diff --git a/sdk/typescript/examples/plain-html/src/index.ts b/sdk/typescript/examples/plain-html/src/index.ts
index 3871d1c0a7..a0e429beb1 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/examples/plain-html/src/index.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/examples/plain-html/src/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ let nym: NymMixnetClient | null = null;
 async function main() {
   nym = await createNymMixnetClient();
 
+  // add nym client to the Window globally, so that it can be used from the dev tools console
+  (window as any).nym = nym;
+
   if (!nym) {
     console.error('Oh no! Could not create client');
     return;
@@ -38,6 +41,8 @@ async function main() {
     };
   }
 
+  nym.events.subscribeToRawMessageReceivedEvent((e) => console.log('Received: ', e.args.payload));
+
   // start up the client
   await nym.client.start({
     clientId: 'My awesome client',
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/packages/sdk/package.json b/sdk/typescript/packages/sdk/package.json
index 2fa4497f03..90622cc3e0 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/sdk/typescript/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nymproject/sdk",
-  "version": "1.1.6",
+  "version": "1.1.7",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Nym Technologies SA",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/packages/sdk/src/mixnet/wasm/index.ts b/sdk/typescript/packages/sdk/src/mixnet/wasm/index.ts
index 042c273791..b60550aee0 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/packages/sdk/src/mixnet/wasm/index.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/packages/sdk/src/mixnet/wasm/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   LoadedEvent,
   MimeTypes,
   StringMessageReceivedEvent,
+  RawMessageReceivedEvent,
 } from './types';
 
 /**
@@ -89,6 +90,12 @@ export const createNymMixnetClient = async (options?: {
         getSubscriptions<BinaryMessageReceivedEvent>(EventKinds.BinaryMessageReceived).unshift(handler);
       };
     },
+    subscribeToRawMessageReceivedEvent: (handler) => {
+      getSubscriptions<RawMessageReceivedEvent>(EventKinds.RawMessageReceived).push(handler);
+      return () => {
+        getSubscriptions<RawMessageReceivedEvent>(EventKinds.RawMessageReceived).unshift(handler);
+      };
+    },
   };
 
   // let comlink handle interop with the web worker
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/packages/sdk/src/mixnet/wasm/types.ts b/sdk/typescript/packages/sdk/src/mixnet/wasm/types.ts
index ce4a4cd20d..2360414075 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/packages/sdk/src/mixnet/wasm/types.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/packages/sdk/src/mixnet/wasm/types.ts
@@ -60,19 +60,24 @@ export interface Debug {
    * This is going to be superseded by key rotation once implemented.
    */
   maximum_reply_surb_age_ms: bigint;
+  /**
+   * Defines maximum amount of time the client is going to wait for reply surbs before
+   * deciding it's never going to get them and would drop all pending messages
+   */
+  maximum_reply_surb_drop_waiting_period_ms: bigint;
   /**
    * Defines the maximum number of reply surbs the client would request.
    */
   maximum_reply_surb_request_size: number;
-  /**
-   * Defines the maximum number of reply surbs the client wants to keep in its storage at any times.
-   */
-  maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: number;
   /**
    * Defines maximum amount of time the client is going to wait for reply surbs before explicitly asking
    * for more even though in theory they wouldn't need to.
    */
-  maximum_reply_surb_waiting_period_ms: bigint;
+  maximum_reply_surb_rerequest_waiting_period_ms: bigint;
+  /**
+   * Defines the maximum number of reply surbs the client wants to keep in its storage at any times.
+   */
+  maximum_reply_surb_storage_threshold: number;
   /**
    * The parameter of Poisson distribution determining how long, on average,
    * it is going to take another 'real traffic stream' message to be sent.
@@ -167,6 +172,7 @@ export interface IWebWorker {
   setTextMimeTypes: (mimeTypes: string[]) => void;
   getTextMimeTypes: () => string[];
   send: (args: { payload: Payload; recipient: string; replySurbs?: number }) => void;
+  rawSend: (args: { payload: Uint8Array; recipient: string; replySurbs?: number }) => void;
 }
 
 export interface IWebWorkerAsync {
@@ -176,6 +182,7 @@ export interface IWebWorkerAsync {
   setTextMimeTypes: (mimeTypes: string[]) => void;
   getTextMimeTypes: () => Promise<string[]>;
   send: (args: { payload: Payload; recipient: string; replySurbs?: number }) => Promise<void>;
+  rawSend: (args: { payload: Uint8Array; recipient: string; replySurbs?: number }) => Promise<void>;
 }
 
 export enum EventKinds {
@@ -183,6 +190,7 @@ export enum EventKinds {
   Connected = 'Connected',
   StringMessageReceived = 'StringMessageReceived',
   BinaryMessageReceived = 'BinaryMessageReceived',
+  RawMessageReceived = 'RawMessageReceived',
 }
 
 export interface LoadedEvent {
@@ -218,9 +226,17 @@ export interface BinaryMessageReceivedEvent {
   };
 }
 
+export interface RawMessageReceivedEvent {
+  kind: EventKinds.RawMessageReceived;
+  args: {
+    payload: Uint8Array;
+  };
+}
+
 export interface IWebWorkerEvents {
   subscribeToLoaded: EventHandlerSubscribeFn<LoadedEvent>;
   subscribeToConnected: EventHandlerSubscribeFn<ConnectedEvent>;
   subscribeToTextMessageReceivedEvent: EventHandlerSubscribeFn<StringMessageReceivedEvent>;
   subscribeToBinaryMessageReceivedEvent: EventHandlerSubscribeFn<BinaryMessageReceivedEvent>;
+  subscribeToRawMessageReceivedEvent: EventHandlerSubscribeFn<RawMessageReceivedEvent>;
 }
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/packages/sdk/src/mixnet/wasm/worker.ts b/sdk/typescript/packages/sdk/src/mixnet/wasm/worker.ts
index dbc9ae36d7..4b663b9500 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/packages/sdk/src/mixnet/wasm/worker.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/packages/sdk/src/mixnet/wasm/worker.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import type {
   LoadedEvent,
   NymClientConfig,
   OnRawPayloadFn,
+  RawMessageReceivedEvent,
   StringMessageReceivedEvent,
 } from './types';
 import { EventKinds, MimeTypes } from './types';
@@ -136,8 +137,8 @@ class ClientWrapper {
     recipient,
     replySurbs = 0,
   }: {
-    recipient: string;
     payload: Uint8Array;
+    recipient: string;
     replySurbs?: number;
   }) => {
     if (!this.client) {
@@ -170,7 +171,14 @@ init(wasmBytes())
       wrapper.init(
         new Config(config.clientId, config.nymApiUrl, gatewayEndpoint, config.debug || default_debug()),
         async (message) => {
+          // fire an event with the raw message
+          postMessageWithType<RawMessageReceivedEvent>({
+            kind: EventKinds.RawMessageReceived,
+            args: { payload: message },
+          });
+
           try {
+            // try to decode the payload to extract the mime-type, headers and payload body
             const decodedPayload = decode_payload(message);
             const { payload, headers } = decodedPayload;
             const mimeType = decodedPayload.mimeType as MimeTypes;
@@ -178,6 +186,8 @@ init(wasmBytes())
             if (wrapper.getTextMimeTypes().includes(mimeType)) {
               const stringMessage = parse_utf8_string(payload);
 
+              // the payload is a string type (in the options at creation time, string mime-types are set, or fall back
+              // to defaults, such as `text/plain`, `application/json`, etc)
               postMessageWithType<StringMessageReceivedEvent>({
                 kind: EventKinds.StringMessageReceived,
                 args: { mimeType, payload: stringMessage, payloadRaw: payload, headers },
@@ -185,6 +195,7 @@ init(wasmBytes())
               return;
             }
 
+            // the payload is a binary type
             postMessageWithType<BinaryMessageReceivedEvent>({
               kind: EventKinds.BinaryMessageReceived,
               args: { mimeType, payload, headers },
@@ -247,6 +258,12 @@ init(wasmBytes())
           .send({ payload, recipient, replySurbs })
           .catch((e) => console.error('[Nym WASM client] Failed to send message', e));
       },
+      rawSend(args) {
+        const { recipient, payload, replySurbs } = args;
+        wrapper
+          .send({ payload, replySurbs, recipient })
+          .catch((e) => console.error('[Nym WASM client] Failed to send message', e));
+      },
     };
 
     // start comlink listening for messages and handle them above