diff --git a/library/libsds.h b/library/libsds.h
index 590e6a4..ff637d8 100644
--- a/library/libsds.h
+++ b/library/libsds.h
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ int WrapOutgoingMessage(void* ctx,
                     SdsCallBack callback,
                     void* userData);
 
+int UnwrapReceivedMessage(void* ctx, 
+                    void* message, 
+                    size_t messageLen, 
+                    SdsCallBack callback, 
+                    void* userData);
+
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/library/libsds.nim b/library/libsds.nim
index cbe3e93..8fea804 100644
--- a/library/libsds.nim
+++ b/library/libsds.nim
@@ -214,5 +214,33 @@ proc WrapOutgoingMessage(
     userData,
   )
 
+proc UnwrapReceivedMessage(
+    ctx: ptr SdsContext,
+    message: pointer,
+    messageLen: csize_t,
+    callback: SdsCallBack,
+    userData: pointer,
+): cint {.dynlib, exportc.} =
+  initializeLibrary()
+  checkLibsdsParams(ctx, callback, userData)
+
+  if message == nil and messageLen > 0:
+    let msg = "libsds error: " & "message pointer is NULL but length > 0"
+    callback(RET_ERR, unsafeAddr msg[0], cast[csize_t](len(msg)), userData)
+    return RET_ERR
+
+  var msg = allocSharedSeqFromCArray(cast[ptr byte](message), messageLen.int)
+
+  defer:
+    deallocSharedSeq(msg)
+
+  handleRequest(
+    ctx,
+    RequestType.MESSAGE,
+    SdsMessageRequest.createShared(SdsMessageMsgType.UNWRAP_MESSAGE, msg, messageLen),
+    callback,
+    userData,
+  )
+
 ### End of exported procs
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/library/sds_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/sds_message_request.nim b/library/sds_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/sds_message_request.nim
index 99fddc0..77ec25f 100644
--- a/library/sds_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/sds_message_request.nim
+++ b/library/sds_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/sds_message_request.nim
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import ../../../../src/[reliability_utils, reliability, message]
 
 type SdsMessageMsgType* = enum
   WRAP_MESSAGE
+  UNWRAP_MESSAGE
 
 type SdsMessageRequest* = object
   operation: SdsMessageMsgType
@@ -13,6 +14,10 @@ type SdsMessageRequest* = object
   messageLen: csize_t
   messageId: cstring
 
+type SdsUnwrapResponse* = object
+  message*: seq[byte]
+  missingDeps*: seq[MessageID]
+
 proc createShared*(
     T: type SdsMessageRequest,
     op: SdsMessageMsgType,
@@ -48,5 +53,16 @@ proc process*(
 
     # returns a comma-separates string of bytes
     return ok(wrappedMessage.mapIt($it).join(","))
+  of UNWRAP_MESSAGE:
+    let messageBytes = self.message.toSeq()
+
+    let (unwrappedMessage, missingDeps) = unwrapReceivedMessage(rm[], messageBytes).valueOr:
+      error "UNWRAP_MESSAGE failed", error = error
+      return err("error processing UNWRAP_MESSAGE request: " & $error)
+
+    let res = SdsUnwrapResponse(message: unwrappedMessage, missingDeps: missingDeps)
+
+    # return the result as a json string
+    return ok($(%*(res)))
 
   return ok("")
diff --git a/src/reliability.nim b/src/reliability.nim
index 29e3c36..0ad08e0 100644
--- a/src/reliability.nim
+++ b/src/reliability.nim
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import std/[times, locks, tables, sets]
 import chronos, results
 import ../src/[message, protobuf, reliability_utils, rolling_bloom_filter]
 
-proc newReliabilityManager*(channelId: string, config: ReliabilityConfig = defaultConfig()): Result[ReliabilityManager, ReliabilityError] =
+proc newReliabilityManager*(
+    channelId: string, config: ReliabilityConfig = defaultConfig()
+): Result[ReliabilityManager, ReliabilityError] =
   ## Creates a new ReliabilityManager with the specified channel ID and configuration.
   ##
   ## Parameters:
@@ -13,14 +15,12 @@ proc newReliabilityManager*(channelId: string, config: ReliabilityConfig = defau
   ##   A Result containing either a new ReliabilityManager instance or an error.
   if channelId.len == 0:
     return err(reInvalidArgument)
-  
+
   try:
     let bloomFilter = newRollingBloomFilter(
-      config.bloomFilterCapacity,
-      config.bloomFilterErrorRate,
-      config.bloomFilterWindow
+      config.bloomFilterCapacity, config.bloomFilterErrorRate, config.bloomFilterWindow
     )
-    
+
     let rm = ReliabilityManager(
       lamportTimestamp: 0,
       messageHistory: @[],
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ proc newReliabilityManager*(channelId: string, config: ReliabilityConfig = defau
       outgoingBuffer: @[],
       incomingBuffer: @[],
       channelId: channelId,
-      config: config
+      config: config,
     )
     initLock(rm.lock)
     return ok(rm)
@@ -40,27 +40,25 @@ proc reviewAckStatus(rm: ReliabilityManager, msg: Message) =
   while i < rm.outgoingBuffer.len:
     var acknowledged = false
     let outMsg = rm.outgoingBuffer[i]
-    
+
     # Check if message is in causal history
     for msgID in msg.causalHistory:
       if outMsg.message.messageId == msgID:
         acknowledged = true
         break
-    
+
     # Check bloom filter if not already acknowledged
     if not acknowledged and msg.bloomFilter.len > 0:
       let bfResult = deserializeBloomFilter(msg.bloomFilter)
       if bfResult.isOk:
         var rbf = RollingBloomFilter(
-          filter: bfResult.get(),
-          window: rm.bloomFilter.window,
-          messages: @[]
+          filter: bfResult.get(), window: rm.bloomFilter.window, messages: @[]
         )
         if rbf.contains(outMsg.message.messageId):
           acknowledged = true
       else:
         logError("Failed to deserialize bloom filter")
-    
+
     if acknowledged:
       if rm.onMessageSent != nil:
         rm.onMessageSent(outMsg.message.messageId)
@@ -68,7 +66,9 @@ proc reviewAckStatus(rm: ReliabilityManager, msg: Message) =
     else:
       inc i
 
-proc wrapOutgoingMessage*(rm: ReliabilityManager, message: seq[byte], messageId: MessageID): Result[seq[byte], ReliabilityError] =
+proc wrapOutgoingMessage*(
+    rm: ReliabilityManager, message: seq[byte], messageId: MessageID
+): Result[seq[byte], ReliabilityError] =
   ## Wraps an outgoing message with reliability metadata.
   ##
   ## Parameters:
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ proc wrapOutgoingMessage*(rm: ReliabilityManager, message: seq[byte], messageId:
   withLock rm.lock:
     try:
       rm.updateLamportTimestamp(getTime().toUnix)
-      
+
       # Serialize current bloom filter
       var bloomBytes: seq[byte]
       let bfResult = serializeBloomFilter(rm.bloomFilter.filter)
@@ -100,15 +100,13 @@ proc wrapOutgoingMessage*(rm: ReliabilityManager, message: seq[byte], messageId:
         causalHistory: rm.getRecentMessageIDs(rm.config.maxCausalHistory),
         channelId: rm.channelId,
         content: message,
-        bloomFilter: bloomBytes
+        bloomFilter: bloomBytes,
       )
 
       # Add to outgoing buffer
-      rm.outgoingBuffer.add(UnacknowledgedMessage(
-        message: msg,
-        sendTime: getTime(),
-        resendAttempts: 0
-      ))
+      rm.outgoingBuffer.add(
+        UnacknowledgedMessage(message: msg, sendTime: getTime(), resendAttempts: 0)
+      )
 
       # Add to causal history and bloom filter
       rm.bloomFilter.add(msg.messageId)
@@ -156,7 +154,7 @@ proc processIncomingBuffer(rm: ReliabilityManager) =
           if rm.onMessageReady != nil:
             rm.onMessageReady(msg.messageId)
           processed.incl(msgId)
-          
+
           # Add any dependent messages that might now be ready
           if msgId in dependencies:
             for dependentId in dependencies[msgId]:
@@ -170,7 +168,11 @@ proc processIncomingBuffer(rm: ReliabilityManager) =
 
     rm.incomingBuffer = newIncomingBuffer
 
-proc unwrapReceivedMessage*(rm: ReliabilityManager, message: seq[byte]): Result[tuple[message: seq[byte], missingDeps: seq[MessageID]], ReliabilityError] =
+proc unwrapReceivedMessage*(
+    rm: ReliabilityManager, message: seq[byte]
+): Result[tuple[message: seq[byte], missingDeps: seq[MessageID]], ReliabilityError] {.
+    gcsafe
+.} =
   ## Unwraps a received message and processes its reliability metadata.
   ##
   ## Parameters:
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ proc unwrapReceivedMessage*(rm: ReliabilityManager, message: seq[byte]): Result[
     let msgResult = deserializeMessage(message)
     if not msgResult.isOk:
       return err(msgResult.error)
-    
+
     let msg = msgResult.get
     if rm.bloomFilter.contains(msg.messageId):
       return ok((msg.content, @[]))
@@ -225,7 +227,9 @@ proc unwrapReceivedMessage*(rm: ReliabilityManager, message: seq[byte]): Result[
   except:
     return err(reInternalError)
 
-proc markDependenciesMet*(rm: ReliabilityManager, messageIds: seq[MessageID]): Result[void, ReliabilityError] =
+proc markDependenciesMet*(
+    rm: ReliabilityManager, messageIds: seq[MessageID]
+): Result[void, ReliabilityError] =
   ## Marks the specified message dependencies as met.
   ##
   ## Parameters:
@@ -240,16 +244,19 @@ proc markDependenciesMet*(rm: ReliabilityManager, messageIds: seq[MessageID]): R
         rm.bloomFilter.add(msgId)
         # rm.addToHistory(msgId) -- not needed as this proc usually called when msg in long-term storage of application?
     rm.processIncomingBuffer()
-    
+
     return ok()
   except:
     return err(reInternalError)
 
-proc setCallbacks*(rm: ReliabilityManager, 
-                  onMessageReady: proc(messageId: MessageID) {.gcsafe.}, 
-                  onMessageSent: proc(messageId: MessageID) {.gcsafe.},
-                  onMissingDependencies: proc(messageId: MessageID, missingDeps: seq[MessageID]) {.gcsafe.},
-                  onPeriodicSync: PeriodicSyncCallback = nil) =
+proc setCallbacks*(
+    rm: ReliabilityManager,
+    onMessageReady: proc(messageId: MessageID) {.gcsafe.},
+    onMessageSent: proc(messageId: MessageID) {.gcsafe.},
+    onMissingDependencies:
+      proc(messageId: MessageID, missingDeps: seq[MessageID]) {.gcsafe.},
+    onPeriodicSync: PeriodicSyncCallback = nil,
+) =
   ## Sets the callback functions for various events in the ReliabilityManager.
   ##
   ## Parameters:
@@ -268,7 +275,7 @@ proc checkUnacknowledgedMessages*(rm: ReliabilityManager) {.raises: [].} =
   withLock rm.lock:
     let now = getTime()
     var newOutgoingBuffer: seq[UnacknowledgedMessage] = @[]
-    
+
     try:
       for unackMsg in rm.outgoingBuffer:
         let elapsed = now - unackMsg.sendTime
@@ -298,7 +305,7 @@ proc periodicBufferSweep(rm: ReliabilityManager) {.async: (raises: [CancelledErr
         rm.cleanBloomFilter()
       except Exception as e:
         logError("Error in periodic buffer sweep: " & e.msg)
-    
+
     await sleepAsync(chronos.milliseconds(rm.config.bufferSweepInterval.inMilliseconds))
 
 proc periodicSyncMessage(rm: ReliabilityManager) {.async: (raises: [CancelledError]).} =
@@ -333,10 +340,9 @@ proc resetReliabilityManager*(rm: ReliabilityManager): Result[void, ReliabilityE
       rm.outgoingBuffer.setLen(0)
       rm.incomingBuffer.setLen(0)
       rm.bloomFilter = newRollingBloomFilter(
-        rm.config.bloomFilterCapacity,
-        rm.config.bloomFilterErrorRate,
-        rm.config.bloomFilterWindow
+        rm.config.bloomFilterCapacity, rm.config.bloomFilterErrorRate,
+        rm.config.bloomFilterWindow,
       )
       return ok()
     except:
-      return err(reInternalError)
\ No newline at end of file
+      return err(reInternalError)
diff --git a/src/reliability_utils.nim b/src/reliability_utils.nim
index ec576dc..25abb6d 100644
--- a/src/reliability_utils.nim
+++ b/src/reliability_utils.nim
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ type
     channelId*: string
     config*: ReliabilityConfig
     lock*: Lock
-    onMessageReady*: proc(messageId: MessageID)
-    onMessageSent*: proc(messageId: MessageID)
-    onMissingDependencies*: proc(messageId: MessageID, missingDeps: seq[MessageID])
+    onMessageReady*: proc(messageId: MessageID) {.gcsafe.}
+    onMessageSent*: proc(messageId: MessageID) {.gcsafe.}
+    onMissingDependencies*:
+      proc(messageId: MessageID, missingDeps: seq[MessageID]) {.gcsafe.}
     onPeriodicSync*: proc()
 
   ReliabilityError* = enum