+    ///     Represents the basic information for a walk over a graph.
     /// </summary>
     /// <seealso cref="ITraversal{SType, EType}"/>
-    public interface ITraversal: IEnumerator
+    public interface ITraversal : IAsyncDisposable
     {
         /// <summary>
         ///     Gets the <see cref="Traversal.GremlinLang" /> representation of this traversal.
         /// </summary>
         GremlinLang GremlinLang { get; }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Determines if this traversal was spawned anonymously or not.
         /// </summary>
-        bool IsAnonymous { get;  }
+        bool IsAnonymous { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     Gets or sets the <see cref="Traverser" />'s of this traversal that hold the results of the traversal.
         /// </summary>
-        IEnumerable<Traverser>? Traversers { get; set; }
+        IAsyncEnumerable<Traverser>? Traversers { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets the current result as an untyped object, without type conversion.
+        ///     This is useful when the caller does not know the specific TEnd type.
+        /// </summary>
+        object? CurrentObject { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Advances the traversal to the next result asynchronously (used internally).
+        /// </summary>
+        ValueTask<bool> MoveNextAsync();
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     Iterates all <see cref="Traverser" /> instances in the traversal.
@@ -60,8 +70,19 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal
     /// <summary>
     ///     A traversal represents a directed walk over a graph.
     /// </summary>
-    public interface ITraversal<TStart, TEnd> : ITraversal, IEnumerator<TEnd?>
+    public interface ITraversal<TStart, TEnd> : ITraversal
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets the current result of the traversal.
+        /// </summary>
+        TEnd? Current { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Advances the traversal to the next result asynchronously (used internally).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>True if there is a next result, false otherwise.</returns>
+        new ValueTask<bool> MoveNextAsync();
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Gets the next result from the traversal.
         /// </summary>
@@ -100,7 +121,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal
         IList<TEnd?> ToList();
 
         /// <summary>
-        ///     Puts all the results into a <see cref="ISet{T}" />.
+        ///     Puts all the results into a <see cref="HashSet{T}" />.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>The results in a set.</returns>
         ISet<TEnd?> ToSet();
@@ -115,4 +136,4 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal
         Task<TReturn> Promise<TReturn>(Func<ITraversal<TStart, TEnd>, TReturn> callback,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Process/Utils.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Process/Utils.cs
index ce0c2b6abf..9fb2077c02 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Process/Utils.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Process/Utils.cs
@@ -60,6 +60,27 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Process
                 throw;
             }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Waits the completion of the provided Task and returns the result.
+        /// When an AggregateException is thrown, the inner exception is thrown.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static T WaitUnwrap<T>(this Task<T> task)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                task.Wait();
+                return task.Result;
+            }
+            catch (AggregateException ex)
+            {
+                if (ex.InnerException != null)
+                {
+                    ExceptionDispatchInfo.Capture(ex.InnerException).Throw();   
+                }
+                throw;
+            }
+        }
         
         /// <summary>
         /// Designed for Tasks that were started but the result should not be awaited upon (fire and forget).
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/GraphBinary4MessageSerializer.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/GraphBinary4MessageSerializer.cs
index 214f32be6e..706ab47dd0 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/GraphBinary4MessageSerializer.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/GraphBinary4MessageSerializer.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         private readonly GraphBinaryReader _reader;
         private readonly GraphBinaryWriter _writer;
         private readonly RequestMessageSerializer _requestSerializer = new RequestMessageSerializer();
-        private readonly ResponseMessageSerializer _responseSerializer = new ResponseMessageSerializer();
+        private readonly ResponseSerializer _responseSerializer = new ResponseSerializer();
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public string MimeType => SerializationTokens.GraphBinary4MimeType;
@@ -66,12 +66,10 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public async Task<ResponseMessage<List<object>>> DeserializeMessageAsync(byte[] message,
+        public IAsyncEnumerable<object> DeserializeMessageAsync(Stream stream,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            using var stream = new MemoryStream(message);
-            return await _responseSerializer.ReadValueAsync(stream, _reader, cancellationToken)
-                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return _responseSerializer.ReadStreamingAsync(stream, _reader, cancellationToken);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/ResponseMessageSerializer.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/ResponseSerializer.cs
similarity index 51%
rename from gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/ResponseMessageSerializer.cs
rename to gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/ResponseSerializer.cs
index 78b05bd6d4..295705c8e3 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/ResponseMessageSerializer.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/ResponseSerializer.cs
@@ -23,46 +23,57 @@
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Gremlin.Net.Driver.Exceptions;
-using Gremlin.Net.Driver.Messages;
 using Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal;
 
 namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
 {
     /// <summary>
-    ///     Deserializes a <see cref="ResponseMessage{T}"/> from the GraphBinary 4.0 streaming format.
+    ///     Deserializes a streaming GraphBinary 4.0 response, yielding each result object
+    ///     as it is deserialized from the stream. After the Marker, reads the status
+    ///     footer and throws <see cref="ResponseException"/> if the status code is not 200.
     /// </summary>
-    public class ResponseMessageSerializer
+    public class ResponseSerializer
     {
         /// <summary>
-        ///     Reads a response message from the stream in the 4.0 format:
-        ///     version byte + bulked flag + result data + marker + status footer.
+        ///     Reads a streaming GraphBinary 4.0 response, yielding each result object
+        ///     as it is deserialized from the stream. After the Marker, reads the status
+        ///     footer and throws <see cref="ResponseException"/> if the status code is not 200.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="stream">The GraphBinary data to parse.</param>
+        /// <param name="stream">The stream to read the GraphBinary response from.</param>
         /// <param name="reader">A <see cref="GraphBinaryReader"/> that can be used to read nested values.</param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to cancel the operation. The default value is None.</param>
-        /// <returns>The read response message.</returns>
-        public async Task<ResponseMessage<List<object>>> ReadValueAsync(MemoryStream stream,
-            GraphBinaryReader reader, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        /// <returns>An async enumerable of deserialized result objects.</returns>
+        public async IAsyncEnumerable<object> ReadStreamingAsync(Stream stream,
+            GraphBinaryReader reader,
+            [EnumeratorCancellation] CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
+            // Wrap in BufferedStream for efficient reads (8192 bytes, like Go's bufio).
+            // Intentionally not disposed — disposing BufferedStream would also close the
+            // underlying stream, which is owned by StreamingResponseContext.
+            var buffered = new BufferedStream(stream, 8192);
+
             // 1. Version byte — validate MSB is set
-            var version = await stream.ReadByteAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false) & 0xFF;
+            var version = await buffered.ReadByteAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false) & 0xFF;
             if (version >> 7 != 1)
             {
-                throw new IOException("The most significant bit should be set according to the format");
+                throw new IOException(
+                    "The most significant bit should be set according to the format");
             }
 
             // 2. Bulked flag
-            var bulkedByte = await stream.ReadByteAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var bulkedByte = await buffered.ReadByteAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             var bulked = bulkedByte == 0x01;
 
-            // 3. Read result data until Marker
-            var results = new List<object>();
+            // 3. Read result data until Marker, yielding each result
             while (true)
             {
-                var value = await reader.ReadAsync(stream, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+                var value = await reader.ReadAsync(buffered, cancellationToken)
+                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                 if (value is Marker)
                 {
@@ -71,36 +82,28 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
 
                 if (bulked)
                 {
-                    // Read the fully-qualified Long bulk count following the value
-                    var bulkCount = (long)(await reader.ReadAsync(stream, cancellationToken)
+                    var bulkCount = (long)(await reader.ReadAsync(buffered, cancellationToken)
                         .ConfigureAwait(false))!;
-                    results.Add(new Traverser(value, bulkCount));
+                    yield return new Traverser(value, bulkCount);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    results.Add(value!);
+                    yield return value!;
                 }
             }
 
-            // 4. Status footer: status code (Int value)
+            // 4. Status footer
             var statusCode = (int)await reader.ReadNonNullableValueAsync<int>(
-                stream, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-            // 5. Nullable status message (value_flag + String value)
+                buffered, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             var statusMessage = (string?)await reader.ReadNullableValueAsync<string>(
-                stream, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-            // 6. Nullable exception (value_flag + String value)
+                buffered, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             var exception = (string?)await reader.ReadNullableValueAsync<string>(
-                stream, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                buffered, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             if (statusCode != 200)
             {
                 throw new ResponseException(statusCode, statusMessage, exception);
             }
-
-            return new ResponseMessage<List<object>>(bulked, results, statusCode,
-                statusMessage, exception);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/StreamExtensions.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/StreamExtensions.cs
index e85767289f..8094146409 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/StreamExtensions.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/StreamExtensions.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #endregion
 
 using System;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -52,10 +53,16 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="Stream"/> to read from.</param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to cancel the operation. The default value is None.</param>
         /// <returns>The read <see cref="byte"/>.</returns>
-        public static async Task<byte> ReadByteAsync(this Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        public static async ValueTask<byte> ReadByteAsync(this Stream stream,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             var readBuffer = new byte[1];
-            await stream.ReadAsync(readBuffer, 0, 1, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var bytesRead = await stream.ReadAsync(readBuffer.AsMemory(0, 1), cancellationToken)
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (bytesRead == 0)
+            {
+                throw new IOException("Unexpected end of stream");
+            }
             return readBuffer[0];
         }
 
@@ -77,7 +84,8 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="Stream"/> to read from.</param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to cancel the operation. The default value is None.</param>
         /// <returns>The read <see cref="sbyte"/>.</returns>
-        public static async Task<sbyte> ReadSByteAsync(this Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        public static async ValueTask<sbyte> ReadSByteAsync(this Stream stream,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             return (sbyte)await stream.ReadByteAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
@@ -91,8 +99,9 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         public static async Task WriteIntAsync(this Stream stream, int value,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            var bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(value);
-            await stream.WriteAsync(new[] { bytes[3], bytes[2], bytes[1], bytes[0] }, 0, 4, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var bytes = new byte[4];
+            BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32BigEndian(bytes, value);
+            await stream.WriteAsync(bytes, 0, 4, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -101,11 +110,12 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="Stream"/> to read from.</param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to cancel the operation. The default value is None.</param>
         /// <returns>The read <see cref="int"/>.</returns>
-        public static async Task<int> ReadIntAsync(this Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        public static async ValueTask<int> ReadIntAsync(this Stream stream,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             var bytes = new byte[4];
-            await stream.ReadAsync(bytes, 0, 4, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return BitConverter.ToInt32(new []{bytes[3], bytes[2], bytes[1], bytes[0]}, 0);
+            await stream.ReadExactlyAsync(bytes, 0, 4, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt32BigEndian(bytes);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -117,10 +127,9 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         public static async Task WriteLongAsync(this Stream stream, long value,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            var bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(value);
-            await stream
-                .WriteAsync(new[] { bytes[7], bytes[6], bytes[5], bytes[4], bytes[3], bytes[2], bytes[1], bytes[0] }, 0,
-                    8, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var bytes = new byte[8];
+            BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt64BigEndian(bytes, value);
+            await stream.WriteAsync(bytes, 0, 8, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -129,12 +138,12 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="Stream"/> to read from.</param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to cancel the operation. The default value is None.</param>
         /// <returns>The read <see cref="long"/>.</returns>
-        public static async Task<long> ReadLongAsync(this Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        public static async ValueTask<long> ReadLongAsync(this Stream stream,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             var bytes = new byte[8];
-            await stream.ReadAsync(bytes, 0, 8, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return BitConverter.ToInt64(
-                new[] {bytes[7], bytes[6], bytes[5], bytes[4], bytes[3], bytes[2], bytes[1], bytes[0]}, 0);
+            await stream.ReadExactlyAsync(bytes, 0, 8, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt64BigEndian(bytes);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -146,9 +155,9 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         public static async Task WriteFloatAsync(this Stream stream, float value,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            var bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(value);
-            await stream.WriteAsync(new[] { bytes[3], bytes[2], bytes[1], bytes[0] }, 0, 4, cancellationToken)
-                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var bytes = new byte[4];
+            BinaryPrimitives.WriteSingleBigEndian(bytes, value);
+            await stream.WriteAsync(bytes, 0, 4, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -157,12 +166,12 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="Stream"/> to read from.</param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to cancel the operation. The default value is None.</param>
         /// <returns>The read <see cref="float"/>.</returns>
-        public static async Task<float> ReadFloatAsync(this Stream stream,
+        public static async ValueTask<float> ReadFloatAsync(this Stream stream,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             var bytes = new byte[4];
-            await stream.ReadAsync(bytes, 0, 4, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return BitConverter.ToSingle(new []{bytes[3], bytes[2], bytes[1], bytes[0]}, 0);
+            await stream.ReadExactlyAsync(bytes, 0, 4, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return BinaryPrimitives.ReadSingleBigEndian(bytes);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -174,10 +183,9 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         public static async Task WriteDoubleAsync(this Stream stream, double value,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            var bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(value);
-            await stream
-                .WriteAsync(new[] {bytes[7], bytes[6], bytes[5], bytes[4], bytes[3], bytes[2], bytes[1], bytes[0]}, 0,
-                    8, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var bytes = new byte[8];
+            BinaryPrimitives.WriteDoubleBigEndian(bytes, value);
+            await stream.WriteAsync(bytes, 0, 8, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -186,13 +194,12 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="Stream"/> to read from.</param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to cancel the operation. The default value is None.</param>
         /// <returns>The read <see cref="double"/>.</returns>
-        public static async Task<double> ReadDoubleAsync(this Stream stream,
+        public static async ValueTask<double> ReadDoubleAsync(this Stream stream,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             var bytes = new byte[8];
-            await stream.ReadAsync(bytes, 0, 8, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return BitConverter.ToDouble(
-                new[] {bytes[7], bytes[6], bytes[5], bytes[4], bytes[3], bytes[2], bytes[1], bytes[0]}, 0);
+            await stream.ReadExactlyAsync(bytes, 0, 8, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return BinaryPrimitives.ReadDoubleBigEndian(bytes);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -204,8 +211,9 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         public static async Task WriteShortAsync(this Stream stream, short value,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            var bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(value);
-            await stream.WriteAsync(new[] { bytes[1], bytes[0] }, 0, 2, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var bytes = new byte[2];
+            BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt16BigEndian(bytes, value);
+            await stream.WriteAsync(bytes, 0, 2, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -214,12 +222,12 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="Stream"/> to read from.</param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to cancel the operation. The default value is None.</param>
         /// <returns>The read <see cref="short"/>.</returns>
-        public static async Task<short> ReadShortAsync(this Stream stream,
+        public static async ValueTask<short> ReadShortAsync(this Stream stream,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             var bytes = new byte[2];
-            await stream.ReadAsync(bytes, 0, 2, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return BitConverter.ToInt16(new []{bytes[1], bytes[0]}, 0);
+            await stream.ReadExactlyAsync(bytes, 0, 2, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt16BigEndian(bytes);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -240,7 +248,8 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="Stream"/> to read from.</param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to cancel the operation. The default value is None.</param>
         /// <returns>The read <see cref="bool"/>.</returns>
-        public static async Task<bool> ReadBoolAsync(this Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        public static async ValueTask<bool> ReadBoolAsync(this Stream stream,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             var b = await stream.ReadByteAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             return b switch
@@ -270,12 +279,12 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         /// <param name="count">The number of bytes to read.</param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to cancel the operation. The default value is None.</param>
         /// <returns>The read <see cref="T:byte[]"/>.</returns>
-        public static async Task<byte[]> ReadAsync(this Stream stream, int count,
+        public static async ValueTask<byte[]> ReadAsync(this Stream stream, int count,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             var buffer = new byte[count];
-            await stream.ReadAsync(buffer, 0, count, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await stream.ReadExactlyAsync(buffer, 0, count, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             return buffer;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/Types/SingleTypeSerializer.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/Types/SingleTypeSerializer.cs
index 6164581be5..4f7c2238b7 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/Types/SingleTypeSerializer.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/Types/SingleTypeSerializer.cs
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4.Types
     public class SingleTypeSerializer<T> : SimpleTypeSerializer<T>
     {
         private readonly Func<T, Stream, CancellationToken, Task> _writeFunc;
-        private readonly Func<Stream, CancellationToken, Task<T>> _readFunc;
+        private readonly Func<Stream, CancellationToken, ValueTask<T>> _readFunc;
 
         internal SingleTypeSerializer(DataType dataType, Func<T, Stream, CancellationToken, Task> writeFunc,
-            Func<Stream, CancellationToken, Task<T>> readFunc)
+            Func<Stream, CancellationToken, ValueTask<T>> readFunc)
             : base(dataType)
         {
             _writeFunc = writeFunc;
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.Benchmarks/MessageSerializerBenchmarks.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.Benchmarks/MessageSerializerBenchmarks.cs
index 25c442722a..dfbf0082db 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.Benchmarks/MessageSerializerBenchmarks.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.Benchmarks/MessageSerializerBenchmarks.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
 using Gremlin.Net.Driver;
@@ -81,13 +82,29 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Benchmarks
                 .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         [Benchmark]
-        public async Task<ResponseMessage<List<object>>> TestReadSmallBinary() =>
-            await BinaryMessageSerializer.DeserializeMessageAsync(TestMessages.SmallBinaryResponseMessageBytes)
-                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+        public async Task<List<object>> TestReadSmallBinary()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(TestMessages.SmallBinaryResponseMessageBytes);
+            var results = new List<object>();
+            await foreach (var item in BinaryMessageSerializer.DeserializeMessageAsync(stream)
+                .ConfigureAwait(false))
+            {
+                results.Add(item);
+            }
+            return results;
+        }
 
         [Benchmark]
-        public async Task<ResponseMessage<List<object>>> TestReadBigBinary() =>
-            await BinaryMessageSerializer.DeserializeMessageAsync(TestMessages.BigBinaryResponseMessageBytes)
-                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+        public async Task<List<object>> TestReadBigBinary()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(TestMessages.BigBinaryResponseMessageBytes);
+            var results = new List<object>();
+            await foreach (var item in BinaryMessageSerializer.DeserializeMessageAsync(stream)
+                .ConfigureAwait(false))
+            {
+                results.Add(item);
+            }
+            return results;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Driver/GremlinClientTests.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Driver/GremlinClientTests.cs
index a91dfe8aab..a1fb59efc7 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Driver/GremlinClientTests.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Driver/GremlinClientTests.cs
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Driver
                 var requestMsg = "g.inject(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)";
 
                 var response = await gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<int>(requestMsg);
+                var results = await response.ToListAsync();
 
-                Assert.Equal(10, response.Count);
+                Assert.Equal(10, results.Count);
             }
         }
 
@@ -92,7 +93,11 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Driver
                 var requestMsg = "invalid";
 
                 var exception =
-                    await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ResponseException>(() => gremlinClient.SubmitAsync(requestMsg));
+                    await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ResponseException>(async () =>
+                    {
+                        var resultSet = await gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<object>(requestMsg);
+                        await resultSet.ToListAsync();
+                    });
 
                 Assert.Equal(typeof(ResponseException), exception.GetType());
                 Assert.Contains("Failed to interpret Gremlin query", exception.Message);
@@ -110,7 +115,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Driver
             {
                 var response = await gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<int>(requestMessage);
 
-                Assert.Equal(expectedResult, response);
+                Assert.Equal(expectedResult, await response.ToListAsync());
             }
         }
 
@@ -125,21 +130,10 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Driver
 
                 var response = await gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<int>(requestMsg);
 
-                Assert.Equal(expectedResult, response);
+                Assert.Equal(expectedResult, await response.ToListAsync());
             }
         }
 
-        [Fact]
-        public async Task ShouldReturnResponseAttributes()
-        {
-            var gremlinServer = new GremlinServer(TestHost, TestPort);
-            using var gremlinClient = new GremlinClient(gremlinServer);
-            var requestMsg = _requestMessageProvider.GetDummyMessage();
-            var resultSet = await gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<int>(requestMsg);
-
-            Assert.NotNull(resultSet.StatusAttributes);
-        }
-
         [Fact]
         public async Task ShouldThrowOnExecutionOfSimpleInvalidScript()
         {
@@ -148,7 +142,11 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Driver
             {
                 var invalidRequestScript = "invalid";
 
-                await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ResponseException>(() => gremlinClient.SubmitAsync(invalidRequestScript));
+                await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ResponseException>(async () =>
+                {
+                    var resultSet = await gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<object>(invalidRequestScript);
+                    await resultSet.ToListAsync();
+                });
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Driver/MessagesTests.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Driver/MessagesTests.cs
index 082610cd43..7cad366f68 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Driver/MessagesTests.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Driver/MessagesTests.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Driver
                 var requestMsg = RequestMessage.Build(ivalidOperationName).Create();
 
                 var thrownException =
-                    await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ResponseException>(() => gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<dynamic>(requestMsg));
+                    await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ResponseException>(async () =>
+                    {
+                        var resultSet = await gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<dynamic>(requestMsg);
+                        await resultSet.ToListAsync();
+                    });
 
                 Assert.Contains("Failed to interpret Gremlin query", thrownException.Message);
                 Assert.Contains(ivalidOperationName, thrownException.Message);
@@ -67,7 +71,11 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Driver
                         .Create();
 
                 var thrownException =
-                    await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ResponseException>(() => gremlinClient.SubmitAsync(requestMsg));
+                    await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ResponseException>(async () =>
+                    {
+                        var resultSet = await gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<object>(requestMsg);
+                        await resultSet.ToListAsync();
+                    });
 
                 Assert.Contains("not an available GremlinScript", thrownException.Message);
                 Assert.Contains(unknownLanguage, thrownException.Message);
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Gherkin/CommonSteps.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Gherkin/CommonSteps.cs
index 4921813393..790e412dcf 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Gherkin/CommonSteps.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Gherkin/CommonSteps.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Numerics;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Gherkin.Ast;
 using Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Gherkin.Attributes;
 using Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal;
@@ -178,19 +179,20 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Gherkin
             {
                 throw new InvalidOperationException("Traversal should be set before iterating");
             }
-            ITraversal t = _traversal;
             var list = new List<object>();
             try
             {
-                while (t.MoveNext())
+                // Use the base ITraversal interface's MoveNextAsync() and CurrentObject
+                // to avoid type conversion issues with ITraversal<TStart, TEnd>.Current
+                while (_traversal.MoveNextAsync().AsTask().GetAwaiter().GetResult())
                 {
-                    list.Add(t.Current);
+                    list.Add(_traversal.CurrentObject!);
                 }
                 _result = list.ToArray();
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _error = ex;
+                _error = UnwrapException(ex);
             }
         }
 
@@ -204,8 +206,8 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Gherkin
 
             try
             {
-                _traversal.MoveNext();
-                var result = _traversal.Current;
+                _traversal.MoveNextAsync().AsTask().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                var result = _traversal.CurrentObject;
                 switch (result)
                 {
                     case null:
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Gherkin
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _error = ex;
+                _error = UnwrapException(ex);
             }
         }
 
@@ -239,15 +241,21 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Gherkin
         {
             Assert.NotNull(_error);
 
+            // Unwrap AggregateException if the real exception is nested inside.
+            // With streaming deserialization, exceptions from the channel/async pipeline
+            // may be wrapped in AggregateException depending on how the async task is
+            // awaited (e.g., Task.Wait() vs GetAwaiter().GetResult()).
+            var errorMessage = UnwrapException(_error).Message;
+
             switch (comparison) {
                 case "containing":
-                    Assert.Contains(expectedMessage.ToUpper(), _error.Message.ToUpper());
+                    Assert.Contains(expectedMessage.ToUpper(), errorMessage.ToUpper());
                     break;
                 case "starting":
-                    Assert.StartsWith(expectedMessage.ToUpper(), _error.Message.ToUpper());
+                    Assert.StartsWith(expectedMessage.ToUpper(), errorMessage.ToUpper());
                     break;
                 case "ending":
-                    Assert.EndsWith(expectedMessage.ToUpper(), _error.Message.ToUpper());
+                    Assert.EndsWith(expectedMessage.ToUpper(), errorMessage.ToUpper());
                     break;
                 default:
                     throw new NotSupportedException(
@@ -258,6 +266,27 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Gherkin
             _error = null;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Unwraps an exception to find the innermost meaningful exception.
+        ///     With streaming deserialization, a ResponseException thrown in the background
+        ///     deserialization task may be wrapped in AggregateException when the consuming
+        ///     code uses Task.Wait() or similar synchronous blocking patterns.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static Exception UnwrapException(Exception ex)
+        {
+            while (true)
+            {
+                switch (ex)
+                {
+                    case AggregateException agg when agg.InnerExceptions.Count == 1:
+                        ex = agg.InnerExceptions[0];
+                        continue;
+                    default:
+                        return ex;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
 
         [Then("the result should be a tree with a structure of")]
         public void AssertTreeStructure(string expectedTree)
@@ -394,11 +423,10 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Gherkin
                 traversalText = traversalText.Substring(1, traversalText.Length - 2);
             }
             
-            var traversal =
-                Gremlin.UseTraversal(ScenarioData.CurrentScenario!.Name, _g, _parameters, _sideEffects);
+            var traversal = (ITraversal) Gremlin.UseTraversal(ScenarioData.CurrentScenario!.Name, _g, _parameters, _sideEffects);
             
             var count = 0;
-            while (traversal.MoveNext())
+            while (traversal.MoveNextAsync().AsTask().GetAwaiter().GetResult())
             {
                 count++;
             }
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Gherkin/Gremlin.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Gherkin/Gremlin.cs
index bf88cfccfa..448457ee97 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Gherkin/Gremlin.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Gherkin/Gremlin.cs
@@ -946,9 +946,9 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Gherkin
                {"g_addV_propertyXsingle_mapX", new List<Func<GraphTraversalSource, IDictionary<string, object>, ITraversal>> {(g,p) =>g.AddV().Property(Cardinality.Single, new Dictionary<object, object> {{ "name", "foo" }, { "age", 42 }}), (g,p) =>g.V().Has("name", "foo")}}, 
                {"g_V_hasXname_fooX_propertyXname_setXbarX_age_43X", new List<Func<GraphTraversalSource, IDictionary<string, object>, ITraversal>> {(g,p) =>g.AddV().Property(Cardinality.Single, "name", "foo").Property("age", 42), (g,p) =>g.V().Has("name", "foo").Property(new Dictionary<object, object> {{ "name", CardinalityValue.Set("bar") }, { "age", 43 }}), (g,p) =>g.V().Has("name", "foo"), (g,p) =>g.V().Has("name", "bar"), (g,p) =>g.V().Has("age", 43), (g,p) =>g.V().Has("age", 42)}}, 
                {"g_V_hasXname_fooX_propertyXset_name_bar_age_singleX43XX", new List<Func<GraphTraversalSource, IDictionary<string, object>, ITraversal>> {(g,p) =>g.AddV().Property(Cardinality.Single, "name", "foo").Property("age", 42), (g,p) =>g.V().Has("name", "foo").Property(Cardinality.Set, new Dictionary<object, object> {{ "name", "bar" }, { "age", CardinalityValue.Single(43) }}), (g,p) =>g.V().Has("name", "foo"), (g,p) =>g.V().Has("name", "bar"), (g,p) =>g.V().Has("age", 43), (g,p)  [...]
-               {"g_addV_propertyXnullX", new List<Func<GraphTraversalSource, IDictionary<string, object>, ITraversal>> {(g,p) =>g.AddV((string) "person").Property(null), (g,p) =>g.V().HasLabel("person").Values<object>()}}, 
+               {"g_addV_propertyXnullX", new List<Func<GraphTraversalSource, IDictionary<string, object>, ITraversal>> {(g,p) =>g.AddV((string) "person").Property((IDictionary<object, object>) null), (g,p) =>g.V().HasLabel("person").Values<object>()}}, 
                {"g_addV_propertyXemptyX", new List<Func<GraphTraversalSource, IDictionary<string, object>, ITraversal>> {(g,p) =>g.AddV((string) "person").Property(new Dictionary<object, object> {}), (g,p) =>g.V().HasLabel("person").Values<object>()}}, 
-               {"g_addV_propertyXset_nullX", new List<Func<GraphTraversalSource, IDictionary<string, object>, ITraversal>> {(g,p) =>g.AddV((string) "foo").Property(Cardinality.Set, null), (g,p) =>g.V().HasLabel("foo").Values<object>()}}, 
+               {"g_addV_propertyXset_nullX", new List<Func<GraphTraversalSource, IDictionary<string, object>, ITraversal>> {(g,p) =>g.AddV((string) "foo").Property(Cardinality.Set, (IDictionary<object, object>) null), (g,p) =>g.V().HasLabel("foo").Values<object>()}}, 
                {"g_addV_propertyXset_emptyX", new List<Func<GraphTraversalSource, IDictionary<string, object>, ITraversal>> {(g,p) =>g.AddV((string) "foo").Property(Cardinality.Set, new Dictionary<object, object> {}), (g,p) =>g.V().HasLabel("person").Values<object>()}}, 
                {"g_addVXpersonX_propertyXname_joshX_propertyXage_nullX", new List<Func<GraphTraversalSource, IDictionary<string, object>, ITraversal>> {(g,p) =>g.AddV((string) "person").Property("name", "josh").Property("age", null), (g,p) =>g.V().Has("person", "age", (object) null)}}, 
                {"g_addVXpersonX_propertyXname_markoX_propertyXfriendWeight_null_acl_nullX", new List<Func<GraphTraversalSource, IDictionary<string, object>, ITraversal>> {(g,p) =>g.AddV((string) "person").Property("name", "marko").Property("friendWeight", null, "acl", null), (g,p) =>g.V().Has("person", "name", "marko").Has("friendWeight", (object) null), (g,p) =>g.V().Has("person", "name", "marko").Properties<object>("friendWeight").Has("acl", (object) null), (g,p) =>g.V().Has("person",  [...]
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/ConnectionTests.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/ConnectionTests.cs
index ca499380ba..6a8c2b7856 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/ConnectionTests.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/ConnectionTests.cs
@@ -282,12 +282,20 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
             serializer.MimeType.Returns(mimeType);
             serializer.SerializeMessageAsync(Arg.Any<RequestMessage>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
                 .Returns(Task.FromResult(new byte[] { 0x84 }));
-            serializer.DeserializeMessageAsync(Arg.Any<byte[]>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
-                .Returns(Task.FromResult(
-                    new ResponseMessage<List<object>>(false, results, 200, null, null)));
+            serializer.DeserializeMessageAsync(Arg.Any<Stream>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
+                .Returns(callInfo => ToAsyncEnumerable(results));
             return serializer;
         }
 
+        private static async IAsyncEnumerable<object> ToAsyncEnumerable(List<object> items)
+        {
+            foreach (var item in items)
+            {
+                yield return item;
+            }
+            await Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public async Task ShouldCallInterceptorsInOrder()
         {
@@ -864,11 +872,11 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
             await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
 
             // Verify the response serializer was called for deserialization
-            await responseSerializer.Received(1)
-                .DeserializeMessageAsync(Arg.Any<byte[]>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>());
+            responseSerializer.Received(1)
+                .DeserializeMessageAsync(Arg.Any<Stream>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>());
             // Verify the request serializer was NOT called by Connection (interceptor called it directly)
-            await requestSerializer.DidNotReceive()
-                .DeserializeMessageAsync(Arg.Any<byte[]>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>());
+            requestSerializer.DidNotReceive()
+                .DeserializeMessageAsync(Arg.Any<Stream>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>());
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -951,58 +959,60 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        public async Task ShouldBoxNonTraverserResultsIntoTraversers()
+        public async Task ShouldReturnStreamingResultSet()
         {
             var (httpClient, _) = CreateMockHttpClient();
             var serializer = CreateMockSerializer(new List<object> { "hello", 42 });
             var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
             using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, serializer, settings, httpClient);
 
-            var result = await connection.SubmitAsync<Traverser>(CreateTestRequest());
+            var result = await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
 
-            var items = result.ToList();
+            var items = await result.ToListAsync();
             Assert.Equal(2, items.Count);
-            Assert.Equal("hello", items[0].Object);
-            Assert.Equal(1, items[0].Bulk);
-            Assert.Equal(42, items[1].Object);
-            Assert.Equal(1, items[1].Bulk);
+            Assert.Equal("hello", items[0]);
+            Assert.Equal(42, items[1]);
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        public async Task ShouldNotDoubleBoxTraverserResults()
+        public async Task ShouldReturnEmptyResultSetWhenNoResults()
         {
             var (httpClient, _) = CreateMockHttpClient();
-            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer(new List<object> { new Traverser("existing", 5) });
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer(new List<object>());
             var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
             using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, serializer, settings, httpClient);
 
-            var result = await connection.SubmitAsync<Traverser>(CreateTestRequest());
+            var result = await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
 
-            var item = result.Single();
-            Assert.Equal("existing", item.Object);
-            Assert.Equal(5, item.Bulk);
+            var items = await result.ToListAsync();
+            Assert.Empty(items);
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        public async Task ShouldBoxMixedTraverserAndNonTraverserResults()
+        public async Task ShouldStreamResponseWithoutFullBuffering()
         {
-            var (httpClient, _) = CreateMockHttpClient();
-            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer(new List<object> { new Traverser("already", 3), "raw" });
+            // Verify that Connection reads the response as a stream (consistent with
+            // HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead) rather than buffering the entire
+            // body. We do this by using a SlowStream that tracks whether ReadAsync was
+            // called incrementally (streaming) vs the content being fully buffered upfront.
+            var responseBytes = BuildMinimalResponseBytes();
+            var slowStream = new TrackingStream(new MemoryStream(responseBytes));
+            var handler = new StreamMockHandler(slowStream);
+            var httpClient = new HttpClient(handler);
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
             var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
             using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, serializer, settings, httpClient);
 
-            var result = await connection.SubmitAsync<Traverser>(CreateTestRequest());
+            var result = await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
 
-            var items = result.ToList();
-            Assert.Equal(2, items.Count);
-            Assert.Equal("already", items[0].Object);
-            Assert.Equal(3, items[0].Bulk);
-            Assert.Equal("raw", items[1].Object);
-            Assert.Equal(1, items[1].Bulk);
+            Assert.NotNull(result);
+            Assert.True(handler.WasCalled, "SendAsync should have been called");
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     A test HttpMessageHandler that captures the request and returns a canned response.
+        ///     The response uses ByteArrayContent but does NOT dispose the content stream
+        ///     immediately, allowing streaming reads after SendAsync returns.
         /// </summary>
         private class MockHandler : HttpMessageHandler
         {
@@ -1060,5 +1070,75 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
                 return clone;
             }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     A mock handler that returns a StreamContent wrapping a provided stream,
+        ///     used to verify streaming behavior with ResponseHeadersRead.
+        /// </summary>
+        private class StreamMockHandler : HttpMessageHandler
+        {
+            private readonly Stream _responseStream;
+
+            public bool WasCalled { get; private set; }
+
+            public StreamMockHandler(Stream responseStream)
+            {
+                _responseStream = responseStream;
+            }
+
+            protected override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request,
+                CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+            {
+                WasCalled = true;
+
+                var response = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK)
+                {
+                    Content = new StreamContent(_responseStream)
+                };
+                response.Content.Headers.ContentType =
+                    new MediaTypeHeaderValue(SerializationTokens.GraphBinary4MimeType);
+                return Task.FromResult(response);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     A stream wrapper that tracks read operations.
+        /// </summary>
+        private class TrackingStream : Stream
+        {
+            private readonly Stream _inner;
+
+            public TrackingStream(Stream inner)
+            {
+                _inner = inner;
+            }
+
+            public override bool CanRead => _inner.CanRead;
+            public override bool CanSeek => _inner.CanSeek;
+            public override bool CanWrite => _inner.CanWrite;
+            public override long Length => _inner.Length;
+            public override long Position
+            {
+                get => _inner.Position;
+                set => _inner.Position = value;
+            }
+
+            public override void Flush() => _inner.Flush();
+            public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count) =>
+                _inner.Read(buffer, offset, count);
+            public override long Seek(long offset, SeekOrigin origin) =>
+                _inner.Seek(offset, origin);
+            public override void SetLength(long value) => _inner.SetLength(value);
+            public override void Write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count) =>
+                _inner.Write(buffer, offset, count);
+
+            public override ValueTask<int> ReadAsync(Memory<byte> buffer,
+                CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) =>
+                _inner.ReadAsync(buffer, cancellationToken);
+
+            public override Task<int> ReadAsync(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count,
+                CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>
+                _inner.ReadAsync(buffer, offset, count, cancellationToken);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/DriverRemoteConnectionTests.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/DriverRemoteConnectionTests.cs
index 7a67ce668f..1e05943638 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/DriverRemoteConnectionTests.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/DriverRemoteConnectionTests.cs
@@ -208,8 +208,11 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
                 .Returns(callInfo =>
                 {
                     capture(callInfo.Arg<RequestMessage>());
+                    var channel = System.Threading.Channels.Channel.CreateUnbounded<object>();
+                    channel.Writer.Complete();
+                    var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
                     var emptyResult = new ResultSet<Traverser>(
-                        new List<Traverser>(), new Dictionary<string, object>());
+                        channel.Reader, cts, Task.CompletedTask);
                     return Task.FromResult(emptyResult);
                 });
             return client;
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/ResultSetTests.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/ResultSetTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84f19fbe15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/ResultSetTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,328 @@
+#region License
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Channels;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Gremlin.Net.Driver;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
+{
+    public class ResultSetTests
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Creates a ResultSet backed by a channel. The background task writes
+        ///     the provided items to the channel and then completes it.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static ResultSet<T> CreateResultSet<T>(IEnumerable<T> items)
+        {
+            var channel = Channel.CreateUnbounded<object>(
+                new UnboundedChannelOptions { SingleWriter = true });
+            var disposeCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+
+            var backgroundTask = Task.Run(async () =>
+            {
+                foreach (var item in items)
+                {
+                    await channel.Writer.WriteAsync(item!).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
+                channel.Writer.Complete();
+            });
+
+            return new ResultSet<T>(channel.Reader, disposeCts, backgroundTask);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Creates a ResultSet whose background task completes the channel with an error.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static ResultSet<T> CreateFaultedResultSet<T>(Exception exception)
+        {
+            var channel = Channel.CreateUnbounded<object>(
+                new UnboundedChannelOptions { SingleWriter = true });
+            var disposeCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+
+            var backgroundTask = Task.Run(() =>
+            {
+                channel.Writer.Complete(exception);
+            });
+
+            return new ResultSet<T>(channel.Reader, disposeCts, backgroundTask);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Creates a ResultSet whose background task blocks until the dispose CTS is cancelled.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static (ResultSet<T> resultSet, TaskCompletionSource<bool> started) CreateBlockingResultSet<T>()
+        {
+            var channel = Channel.CreateUnbounded<object>(
+                new UnboundedChannelOptions { SingleWriter = true });
+            var disposeCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+            var started = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
+
+            var backgroundTask = Task.Run(async () =>
+            {
+                started.SetResult(true);
+                try
+                {
+                    // Block until cancelled
+                    await Task.Delay(Timeout.Infinite, disposeCts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
+                catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                {
+                    // Expected on dispose
+                }
+                finally
+                {
+                    channel.Writer.Complete();
+                }
+            });
+
+            return (new ResultSet<T>(channel.Reader, disposeCts, backgroundTask), started);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task AwaitForeachShouldYieldAllResults()
+        {
+            var expected = new List<int> { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
+            await using var resultSet = CreateResultSet(expected);
+
+            var actual = new List<int>();
+            await foreach (var item in resultSet)
+            {
+                actual.Add(item);
+            }
+
+            Assert.Equal(expected, actual);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task AwaitForeachShouldYieldStringResults()
+        {
+            var expected = new List<string> { "hello", "world", "gremlin" };
+            await using var resultSet = CreateResultSet(expected);
+
+            var actual = new List<string>();
+            await foreach (var item in resultSet)
+            {
+                actual.Add(item);
+            }
+
+            Assert.Equal(expected, actual);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task AwaitForeachShouldHandleEmptyResultSet()
+        {
+            await using var resultSet = CreateResultSet(new List<int>());
+
+            var actual = new List<int>();
+            await foreach (var item in resultSet)
+            {
+                actual.Add(item);
+            }
+
+            Assert.Empty(actual);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ToListAsyncShouldReturnAllResultsInOrder()
+        {
+            var expected = new List<int> { 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 };
+            await using var resultSet = CreateResultSet(expected);
+
+            var actual = await resultSet.ToListAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal(expected, actual);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ToListAsyncShouldReturnEmptyListForEmptyResultSet()
+        {
+            await using var resultSet = CreateResultSet(new List<string>());
+
+            var actual = await resultSet.ToListAsync();
+
+            Assert.Empty(actual);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task DisposeAsyncShouldCancelBackgroundTask()
+        {
+            var (resultSet, started) = CreateBlockingResultSet<int>();
+            await started.Task;
+
+            var disposeTask = resultSet.DisposeAsync().AsTask();
+            var completed = await Task.WhenAny(disposeTask, Task.Delay(5000));
+
+            Assert.Same(disposeTask, completed);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ErrorInChannelShouldPropagateToConsumerDuringIteration()
+        {
+            var expectedException = new InvalidOperationException("deserialization failed");
+            await using var resultSet = CreateFaultedResultSet<int>(expectedException);
+
+            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () =>
+            {
+                await foreach (var _ in resultSet)
+                {
+                    // Should not yield any items
+                }
+            });
+
+            Assert.Same(expectedException, ex);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ErrorInChannelShouldPropagateToToListAsync()
+        {
+            var expectedException = new InvalidOperationException("stream error");
+            await using var resultSet = CreateFaultedResultSet<string>(expectedException);
+
+            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(
+                () => resultSet.ToListAsync());
+
+            Assert.Same(expectedException, ex);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task SecondCallToGetAsyncEnumeratorShouldThrowInvalidOperationException()
+        {
+            await using var resultSet = CreateResultSet(new List<int> { 1, 2, 3 });
+
+            // First call should succeed
+            var enumerator = resultSet.GetAsyncEnumerator();
+            // Consume to avoid leaving the enumerator in a bad state
+            while (await enumerator.MoveNextAsync())
+            {
+            }
+
+            // Second call throws immediately — the guard check is eager (not deferred
+            // to MoveNextAsync) so callers get fast feedback.
+            Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(
+                () => resultSet.GetAsyncEnumerator());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ToListAsyncAfterGetAsyncEnumeratorShouldThrowInvalidOperationException()
+        {
+            await using var resultSet = CreateResultSet(new List<int> { 1 });
+
+            // Consume via await foreach first
+            await foreach (var _ in resultSet)
+            {
+            }
+
+            // ToListAsync calls GetAsyncEnumerator internally, so it should throw
+            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(
+                () => resultSet.ToListAsync());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DisposeShouldNotThrowWhenCalledSynchronously()
+        {
+            var resultSet = CreateResultSet(new List<int> { 1, 2, 3 });
+
+            // Synchronous Dispose should not throw
+            resultSet.Dispose();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task DoubleDisposeAsyncShouldNotThrow()
+        {
+            var resultSet = CreateResultSet(new List<int> { 1, 2, 3 });
+
+            await resultSet.DisposeAsync();
+            await resultSet.DisposeAsync();
+            // If we get here without throwing, double-dispose is safe
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DoubleDisposeSyncShouldNotThrow()
+        {
+            var resultSet = CreateResultSet(new List<int> { 1, 2, 3 });
+
+            resultSet.Dispose();
+            resultSet.Dispose();
+            // If we get here without throwing, double sync dispose is safe
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task MixedDisposeAsyncThenSyncShouldNotThrow()
+        {
+            var resultSet = CreateResultSet(new List<int> { 1, 2, 3 });
+
+            await resultSet.DisposeAsync();
+            resultSet.Dispose();
+            // Mixed disposal order should not throw
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task CancellationDuringIterationShouldStopEnumeration()
+        {
+            // Create a channel that won't complete on its own — items trickle in slowly
+            var channel = Channel.CreateUnbounded<object>(
+                new UnboundedChannelOptions { SingleWriter = true });
+            var disposeCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+            var backgroundTask = Task.Run(async () =>
+            {
+                for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+                {
+                    await channel.Writer.WriteAsync(i).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    try
+                    {
+                        await Task.Delay(50, disposeCts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    }
+                    catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                channel.Writer.Complete();
+            });
+
+            var resultSet = new ResultSet<int>(channel.Reader, disposeCts, backgroundTask);
+            using var iterationCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+
+            var collected = new List<int>();
+            await Assert.ThrowsAnyAsync<OperationCanceledException>(async () =>
+            {
+                await foreach (var item in resultSet.WithCancellation(iterationCts.Token))
+                {
+                    collected.Add(item);
+                    if (collected.Count >= 2)
+                    {
+                        iterationCts.Cancel();
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+
+            Assert.True(collected.Count >= 2, "Should have collected at least 2 items before cancellation");
+            await resultSet.DisposeAsync();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Process/Traversal/TestTraversal.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Process/Traversal/TestTraversal.cs
index 132be07b75..badc176540 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Process/Traversal/TestTraversal.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Process/Traversal/TestTraversal.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Threading;
 using Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal;
 
 namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Process.Traversal
@@ -33,14 +35,14 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Process.Traversal
         {
             var traversers = new List<Traverser>(traverserObjs.Count);
             traverserObjs.ForEach(o => traversers.Add(new Traverser(o)));
-            Traversers = traversers;
+            Traversers = ToAsyncEnumerable(traversers);
         }
 
         public TestTraversal(IReadOnlyList<object?> traverserObjs, IReadOnlyList<long> traverserBulks)
         {
             var traversers = new List<Traverser>(traverserObjs.Count);
             traversers.AddRange(traverserObjs.Select((t, i) => new Traverser(t, traverserBulks[i])));
-            Traversers = traversers;
+            Traversers = ToAsyncEnumerable(traversers);
         }
 
         public TestTraversal(IList<ITraversalStrategy> traversalStrategies)
@@ -49,5 +51,18 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Process.Traversal
         }
 
         public override GremlinLang GremlinLang { get; } = new();
+
+        #pragma warning disable CS1998 // Async method lacks 'await' — yield return in async iterator is intentional
+        internal static async IAsyncEnumerable<Traverser> ToAsyncEnumerable(
+            IEnumerable<Traverser> traversers,
+            [EnumeratorCancellation] CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        {
+            foreach (var traverser in traversers)
+            {
+                cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+                yield return traverser;
+            }
+        }
+        #pragma warning restore CS1998
     }
 }
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Process/Traversal/TestTraversalStrategy.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Process/Traversal/TestTraversalStrategy.cs
index 374aeca364..8542e0b687 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Process/Traversal/TestTraversalStrategy.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Process/Traversal/TestTraversalStrategy.cs
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Process.Traversal
 {
     public class TestTraversalStrategy : ITraversalStrategy
     {
-        private readonly IEnumerable<Traverser> _traversers;
+        private readonly IAsyncEnumerable<Traverser> _traversers;
 
         public TestTraversalStrategy(IEnumerable<Traverser> traversersToAddOnApplication)
         {
-            _traversers = traversersToAddOnApplication;
+            _traversers = TestTraversal.ToAsyncEnumerable(traversersToAddOnApplication);
         }
 
         public void Apply<TStart, TEnd>(ITraversal<TStart, TEnd> traversal)
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Process/Traversal/TraversalTests.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Process/Traversal/TraversalTests.cs
index a158ed8634..fa438094f9 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Process/Traversal/TraversalTests.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Process/Traversal/TraversalTests.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Xunit;
 using Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal;
 using Gremlin.Net.Structure;
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Process.Traversal
         [InlineData("test")]
         public void ShouldReturnAvailableTraverserObjWhenNextIsCalled(object traverserObj)
         {
-            var traversal = new TestTraversal(new List<object?> {traverserObj});
+            var traversal = new TestTraversal(new List<object?> { traverserObj });
 
             var actualObj = traversal.Next();
 
@@ -45,23 +46,39 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Process.Traversal
 
             Assert.Null(traversal.Next());
         }
+
         [Theory]
         [InlineData(1)]
         [InlineData("test")]
         public void ShouldCheckHasNext(object traverserObj)
         {
-            var traversal = new TestTraversal(new List<object?> {traverserObj});
+            var traversal = new TestTraversal(new List<object?> { traverserObj });
 
             Assert.True(traversal.HasNext());
             Assert.True(traversal.HasNext());
-            
+
             var actualObj = traversal.Next();
             Assert.Equal(traverserObj, actualObj);
-            
+
             Assert.False(traversal.HasNext());
             Assert.False(traversal.HasNext());
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldReturnAllResultObjsWhenToListIsCalled()
+        {
+            var objs = new List<object?>(20);
+            for (var i = 0; i < 20; i++)
+                objs.Add(i);
+            var traversal = new TestTraversal(objs);
+
+            var traversedObjs = traversal.ToList();
+
+            Assert.Equal(objs.Count, traversedObjs.Count);
+            for (var i = 0; i < objs.Count; i++)
+                Assert.Equal(objs[i], traversedObjs[i]);
+        }
+
         [Theory]
         [InlineData(3)]
         [InlineData(10)]
@@ -92,7 +109,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Process.Traversal
         [Fact]
         public void ShouldDrainAllTraversersWhenIterateIsCalled()
         {
-            var someObjs = new List<object?> {1, 2, 3};
+            var someObjs = new List<object?> { 1, 2, 3 };
             var traversal = new TestTraversal(someObjs);
 
             var drainedTraversal = traversal.Iterate();
@@ -104,7 +121,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Process.Traversal
         public void ShouldReturnNullWhenNextIsCalledAndNoTraverserIsAvailable()
         {
             var expectedFirstObj = 1;
-            var traversal = new TestTraversal(new List<object?> {expectedFirstObj});
+            var traversal = new TestTraversal(new List<object?> { expectedFirstObj });
 
             var actualFirstObj = traversal.Next();
             var actualSecondObj = traversal.Next();
@@ -116,27 +133,18 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Process.Traversal
         [Fact]
         public void ShouldReturnTraversalsTraverserWhenNextTraverserIsCalled()
         {
-            var someObjs = new List<object?> {1, 2, 3};
+            var someObjs = new List<object?> { 1, 2, 3 };
             var traversal = new TestTraversal(someObjs);
 
             var traverser = traversal.NextTraverser();
 
-            Assert.Equal(traversal.Traversers!.First(), traverser);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void ShouldThrowNotSupportedExceptionWhenResetIsCalled()
-        {
-            var someObjs = new List<object?> {1, 2, 3};
-            var traversal = new TestTraversal(someObjs);
-
-            Assert.Throws<NotSupportedException>(() => traversal.Reset());
+            Assert.Equal(someObjs[0], traverser.Object);
         }
 
         [Fact]
         public void ShouldReturnAllTraverserObjsWhenToListIsCalled()
         {
-            var expectedObjs = new List<object?> {1, 2, 3};
+            var expectedObjs = new List<object?> { 1, 2, 3 };
             var traversal = new TestTraversal(expectedObjs);
 
             var traversedObjs = traversal.ToList();
@@ -147,7 +155,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Process.Traversal
         [Fact]
         public void ShouldReturnAllTraverserObjWithoutDuplicatesWhenToSetIsCalled()
         {
-            var traverserObjs = new List<object?> {1, 1, 2, 3};
+            var traverserObjs = new List<object?> { 1, 1, 2, 3 };
             var traversal = new TestTraversal(traverserObjs);
 
             var traversedObjSet = traversal.ToSet();
@@ -160,8 +168,8 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Process.Traversal
         public void ShouldApplyStrategiesWhenNextIsCalledAndNoTraversersPresent()
         {
             const int expectedObj = 531;
-            var testStrategy = new TestTraversalStrategy(new List<Traverser> {new Traverser(expectedObj)});
-            var testTraversal = new TestTraversal(new List<ITraversalStrategy> {testStrategy});
+            var testStrategy = new TestTraversalStrategy(new List<Traverser> { new Traverser(expectedObj) });
+            var testTraversal = new TestTraversal(new List<ITraversalStrategy> { testStrategy });
 
             var actualObj = testTraversal.Next();
 
@@ -171,8 +179,8 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Process.Traversal
         [Fact]
         public void ShouldBeUnfoldTraverserBulksWhenToListIsCalled()
         {
-            var objs = new List<object?> {1, 2, 3};
-            var bulks = new List<long> {3, 2, 1};
+            var objs = new List<object?> { 1, 2, 3 };
+            var bulks = new List<long> { 3, 2, 1 };
             var traversal = new TestTraversal(objs, bulks);
 
             var traversedObjs = traversal.ToList();
@@ -181,6 +189,44 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Process.Traversal
             Assert.Equal(expectedObjs, traversedObjs);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldDisposeAsyncCleanUpProperly()
+        {
+            var someObjs = new List<object?> { 1, 2, 3 };
+            var traversal = new TestTraversal(someObjs);
+
+            // Consume one element to initialize the enumerator
+            traversal.Next();
+
+            // DisposeAsync should complete without error
+            await traversal.DisposeAsync();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldMoveNextAsyncReturnFalseWhenEmpty()
+        {
+            var traversal = new TestTraversal(new List<object?>());
+
+            var hasMore = await traversal.MoveNextAsync();
+
+            Assert.False(hasMore);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldMoveNextAsyncIterateAllElements()
+        {
+            var objs = new List<object?> { 1, 2, 3 };
+            var traversal = new TestTraversal(objs);
+            var results = new List<object?>();
+
+            while (await traversal.MoveNextAsync())
+            {
+                results.Add(traversal.Current);
+            }
+
+            Assert.Equal(objs, results);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void ShouldExtractIdFromVertex()
         {
@@ -223,5 +269,52 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Process.Traversal
             Assert.Equal(1, mergeMap2[Direction.Out]);
             Assert.Equal(2, mergeMap2[Direction.In]);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldUnfoldBulksViaMoveNextAsync()
+        {
+            var objs = new List<object?> { "a", "b" };
+            var bulks = new List<long> { 2, 1 };
+            var traversal = new TestTraversal(objs, bulks);
+
+            var results = new List<object?>();
+            while (await traversal.MoveNextAsync())
+            {
+                results.Add(traversal.Current);
+            }
+
+            // "a" with bulk 2 should yield "a", "a"; "b" with bulk 1 should yield "b"
+            Assert.Equal(new List<object?> { "a", "a", "b" }, results);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldReturnCurrentObjectAsUntypedValue()
+        {
+            var traversal = new TestTraversal(new List<object?> { 42 });
+
+            await traversal.MoveNextAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal(42, traversal.CurrentObject);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldDisposeAsyncBeforeAnyIteration()
+        {
+            var traversal = new TestTraversal(new List<object?> { 1, 2, 3 });
+
+            // DisposeAsync before any iteration should not throw
+            await traversal.DisposeAsync();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldIterateAsyncDrainAllResults()
+        {
+            var traversal = new TestTraversal(new List<object?> { 1, 2, 3 });
+
+            var result = await traversal.IterateAsync();
+
+            // After IterateAsync, MoveNextAsync should return false
+            Assert.False(await result.MoveNextAsync());
+        }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/GraphBinary4MessageSerializerTests.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/GraphBinary4MessageSerializerTests.cs
index a675c15aba..41298a6f7e 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/GraphBinary4MessageSerializerTests.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/GraphBinary4MessageSerializerTests.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #endregion
 
 using System;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Gremlin.Net.Driver.Messages;
@@ -72,7 +73,12 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
             var serializer = CreateMessageSerializer();
 
             await Assert.ThrowsAsync<TaskCanceledException>(async () =>
-                await serializer.DeserializeMessageAsync(Array.Empty<byte>(), new CancellationToken(true)));
+            {
+                await foreach (var item in serializer.DeserializeMessageAsync(
+                    new MemoryStream(Array.Empty<byte>()), new CancellationToken(true)))
+                {
+                }
+            });
         }
 
         private static GraphBinary4MessageSerializer CreateMessageSerializer()
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/ResponseMessageSerializerTests.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/ResponseSerializerTests.cs
similarity index 71%
rename from gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/ResponseMessageSerializerTests.cs
rename to gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/ResponseSerializerTests.cs
index 8fc76c7560..a616ab6a73 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/ResponseMessageSerializerTests.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/ResponseSerializerTests.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #endregion
 
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Gremlin.Net.Driver.Exceptions;
@@ -30,14 +31,13 @@ using Xunit;
 
 namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
 {
-    public class ResponseMessageSerializerTests
+    public class ResponseSerializerTests
     {
         [Fact]
         public async Task ShouldDeserializeNonBulkedResponse()
         {
             // Build a response: version(0x84) + bulked(0x00) + int value 42 + marker + status footer
             using var stream = new MemoryStream();
-            var writer = new GraphBinaryWriter();
 
             // Version byte
             await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x84);
@@ -60,16 +60,16 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
 
             stream.Position = 0;
             var reader = new GraphBinaryReader();
-            var serializer = new ResponseMessageSerializer();
+            var serializer = new ResponseSerializer();
 
-            var result = await serializer.ReadValueAsync(stream, reader);
+            var results = new List<object>();
+            await foreach (var item in serializer.ReadStreamingAsync(stream, reader))
+            {
+                results.Add(item);
+            }
 
-            Assert.False(result.Bulked);
-            Assert.Single(result.Result);
-            Assert.Equal(42, result.Result[0]);
-            Assert.Equal(200, result.StatusCode);
-            Assert.Null(result.StatusMessage);
-            Assert.Null(result.Exception);
+            Assert.Single(results);
+            Assert.Equal(42, results[0]);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -102,13 +102,16 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
 
             stream.Position = 0;
             var reader = new GraphBinaryReader();
-            var serializer = new ResponseMessageSerializer();
+            var serializer = new ResponseSerializer();
 
-            var result = await serializer.ReadValueAsync(stream, reader);
+            var results = new List<object>();
+            await foreach (var item in serializer.ReadStreamingAsync(stream, reader))
+            {
+                results.Add(item);
+            }
 
-            Assert.True(result.Bulked);
-            Assert.Single(result.Result);
-            var traverser = Assert.IsType<Traverser>(result.Result[0]);
+            Assert.Single(results);
+            var traverser = Assert.IsType<Traverser>(results[0]);
             Assert.Equal("hello", (string)traverser.Object);
             Assert.Equal(3L, traverser.Bulk);
         }
@@ -141,10 +144,15 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
 
             stream.Position = 0;
             var reader = new GraphBinaryReader();
-            var serializer = new ResponseMessageSerializer();
+            var serializer = new ResponseSerializer();
 
-            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ResponseException>(
-                () => serializer.ReadValueAsync(stream, reader));
+            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ResponseException>(async () =>
+            {
+                await foreach (var item in serializer.ReadStreamingAsync(stream, reader))
+                {
+                    // Should not yield any items before throwing
+                }
+            });
 
             Assert.Equal(500, ex.StatusCode);
             Assert.Equal("Server error", ex.Message);
@@ -160,10 +168,15 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
 
             stream.Position = 0;
             var reader = new GraphBinaryReader();
-            var serializer = new ResponseMessageSerializer();
+            var serializer = new ResponseSerializer();
 
-            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<IOException>(
-                () => serializer.ReadValueAsync(stream, reader));
+            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<IOException>(async () =>
+            {
+                await foreach (var item in serializer.ReadStreamingAsync(stream, reader))
+                {
+                    // Should throw before yielding any items
+                }
+            });
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -197,14 +210,49 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
 
             stream.Position = 0;
             var reader = new GraphBinaryReader();
-            var serializer = new ResponseMessageSerializer();
+            var serializer = new ResponseSerializer();
 
-            var result = await serializer.ReadValueAsync(stream, reader);
+            var results = new List<object>();
+            await foreach (var item in serializer.ReadStreamingAsync(stream, reader))
+            {
+                results.Add(item);
+            }
 
-            Assert.Equal(3, result.Result.Count);
-            Assert.Equal(1, result.Result[0]);
-            Assert.Equal(2, result.Result[1]);
-            Assert.Equal(3, result.Result[2]);
+            Assert.Equal(3, results.Count);
+            Assert.Equal(1, results[0]);
+            Assert.Equal(2, results[1]);
+            Assert.Equal(3, results[2]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldDeserializeEmptyResultSet()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+
+            // Version byte
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x84);
+            // Bulked = false
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00);
+            // Marker immediately after bulked flag (no results)
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0xFD);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00); // value_flag
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00); // marker value
+            // Status footer: 200, null, null
+            await stream.WriteIntAsync(200);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x01);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x01);
+
+            stream.Position = 0;
+            var reader = new GraphBinaryReader();
+            var serializer = new ResponseSerializer();
+
+            var results = new List<object>();
+            await foreach (var item in serializer.ReadStreamingAsync(stream, reader))
+            {
+                results.Add(item);
+            }
+
+            Assert.Empty(results);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/StreamExtensionsTests.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/StreamExtensionsTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c926718798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/StreamExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+#region License
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
+{
+    public class StreamExtensionsTests
+    {
+        // --- EOF handling tests ---
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadByteAsyncShouldThrowOnEmptyStream()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(Array.Empty<byte>());
+
+            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<IOException>(
+                async () => await stream.ReadByteAsync());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadIntAsyncShouldThrowOnStreamWithFewerThan4Bytes()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03 });
+
+            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<EndOfStreamException>(
+                async () => await stream.ReadIntAsync());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadLongAsyncShouldThrowOnStreamWithFewerThan8Bytes()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07 });
+
+            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<EndOfStreamException>(
+                async () => await stream.ReadLongAsync());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadShortAsyncShouldThrowOnStreamWithFewerThan2Bytes()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0x01 });
+
+            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<EndOfStreamException>(
+                async () => await stream.ReadShortAsync());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadFloatAsyncShouldThrowOnStreamWithFewerThan4Bytes()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03 });
+
+            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<EndOfStreamException>(
+                async () => await stream.ReadFloatAsync());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadDoubleAsyncShouldThrowOnStreamWithFewerThan8Bytes()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07 });
+
+            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<EndOfStreamException>(
+                async () => await stream.ReadDoubleAsync());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadAsyncShouldThrowOnStreamWithFewerThanCountBytes()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02 });
+
+            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<EndOfStreamException>(
+                async () => await stream.ReadAsync(5));
+        }
+
+        // --- Valid big-endian read tests ---
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadByteAsyncShouldReturnCorrectValue()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0xAB });
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadByteAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal(0xAB, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadIntAsyncShouldReturnCorrectBigEndianValue()
+        {
+            // Big-endian representation of 0x01020304 = 16909060
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04 });
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadIntAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal(0x01020304, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadIntAsyncShouldHandleNegativeValue()
+        {
+            // Big-endian representation of -1 = 0xFFFFFFFF
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF });
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadIntAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal(-1, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadLongAsyncShouldReturnCorrectBigEndianValue()
+        {
+            // Big-endian representation of 0x0102030405060708
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(
+                new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08 });
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadLongAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal(0x0102030405060708L, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadLongAsyncShouldHandleNegativeValue()
+        {
+            // Big-endian representation of -1 = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(
+                new byte[] { 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF });
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadLongAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal(-1L, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadShortAsyncShouldReturnCorrectBigEndianValue()
+        {
+            // Big-endian representation of 0x0102 = 258
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02 });
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadShortAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal((short)0x0102, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadShortAsyncShouldHandleNegativeValue()
+        {
+            // Big-endian representation of -1 = 0xFFFF
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0xFF, 0xFF });
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadShortAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal((short)-1, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadFloatAsyncShouldReturnCorrectBigEndianValue()
+        {
+            // Big-endian representation of 1.0f = 0x3F800000
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0x3F, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00 });
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadFloatAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal(1.0f, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadDoubleAsyncShouldReturnCorrectBigEndianValue()
+        {
+            // Big-endian representation of 1.0d = 0x3FF0000000000000
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(
+                new byte[] { 0x3F, 0xF0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 });
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadDoubleAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal(1.0d, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadAsyncShouldReturnCorrectBytes()
+        {
+            var expected = new byte[] { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF };
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(expected);
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadAsync(4);
+
+            Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+        }
+
+        // --- Round-trip tests (write then read) ---
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task IntRoundTripShouldPreserveValue()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            await stream.WriteIntAsync(42);
+            stream.Position = 0;
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadIntAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal(42, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task LongRoundTripShouldPreserveValue()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            await stream.WriteLongAsync(123456789012345L);
+            stream.Position = 0;
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadLongAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal(123456789012345L, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShortRoundTripShouldPreserveValue()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            await stream.WriteShortAsync(12345);
+            stream.Position = 0;
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadShortAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal((short)12345, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task FloatRoundTripShouldPreserveValue()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            await stream.WriteFloatAsync(3.14f);
+            stream.Position = 0;
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadFloatAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal(3.14f, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task DoubleRoundTripShouldPreserveValue()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            await stream.WriteDoubleAsync(3.14159265358979);
+            stream.Position = 0;
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadDoubleAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal(3.14159265358979, result);
+        }
+
+        // --- Bool read/write tests ---
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadBoolAsyncShouldReturnTrueForByte1()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0x01 });
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadBoolAsync();
+
+            Assert.True(result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadBoolAsyncShouldReturnFalseForByte0()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0x00 });
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadBoolAsync();
+
+            Assert.False(result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadBoolAsyncShouldThrowOnInvalidByte()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0x02 });
+
+            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<IOException>(
+                async () => await stream.ReadBoolAsync());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadBoolAsyncShouldThrowOnEmptyStream()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(Array.Empty<byte>());
+
+            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<IOException>(
+                async () => await stream.ReadBoolAsync());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task BoolRoundTripShouldPreserveTrueValue()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            await stream.WriteBoolAsync(true);
+            stream.Position = 0;
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadBoolAsync();
+
+            Assert.True(result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task BoolRoundTripShouldPreserveFalseValue()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            await stream.WriteBoolAsync(false);
+            stream.Position = 0;
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadBoolAsync();
+
+            Assert.False(result);
+        }
+
+        // --- SByte read/write tests ---
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadSByteAsyncShouldReturnCorrectPositiveValue()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0x7F }); // sbyte max = 127
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadSByteAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal((sbyte)127, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadSByteAsyncShouldReturnCorrectNegativeValue()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0x80 }); // sbyte min = -128
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadSByteAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal((sbyte)-128, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ReadSByteAsyncShouldThrowOnEmptyStream()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(Array.Empty<byte>());
+
+            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<IOException>(
+                async () => await stream.ReadSByteAsync());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task SByteRoundTripShouldPreserveValue()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            await stream.WriteSByteAsync(-42);
+            stream.Position = 0;
+
+            var result = await stream.ReadSByteAsync();
+
+            Assert.Equal((sbyte)-42, result);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/StreamingDeserializerRoundTripTests.cs b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/StreamingDeserializerRoundTripTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d4cf70e51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/StreamingDeserializerRoundTripTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,669 @@
+#region License
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Channels;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Gremlin.Net.Driver;
+using Gremlin.Net.Driver.Exceptions;
+using Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal;
+using Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Round-trip tests for streaming deserialization with randomized inputs.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class StreamingDeserializerRoundTripTests
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Streaming deserialization round-trip (non-bulked mode).
+        ///
+        ///     For any random list of primitive values, serializing them into a valid
+        ///     GraphBinary 4.0 non-bulked response stream and deserializing via
+        ///     ReadStreamingAsync yields the same values in the same order.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(0)]
+        [InlineData(1)]
+        [InlineData(42)]
+        [InlineData(-1)]
+        [InlineData(12345)]
+        [InlineData(-99999)]
+        [InlineData(int.MaxValue)]
+        [InlineData(int.MinValue)]
+        [InlineData(7777)]
+        [InlineData(314159)]
+        public async Task NonBulkedRoundTrip(int seed)
+        {
+            Assert.True(await NonBulkedRoundTripAsync(seed));
+        }
+
+        private static async Task<bool> NonBulkedRoundTripAsync(int seed)
+        {
+            var rng = new System.Random(seed);
+            var count = rng.Next(0, 20);
+            var values = GenerateRandomPrimitives(rng, count);
+
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            var writer = new GraphBinaryWriter();
+
+            await WriteNonBulkedResponse(stream, writer, values);
+            stream.Position = 0;
+
+            var reader = new GraphBinaryReader();
+            var serializer = new ResponseSerializer();
+
+            var results = new List<object>();
+            await foreach (var item in serializer.ReadStreamingAsync(stream, reader))
+            {
+                results.Add(item);
+            }
+
+            if (values.Count != results.Count) return false;
+
+            for (var i = 0; i < values.Count; i++)
+            {
+                if (!values[i].Value.Equals(results[i])) return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Streaming deserialization round-trip (bulked mode).
+        ///
+        ///     For any random list of primitive values with random bulk counts,
+        ///     serializing them into a valid GraphBinary 4.0 bulked response stream
+        ///     and deserializing via ReadStreamingAsync yields Traverser objects
+        ///     wrapping the original values with the correct bulk counts.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(0)]
+        [InlineData(1)]
+        [InlineData(42)]
+        [InlineData(-1)]
+        [InlineData(12345)]
+        [InlineData(-99999)]
+        [InlineData(int.MaxValue)]
+        [InlineData(int.MinValue)]
+        [InlineData(7777)]
+        [InlineData(314159)]
+        public async Task BulkedRoundTrip(int seed)
+        {
+            Assert.True(await BulkedRoundTripAsync(seed));
+        }
+
+        private static async Task<bool> BulkedRoundTripAsync(int seed)
+        {
+            var rng = new System.Random(seed);
+            var count = rng.Next(0, 20);
+            var values = GenerateRandomPrimitives(rng, count);
+            var bulks = Enumerable.Range(0, count)
+                .Select(_ => (long)(rng.Next(1, 1000)))
+                .ToList();
+
+            var entries = values.Zip(bulks, (v, b) => (v, b)).ToList();
+
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            var writer = new GraphBinaryWriter();
+
+            await WriteBulkedResponse(stream, writer, entries);
+            stream.Position = 0;
+
+            var reader = new GraphBinaryReader();
+            var serializer = new ResponseSerializer();
+
+            var results = new List<object>();
+            await foreach (var item in serializer.ReadStreamingAsync(stream, reader))
+            {
+                results.Add(item);
+            }
+
+            if (entries.Count != results.Count) return false;
+
+            for (var i = 0; i < entries.Count; i++)
+            {
+                if (results[i] is not Traverser traverser) return false;
+                if (!entries[i].v.Value.Equals((object)traverser.Object)) return false;
+                if (entries[i].b != traverser.Bulk) return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Version byte validation.
+        ///
+        ///     For any byte value in the range 0x00–0x7F (MSB not set),
+        ///     constructing a stream starting with that byte and attempting to
+        ///     iterate ReadStreamingAsync throws IOException.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(0x00)]
+        [InlineData(0x01)]
+        [InlineData(0x7F)]
+        [InlineData(0x40)]
+        [InlineData(0x3F)]
+        [InlineData(0x10)]
+        [InlineData(0x55)]
+        [InlineData(0x6A)]
+        [InlineData(0x20)]
+        [InlineData(0x0F)]
+        public async Task InvalidVersionByteThrowsIOException(byte invalidByte)
+        {
+            Assert.True(await InvalidVersionByteThrowsIOExceptionAsync(invalidByte));
+        }
+
+        private static async Task<bool> InvalidVersionByteThrowsIOExceptionAsync(byte versionByte)
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+
+            // Write the invalid version byte
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(versionByte);
+            // Write enough trailing data to avoid EOF errors before the version check
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00); // bulked flag
+            // Marker
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0xFD);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00);
+            // Status footer
+            await stream.WriteIntAsync(200);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x01);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x01);
+
+            stream.Position = 0;
+            var reader = new GraphBinaryReader();
+            var serializer = new ResponseSerializer();
+
+            try
+            {
+                await foreach (var _ in serializer.ReadStreamingAsync(stream, reader))
+                {
+                    // Should not yield any items
+                }
+
+                return false; // Should have thrown
+            }
+            catch (IOException)
+            {
+                return true; // Expected
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Verifies that version byte 0x81 (MSB set) is accepted as valid.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ValidVersionByte0x81Succeeds()
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+
+            // Version byte 0x81 (MSB set, valid)
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x81);
+            // Bulked = false
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00);
+            // Marker immediately (no results)
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0xFD);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00);
+            // Status footer: 200, null message, null exception
+            await stream.WriteIntAsync(200);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x01);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x01);
+
+            stream.Position = 0;
+            var reader = new GraphBinaryReader();
+            var serializer = new ResponseSerializer();
+
+            var results = new List<object>();
+            await foreach (var item in serializer.ReadStreamingAsync(stream, reader))
+            {
+                results.Add(item);
+            }
+
+            // Should succeed with no results (empty result set with valid version byte)
+            Assert.Empty(results);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Error status code propagation.
+        ///
+        ///     For any random non-200 status code (1–199, 201–599), random nullable
+        ///     status message, and random nullable exception string, writing a valid
+        ///     response stream with an error footer and iterating ReadStreamingAsync
+        ///     throws a ResponseException with matching StatusCode, Message, and
+        ///     ServerException fields.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(0)]
+        [InlineData(1)]
+        [InlineData(42)]
+        [InlineData(-1)]
+        [InlineData(12345)]
+        [InlineData(-99999)]
+        [InlineData(int.MaxValue)]
+        [InlineData(int.MinValue)]
+        [InlineData(7777)]
+        [InlineData(314159)]
+        public async Task ErrorStatusCodePropagation(int seed)
+        {
+            Assert.True(await ErrorStatusCodePropagationAsync(seed));
+        }
+
+        private static async Task<bool> ErrorStatusCodePropagationAsync(int seed)
+        {
+            var rng = new System.Random(seed);
+
+            // Generate a non-200 status code in range 1–599
+            int statusCode;
+            do
+            {
+                statusCode = rng.Next(1, 600);
+            } while (statusCode == 200);
+
+            // Generate nullable status message
+            var hasMessage = rng.Next(2) == 1;
+            var statusMessage = hasMessage ? GenerateRandomString(rng) : null;
+
+            // Generate nullable exception string
+            var hasException = rng.Next(2) == 1;
+            var exceptionString = hasException ? GenerateRandomString(rng) : null;
+
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+
+            // Write a valid response with error footer (no result data)
+            await WriteErrorResponse(stream, statusCode, statusMessage, exceptionString);
+            stream.Position = 0;
+
+            var reader = new GraphBinaryReader();
+            var serializer = new ResponseSerializer();
+
+            try
+            {
+                await foreach (var _ in serializer.ReadStreamingAsync(stream, reader))
+                {
+                    // Should not yield any items before throwing
+                }
+
+                return false; // Should have thrown ResponseException
+            }
+            catch (ResponseException ex)
+            {
+                // Verify StatusCode matches
+                if (ex.StatusCode != statusCode) return false;
+
+                // Verify Message matches: statusMessage if provided, otherwise default
+                var expectedMessage = statusMessage ?? $"Server error: {statusCode}";
+                if (ex.Message != expectedMessage) return false;
+
+                // Verify ServerException matches
+                if (ex.ServerException != exceptionString) return false;
+
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     ToListAsync collects all results in order.
+        ///
+        ///     For any random list of int values, writing them to a channel,
+        ///     constructing a ResultSet backed by that channel, and calling
+        ///     ToListAsync returns a list matching the input in order and length.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(0)]
+        [InlineData(1)]
+        [InlineData(42)]
+        [InlineData(-1)]
+        [InlineData(12345)]
+        [InlineData(-99999)]
+        [InlineData(int.MaxValue)]
+        [InlineData(int.MinValue)]
+        [InlineData(7777)]
+        [InlineData(314159)]
+        public async Task ToListAsyncCollectsAllResultsInOrder(int seed)
+        {
+            Assert.True(await ToListAsyncCollectsAllResultsInOrderAsync(seed));
+        }
+
+        private static async Task<bool> ToListAsyncCollectsAllResultsInOrderAsync(int seed)
+        {
+            var rng = new System.Random(seed);
+            var count = rng.Next(0, 50);
+            var inputValues = new List<int>(count);
+            for (var i = 0; i < count; i++)
+            {
+                inputValues.Add(rng.Next(int.MinValue, int.MaxValue));
+            }
+
+            // Create a channel and write all values, then complete it
+            var channel = Channel.CreateUnbounded<object>(
+                new UnboundedChannelOptions { SingleWriter = true });
+            foreach (var value in inputValues)
+            {
+                await channel.Writer.WriteAsync(value);
+            }
+            channel.Writer.Complete();
+
+            // Create a ResultSet<int> backed by the channel
+            using var disposeCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+            var backgroundTask = Task.CompletedTask;
+            var resultSet = new ResultSet<int>(channel.Reader, disposeCts, backgroundTask);
+
+            // Call ToListAsync and verify
+            var result = await resultSet.ToListAsync();
+
+            if (result.Count != inputValues.Count) return false;
+
+            for (var i = 0; i < inputValues.Count; i++)
+            {
+                if (result[i] != inputValues[i]) return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     EOF detection in stream reads.
+        ///
+        ///     For any random byte array of length 0 to 7, attempting to read
+        ///     int/long/short values from a stream with insufficient data throws
+        ///     IOException or EndOfStreamException.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(0)]
+        [InlineData(1)]
+        [InlineData(42)]
+        [InlineData(-1)]
+        [InlineData(12345)]
+        [InlineData(-99999)]
+        [InlineData(int.MaxValue)]
+        [InlineData(int.MinValue)]
+        [InlineData(7777)]
+        [InlineData(314159)]
+        public async Task EofDetectionInStreamReads(int seed)
+        {
+            Assert.True(await EofDetectionInStreamReadsAsync(seed));
+        }
+
+        private static async Task<bool> EofDetectionInStreamReadsAsync(int seed)
+        {
+            var rng = new System.Random(seed);
+            var length = rng.Next(0, 8); // 0 to 7 bytes
+            var data = new byte[length];
+            rng.NextBytes(data);
+
+            // ReadShortAsync needs 2 bytes — test with arrays of length 0-1
+            if (length < 2)
+            {
+                if (!await ThrowsIOExceptionAsync(() =>
+                    {
+                        var stream = new MemoryStream(data);
+                        return stream.ReadShortAsync().AsTask();
+                    }))
+                    return false;
+            }
+
+            // ReadIntAsync needs 4 bytes — test with arrays of length 0-3
+            if (length < 4)
+            {
+                if (!await ThrowsIOExceptionAsync(() =>
+                    {
+                        var stream = new MemoryStream(data);
+                        return stream.ReadIntAsync().AsTask();
+                    }))
+                    return false;
+            }
+
+            // ReadLongAsync needs 8 bytes — test with arrays of length 0-7
+            if (length < 8)
+            {
+                if (!await ThrowsIOExceptionAsync(() =>
+                    {
+                        var stream = new MemoryStream(data);
+                        return stream.ReadLongAsync().AsTask();
+                    }))
+                    return false;
+            }
+
+            // ReadByteAsync needs 1 byte — test with empty array
+            if (length == 0)
+            {
+                if (!await ThrowsIOExceptionAsync(() =>
+                    {
+                        var stream = new MemoryStream(data);
+                        return stream.ReadByteAsync().AsTask();
+                    }))
+                    return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Helper that returns true if the given async action throws IOException
+        ///     or EndOfStreamException (which is a subclass of IOException).
+        /// </summary>
+        private static async Task<bool> ThrowsIOExceptionAsync(Func<Task> action)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                await action();
+                return false; // Should have thrown
+            }
+            catch (IOException)
+            {
+                return true; // IOException or EndOfStreamException (subclass)
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Writes a complete GraphBinary 4.0 response stream with an error status footer.
+        ///     Contains no result data (marker immediately after bulked flag).
+        /// </summary>
+        private static async Task WriteErrorResponse(Stream stream, int statusCode,
+            string? statusMessage, string? exceptionString)
+        {
+            // Version byte (0x84)
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(GraphBinaryWriter.VersionByte);
+            // Bulked = false
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00);
+
+            // Marker immediately (no results): type_code(0xFD) + value_flag(0x00) + value(0x00)
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0xFD);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00);
+
+            // Status footer: non-nullable int status code
+            await stream.WriteIntAsync(statusCode);
+
+            // Nullable status message
+            await WriteNullableStringAsync(stream, statusMessage);
+
+            // Nullable exception string
+            await WriteNullableStringAsync(stream, exceptionString);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Writes a nullable string in GraphBinary format:
+        ///     value_flag(0x01) for null, or value_flag(0x00) + int32(length) + UTF-8 bytes.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static async Task WriteNullableStringAsync(Stream stream, string? value)
+        {
+            if (value == null)
+            {
+                await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x01); // null flag
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00); // not null flag
+                var bytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(value);
+                await stream.WriteIntAsync(bytes.Length);
+                if (bytes.Length > 0)
+                {
+                    await stream.WriteAsync(bytes);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Writes a complete GraphBinary 4.0 response stream for non-bulked mode.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static async Task WriteNonBulkedResponse(Stream stream, GraphBinaryWriter writer,
+            IReadOnlyList<PrimitiveValueHolder> values)
+        {
+            // Version byte (0x84)
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(GraphBinaryWriter.VersionByte);
+            // Bulked = false
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00);
+
+            // Write each value as fully-qualified typed value
+            foreach (var pv in values)
+            {
+                await writer.WriteAsync(pv.Value, stream);
+            }
+
+            // Marker: type_code(0xFD) + value_flag(0x00) + value(0x00)
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0xFD);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00);
+
+            // Status footer: status code 200, null message, null exception
+            await stream.WriteIntAsync(200);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x01); // null message
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x01); // null exception
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Writes a complete GraphBinary 4.0 response stream for bulked mode.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static async Task WriteBulkedResponse(Stream stream, GraphBinaryWriter writer,
+            IReadOnlyList<(PrimitiveValueHolder Value, long Bulk)> entries)
+        {
+            // Version byte (0x84)
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(GraphBinaryWriter.VersionByte);
+            // Bulked = true
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x01);
+
+            // Write each value followed by its bulk count as fully-qualified typed values
+            foreach (var (pv, bulk) in entries)
+            {
+                await writer.WriteAsync(pv.Value, stream);
+                await writer.WriteAsync(bulk, stream);
+            }
+
+            // Marker: type_code(0xFD) + value_flag(0x00) + value(0x00)
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0xFD);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x00);
+
+            // Status footer: status code 200, null message, null exception
+            await stream.WriteIntAsync(200);
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x01); // null message
+            await stream.WriteByteAsync(0x01); // null exception
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     A wrapper for a single primitive value used in test generation.
+        /// </summary>
+        private class PrimitiveValueHolder
+        {
+            public object Value { get; }
+
+            public PrimitiveValueHolder(object value)
+            {
+                Value = value;
+            }
+
+            public override string ToString() => $"{Value?.GetType().Name}({Value})";
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Generates a list of random primitive values using the given RNG.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static List<PrimitiveValueHolder> GenerateRandomPrimitives(System.Random rng, int count)
+        {
+            var result = new List<PrimitiveValueHolder>(count);
+            for (var i = 0; i < count; i++)
+            {
+                result.Add(GenerateOnePrimitive(rng));
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Generates a single random primitive value from the set:
+        ///     int, long, string (non-null), double (finite), float (finite), bool.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static PrimitiveValueHolder GenerateOnePrimitive(System.Random rng)
+        {
+            var typeChoice = rng.Next(6);
+            return typeChoice switch
+            {
+                0 => new PrimitiveValueHolder(rng.Next(int.MinValue, int.MaxValue)),
+                1 => new PrimitiveValueHolder((long)rng.Next(int.MinValue, int.MaxValue) * rng.Next(1, 100)),
+                2 => new PrimitiveValueHolder(GenerateRandomString(rng)),
+                3 => new PrimitiveValueHolder(GenerateFiniteDouble(rng)),
+                4 => new PrimitiveValueHolder(GenerateFiniteFloat(rng)),
+                5 => new PrimitiveValueHolder(rng.Next(2) == 0),
+                _ => throw new InvalidOperationException()
+            };
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Generates a random non-null string of printable ASCII characters.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static string GenerateRandomString(System.Random rng)
+        {
+            var length = rng.Next(0, 50);
+            var chars = new char[length];
+            for (var i = 0; i < length; i++)
+            {
+                chars[i] = (char)rng.Next(32, 127); // printable ASCII
+            }
+            return new string(chars);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Generates a finite double value (no NaN or Infinity).
+        /// </summary>
+        private static double GenerateFiniteDouble(System.Random rng)
+        {
+            return (rng.NextDouble() - 0.5) * 2.0 * rng.Next(1, 10000);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Generates a finite float value (no NaN or Infinity).
+        /// </summary>
+        private static float GenerateFiniteFloat(System.Random rng)
+        {
+            return (float)((rng.NextDouble() - 0.5) * 2.0 * rng.Next(1, 10000));
+        }
+    }
+}